Robert de Caen de Mellent Earl of Gloucester 
Robert de Caen de Mellent was born about 1090 in of Caen, Calvados, France.1 Robert de Caen de Mellent's father was Henry I Beauclerc King of England and his mother was Sybilla Corbert. His paternal grandparents were William I the Conqueror King of England and Matilda (Maud) de Flanders; his maternal grandfather was Robert Corbert. He had a brother and four sisters, named Rainald de Dunstanville, Maud, Sybilla, Elizabeth Joan and Constance. He had four half-brothers and a half-sister, named William, William, Henry, Herbert and Mathilda (Adelaide). He died due to Fever. on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire.1 General Notes
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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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.28 AUG 933 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0958 in of Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, S-Infr, France
- b.0936 in , Normandy, France d.1031 in , Normandy, France
- b.0999 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.~ 0980 d.1008 in Bretagne, France
- b.0982 in Brittany, France d.1017 in Normandy, France
- b.0962 in Anjou, Normandy, France d. in Anjou, Normandy, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube (near Rouen), France
- b.0978 in of Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.1003 in France d.~ 1050
- b.0980 in of Falaise, France
- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Gisors, France
- b.0941 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.0987 in Flanders, Normandy, France
- b.0969 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.1035 in Flanders, Normandy, France
- b.0945 in of Ivrea d.13 Dec 1003 in Gent, Belgium
- b.1012 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.0945 in Netherlands d.06 Oct 1019
- b.0986 in Luxemburg d.21 FEB 1029/30 in Flanders, Normandy, France
- b.1031 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.0938 in of Paris, Seine, France d.24 OCT 996 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.27 MAR 972 in Orléans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Aquitaine
- b.0945 in Germany d.1006 in France
- b.1009 in France d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Monastere de L'Ordre de St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.0947 in France d.1037
- b.0974 in Toulouse, France d.25 Jul 1032 in Melun, France
- b.0948 in France d.BET. 1026 - 1029
- b.~ 1090 in of Caen, Calvados, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire
- b. in England
- b.1077 in of Alcester, Warwickshire, England d.> 1157
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Details of Robert de Caen de Mellent's family with Mabel FitzHamon
Details of Robert de Caen de Mellent's family with Sibyl de Montgomerie
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Further sources/citations:
Dictionary of National Biography, Complete Peerage, Stevens DB, University of Hull Royal Database (England), The Royal Bastards of Medieval England, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124 p 112, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 48, large-G675.FTW, Stevens DB, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 48, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse @ p 92, 11615-2.ftw, Complete Peerage, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 48, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124, Complete Peerage @ Vol V pp 683-686, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 63:26, 124:26, 124A:26, 125:26, 132A:27, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
Further sources/citations:
Dictionary of National Biography, Complete Peerage, Stevens DB, University of Hull Royal Database (England), The Royal Bastards of Medieval England, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124 p 112, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 48, large-G675.FTW, Stevens DB, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 48, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse @ p 92, 11615-2.ftw, Complete Peerage, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 48, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 124, Complete Peerage @ Vol V pp 683-686, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 63:26, 124:26, 124A:26, 125:26, 132A:27, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
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