William FitzRobert, Earl of Gloucester

FITZROBERT

1. ROBERT de MELLENT de CAEN

b.c.1090 Caen, Normandy
m. MABEL FITZHAMON (b.c.1085, d. 1157) d. of Robert FitzHamon, Earl of Gloucester and Sybil de Montgomery
d. 31 Oct. 1147
bur. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

Robert was the son of Henry I, King of England by his mistress Lady Sybilla Corbet. He became the 1st Earl of Gloucester in Aug. 1122.

Issue-

  • I. Roger- Bishop of Worcester, d. 9 Aug. 1179
  • II. Hamon- d.c.1158 Toulouse
  • III. Philip-
  • IV. Richard- Lord of Creully
  • 4V. MAUD- m. RANULPH de GERNON, Earl of CHESTER, d. 29 July 1189
  • VI. Mabel-
  • VII. Richard- Archbishop of Rouen
  • VIII. Robert-
  • 2IX. WILLIAM- m.c.1150 HAWISE BEAUMONT (d. 24 Apr. 1197), d. 23 Nov. 1183

    2IX. WILLIAM (ROBERT 1)

    m.c.1150 HAWISE De BEAUMONT (d. 24 Apr. 1197)
    d. 23 Nov. 1183

    William was the 2nd Earl of Gloucester.

    Issue-

  • 3I. AMICE- m. RICHARD De CLARE (d. c.28 Nov. 1217), d. 1 Jan. 1224/5
  • II. Isabel- b.c.1173, m.1. 29 Aug. 1189 Marlborough Castle, Wilshire, John Plantagenet, King of England, annulled 1199, 2. 20 Jan. 1214 Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey, Earl of Essex, 3. c.1217 Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, d. 14 June 1217
  • III. Robert-

    Ref:

    Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy- Alison Weir, The Bodley Head, London, 1999- p. 66
    The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed- G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors- Vol. III, p. 244
    "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants"- Vol.II, p.87

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