Robert de Caen , 1st Earl of Gloucester 
Robert de was born about 1090 in Caen, Normandy, France. Robert de's father was Henry I "Beauclerc" King of England and his mother was Nest verch Rhys , Heiress of Carew. His paternal grandparents were William I "The Conqueror" King of England and Matilda (Maud) of Flanders; his maternal grandparents were Rhys ap Tewdwr , King of Deheubarth and Gwladus verch Rhiwallon. He had a brother and a sister, named Henry and Maud of. He had five half-brothers and nine half-sisters, named Reynold de, William de, Robert, William, Maurice, Maud "The Empress" Princess of, Sibylla, Eustacia de, Elizabeth of, Alice of, Matilda of, Constance, Hadewise de and Miss de. He died on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
Robert, EARL OF GLOUCESTER, by Mabel, daughter and heir of Robert FITZ-HAMOND, lord of Tewkesbury. [Complete Peerage]
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[From Burke's Peerage-see source for details]
An undoubted Earl of Gloucester, perhaps the first authentic one, at any rate after the Conquest, is Robert FitzHamon's son-in-law, another Robert, who was an illegitimate son of Henry I and was so created 1122. The Earldom passed to his eldest son, William FitzRobert, and from him to John, later King John and husband from 1189 to 1199 (when he divorced her) of Isabel, the youngest of William FitzRobert's three daughters. On John's coming to the throne the title did not merge in the Crown for it was not his in his own right but in right of his wife.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.14 Oct 1027 in Falais, Calvados, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Seine-Maritime, France
- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-La-Foret, Normandy, France
- b.1032 in Flanders, France d.03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.~ 1090 in Caen, Normandy, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1035 in Deheubarth, Wales d.1093 in Killed fighting Norman English in Brycheiniog, Wales
- b.1073 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.0954 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0982 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0956 in of Powys, Wales
- b.1026 in Powys, Wales d.1069
- b.~ 0938 in Dynevor Castle, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0999
- b.~ 0982 in Deheybarth, Waes
- b.~ 1051 in Powys, Wales
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Robert de and Maud were married in a religious ceremony about 1115 in Gloucestershire, England. They had a son and two daughters, named William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of, Maud FitzRobert de and Christian of.
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Children
William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester
William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of was born on November 23rd, 1116 in Gloucestershire, England. He died at the age of 67 on November 23rd, 1183 in Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Maud FitzRobert de Caen
Maud FitzRobert de was born about 1117 in Gloucestershire, England.. She died on July 29th, 1189.
Robert de and Mistress were married in a religious ceremony in No Marriage. They had a son named Robert Castellan of.
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Children
Robert Castellan of Gloucester
Robert Castellan of was born about 1120 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He died after 1160.
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