General Notes

ID: I00379
Name: Robert FITZHARDING
Sex: M
Birth: 1087
Death: 1170
Burial: St. Augustine's at Bristol
Note:
From Dave Berkeley's homepage athttp://www.rotwang.freeserve.co.uk/Index.html

Robert was the eldest son of Harding and succeeded him in his estates andin the office of Praepositus at Bristol. He rendered important servicesboth with arms and money to the Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I, andher son Henry Plantagenet, afterwards Henry II, in their contest for theCrown with the usurper Stephen, to recompense which, Henry, on theultimate success of his party, bestowed upon Robert the great Manor andBarony of Berkeley, which had been previously held from the crown byRoger (called Roger de Berkeley) the lord of Dursley. Roger however forsome time held his inheritance by force of arms, and to settle thedispute the king gave Roger the Manor of Dursley in fee, on condition ofhis surrendering Berkeley to Robert; a double marriage was also arrangedbetween the two families, Robert's eldest son Maurice marrying Alice thedaughter of the Lord of Dursley, while Roger's son espoused one of thedaughters of Robert Fitzharding. After this they all seemed to have livedin peace, and the new lord of Berkeley took quiet possession of hiscastle and manors.

In 1140, Robert commenced the long series of benefactions to the churchfor which his family were so remarkable, by building and endowing themonastery of St. Augustine at Bristol, the church of which is now theCathedral. It was consecrated and dedicated on Easter Day 1148, whenRobert laid upon the high altar his deed of gift by which he endowed itwith many fair manors and lands, which still form the endowment of theBishopric. He died in 1170, and was buried in St. Augustine's, in amonk's habit and cowl, having some time previously become a regular Canontherein. [end of Dave Berkeley's info].

Father: HARDING
Mother: LIVIDA

Marriage 1 sister of Durand EVA
Children
Maurice DE BERKELEY b: 1120

ID: I12818
Name: Robert FitzHarding "the Devout"
Sex: M
Birth: BET. 1095 - 1096 in of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Death: 5 FEB 1169/70
Note: Robert FitzHardinge obtained for his fidelity to King Henry II theCastle of Berkeley, wrested from Roger de Berkeley, or Dursley, apartisan of Stephen, and thereby became one of the feudal barons of therealm. He married Eva, niece of William the Conqueror, and founded themonastery of St. Augustine, at Bristol, in the year 1140, and was buriedthere in 1170. He was s. by his eldest son, Mauric

Father: Harding of Gloucestershire b: ABT. 1060 in of Gloucestershire,England
Mother: Livida (of Gloucestershire) b: ABT. 1073 in Bristol,Gloucestershire, England

Marriage 1 Eve FitzEstmond b: ABT. 1099 in of Gloucestershire, England
Married: ABT. 1119 in England
Children
Maurice FitzRobert "the Make Peace" FitzHarding b: 1120 in Bristol,Gloucestershire, England
Nicholas FitzHarding b: ABT. 1124 in of Bristol, Gloucestershire,England
Helen FitzRobert b: ABT. 1124 in of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

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