General Notes

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Merged General Note:
Oldest of Henry's "natural" children.  Robert might have had a strong
claim to throne of England except for the "bar sinister" in his
He gave support to his half-sister Matilda in her claim for the
Robert married the daughter of the Earl of Chester, and received by
marriage large possessions in Normandy, Wales, and England.   He
with his cousin, King Stephen , who confiscated his lands in Wales and
England (1137).  Robert joined his half sister, Matilda, Empress of
Germany, in invasion of England (1139), and for eight years contended
the royal title; with aid of his son-in-law, Earl of Chester, captured
Stephen (1141); Robert was then captured at Stockbridge and exchanged
Stephen; he defeated Stephen at Wilton, but failed to sustain
He died 1147 at Bristol.

Nancy Ann Norman:
Sources: Complete Peerage; Norr; Kraentzler 1143b, 1342, 1346, 1350; A. Roots
63, 124, 124A, 125, 132A; Royal Descents; The Normans and Their Myth by R.H.C.
Davis; Ayers, p351.
Roots: Robert. Called "The Consul." Earl of Gloucester, 1122-1147. Natural
son of Henry I. Does not name his mother.
K: Robert "the Consul," 1st Earl of Gloucester. Also Robert Fitz-Hamon, Earl
of Corbeil, Seigneur de Cruelli. Married 1109.
CP: Mother unknown. Will go with this.
Descents: Robert of Caen, lst Earl of Gloucester, married Mabel FitzHarmon.
He was illegitimate by an unknown mother. Page 409.
K-1346 says Sibyl de Corbet was POSSIBLY the mother of Robert of Caen. So
does *P member who cites no source. K-1342 says his mother was a concubine.
Sibyl also was a mistress of Henry I and bore him several children.
K-1350: Robert "The Consul", Earl of Gloucester; born about 1090; died
31 Oct. 1147 at Bristol, Gloucester; buried at the Priory of St. James,
Gloucester. Says he was the son of Sibyl de Corbet, no hedges in this line.
Davis: Robert, Earl of Gloucester, held one of the largest honours in
England and Normandy. He had very large estates in the west of England and also
was prominent in Wales as Lord of Glamorgan.
Ayers: Robert de Caen, Earl of Gloucester; illegitimate son of King Henry I.
Start of the Gloucester/Earls of Gloucester line.