William FitzRoy of Gloucester 
William FitzRoy of was born on November 23rd, 1116 in Gloucestershire, England. William FitzRoy of's father was Robert of Gloucester and his mother was Sibyl FitzHamon. His paternal grandparents were Henry I 'Beauclerc' of England and Unknown Mistress1; his maternal grandparents were Robert FitzHamon and Sibyl De Montgomery. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Philip, Roger, Maud FitzRoy of and Richard. He had a half-brother named Robert. He died at the age of 67 on November 23rd, 1183 in Priory, Keynsham, Somerset, England.General Notes
Witness to an agreement between Robert (his father) and the Abbot of Fecamp, 1128.
Surety for his father, Oct 1141 in the exchange of Earl Robert (then held at Rochester) for King Stephen; witness to the agreement between Stephen and Henry (II) of Anjou, 1153.
Supporter of Henry II against the Young King and rebels, 1173; one of the magnates imprisoned by Henry under suspicion, Apr 1183
Earl of Gloucester, Lord of Glamorgan and Caerleon; resided at Cardiff
At censu of 1166, held 259 1/2 knight's fees of the old feoffment, and 13 1/2 of the new in Gloucestershire.
Confirmed by charter (undated: between 1147-83) the grant of his father Robert Fitz Regis to Tewkesbury Abbey of the tithe of the rents and tolls of his fair at Cardiff.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0959 in Normandy, France d.26 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1008 in Normandy, France d.02 Jul 1035 in Nice, Bithynia
- b.~ 0982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France d.16 Nov 1017 in Normandie, France
- b.14 Oct 1028 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandy
- b.BET 976 AND 978 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.UNKNOWN in Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.~ 1012 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.BET 1050 AND 1060 in Mortaigne, S-Mnch, France
- b.~ 0980 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.~Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Forat, Normandy, France
- b.BET 968 AND 980 in Flanders, France d.30 May 1036 in Flanders, France
- b.1012 in Lille d.10 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.BET 986 AND 988 in Luxembourg d.21 FEB 1029/30 in Flanders, France
- b.BET 1031 AND 1032 in Flanders d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.27 MAR 972 in Orleans, Loiret, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Yvelines, Isle-de-France, France
- b.~ 1003 in France d.1 JAN 1078/79 in Monastere de L'Order de St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.~ 0974 in Toulouse, France d.25 Jul 1034 in Meulan, Yvelines, Isle-de-France, France
- b.BET 1086 AND 1090 in Caen, Normandy d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.23 Nov 1116 in Gloucestershire, England d.23 Nov 1183 in Priory, Keynsham, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1032 d.1100
- b.~ 1050 d.10 MAR 1106/07
- b.~ 1094 in Gloucestershire, England d.1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 0960 d.BEF 7 FEB 1055/56
- b.BET 985 AND 995 in St. Germain, Normandy, France d.< 1056
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1022 in Normandy, France d.27 Jul 1094 in Battle of Cardiff, Wales
- b.0952 in Normandy d.> 1040
- b.BET 970 AND 989 in Ponteaudemer, Normandy, France d.7 FEB 1049/50
- b.0942 in Pont Audemer, Normandy d.UNKNOWN
- b.1060 d.1094
- b.BET 965 AND 970 in Belleme, Sarthe, France d.BET 1028 AND 1048 in Domfront, Orne, Normandy
- b.BET 990 AND 995 in Belesme, Normandy, France d.1070 in Alencon, Normandy
- b.BET 968 AND 969 in Conde-Sur-Noirau, France d.1024
- b.1026 in Alencon, Normandy d.05 Dec 1082 in France
- b.~ 0955 in Ghent d.18 SEP 993 in Killed in action at Maas
- b.~ 0990 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.~ 1067 in Strangled
- b.~ 0962 in Brussels d.14 May 1005 in Egmond-Binnen, Noord Holland, Netherlands
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‌William FitzRoy of and Hawise were married in a religious ceremony in Leicestershire, England. They had three daughters named Mabel, Amice and Countess of.
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Children
Mabel FitzRobert
Mabel was born about 1147 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. She died in 1191 in Gloucestershire, England.
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