Earl of Gloucester, Robert de Caen de Mellent

Birth Name Earl of Gloucester, Robert de Caen de Mellent 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a
Also Known As Earl of Gloucester, Robert de Caen “the Consul” 10b
Gramps ID I3040
Gender male
Age at Death about 57 years, 9 months, 30 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E3964] about 1090 of Caen, Calvados, France  
2b 4b 11a 7b 6b 8b 10c
Death [E3965] 1147-10-31 Bristol, Gloucestershire  
2c 6c 7 8c 10d

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father King of England, Henry I Beauclerc [I2609]about 1068-09-001135-12-01
    Sister     of Gloucester, Elizabeth [I3044] BET. 1084 - 1095
         Earl of Gloucester, Robert de Caen de Mellent [I3040] about 1090 1147-10-31
    Sister     of England, Matilda (Maud) [I4038] about 1093
    Sister     of England, Constance [I5011] BET. 1120 - 1130

Families

    Family of Earl of Gloucester, Robert de Caen de Mellent and FitzHamon, Mabel [F0497]
Married Wife FitzHamon, Mabel [I3042] ( * 1090 + 1157 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E28144] 1109    
3b 12a 6d 13a 7c 14a 8d 10e
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of Gloucester, Christiana [I1133]
Earl of Gloucester, William FitzRobert [I3041]1116-11-231183-11-23
FitzRobert, Maud of Gloucester [I0762]11201189-07-29

Narrative

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REF: Weis Ancestral Roots (63:26), (124:26), (124A:26),
(125:26), (132A:27): He was an illigitimate son of King HENRY
I. According to "The Dictionary of National Biography", his
mother was probably an unknown French woman. This birth was
before HENRY became king. On insufficient grounds some claim
his mother to be Nesta, dau. of RHYS AP TEWDR, King of
Dehubarth. In his "Complete Peerage", Cockayne is of the
opinion that his mother was most likely SIBYL CORBET. He fought
at the Battle of Bremule in 1119, where his father defeated
King LOUIS VI of France (RIN 1531). In 1122 he was created
Earl of Gloucester. In 1123, he led a force to assist in the
capture of the castle
of Brionne, which was held by rebel Norman barons. In 1126 he
had custody
of the imprisoned rebel, Robert, Duke of Normandy. In 1127 he
did homage
to the EMPRESS MATILDA, recognizng her as his father's
successor to the
throne. When Stephen was chosen as king over the EMPRESS
MATILDA, Robert did homage to him for his English lands. In
1137 he accompanied King Stephen to Normandy where a quarrel
ensued. He then threw his support to MATILDA, who was in
Normandy, and obtained the surrender of Caen and Bayeux to her
husband, GEOFFREY PLANTAGANET, Count of Anjou (RIN 787). In
Sep. 1139 he landed in England with MATILDA and took her to
Arundel Castle. He became her commander-in-chief in the civil
war which followed.
Robert was captured by Stephen's forces, but Stephen had also
been previously captured by MATILDA's. The two were returned
to their respective camps in an even exchange. MATILDA sent
Robert to Anjou to attempt to convince her husband, GEOFFREY,
to come to her aid. GEOFFREY
declined to help until he had conquered Normandy, so Robert
joined in his
campaign. However, hearing that MATILDA was beseiged at
Oxford, he hurried
back to her assistance. He took MATILDA's and GEOFFREY's son,
HENRY (the
future King HENRY II) with him. In 1143 Robert defeated
Stephen at Wilton
and in 1144 he blockaded Malmesbury, Stephen refusing battle.
MATILDA's
support had gradually dwindled, so Robert was unable to
continue to press
her cause. In 1147 Robert sent HENRY back to Anjou. Later
that year Robert died of fever at Bristol.

Narrative

Records not imported into INDI (individual) Gramps ID I3040:

Line ignored as not understood Line 71336: 2 SOUR @S085410@
Skipped subordinate line Line 71337: 3 DATA
Skipped subordinate line Line 71338: 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 7, 2000

 

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
REFN 3443
 

Pedigree

  1. King of England, Henry I Beauclerc [I2609]
    1. of Gloucester, Elizabeth [I3044]
    2. Earl of Gloucester, Robert de Caen de Mellent
      1. FitzHamon, Mabel [I3042]
        1. of Gloucester, Christiana [I1133]
        2. Earl of Gloucester, William FitzRobert [I3041]
        3. FitzRobert, Maud of Gloucester [I0762]
    3. of England, Matilda (Maud) [I4038]
    4. of England, Constance [I5011]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Dictionary of National Biography [S11093]
      • Page: mother prob an unknown French woman
  2. G.E. Cockayne: Complete Peerage, Location: Mid-Continent Library, Independence [S10849]
      • Page: one gen.medieval reader says CP says he was prob son of Sybilla Corbet & another reader says s. of unknown mistress/concubine
      • Page: Vol V, pp. 683-686, b. bef his father came to throne, prob abt 1090
      • Page: Vol V pp 683-686
  3. Jim & Luke Stevens: Stevens DB [S12824]
      • Page: eldest son (illegitimate) of Henry I
      • Page: No date/place
  4. Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author Address: [S13227]
      • Page: Issue of Henry I, uncertain of mother.
      • Page: abt 1090.
  5. Chris Given-Wilson & Alice Curteis: The Royal Bastards of Medieval England [S13160]
      • Page: issue of Henry I, no mother
  6. Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to [S10400]
      • Page: line 124 p 112, Known as "the Consul", natural son of Henry I by an unknown mistress
      • Page: line 124 p 112
      • Page: line 124 p 113
      • Page: line 124, no date
  7. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Recipient: J.H. Garner, Author [S10339]
      • Page: issue of Henry I & Nesta verch Rhys
      • Page: b 1100
      • Page: no date
  8. Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, rev. ed. [S10670]
      • Page: p 48, s of Henry I & Sybilla Corbet, but notes "there is no certain evidence to show that Sybilla was really Robert's mother, who may have been an unknown woman of Caen"
      • Page: p 48, b 1090-1095, no place
      • Page: p 48, d 1147, no place
      • Page: p 48, no date, had issue
  9. Sharon Kay Penman: When Christ & His Saints Slept [S13383]
      • Page: eldest son (natural or otherwise) of King Henry, no mother
  10. SUSANNA KEENE.FTW [S85410]
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  11. Ernst-Friedrich Kraentzler: Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville [S10416]
      • Page: line 124
  12. Elmore, Lori (Garner): Elmore, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (Garner), Recipient: J.H. Garner, [S11155]
      • Page: No date/place
  13. Gary Boyd Roberts: The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies [S13167]
      • Page: p 396, no date
  14. Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse [S10385]
      • Page: p 93, no date