Robert FitzEdith 
Robert was born about 1098 in Devonshire, England. Robert's father was Henry I "Beauclerc" King of England and his mother was Edith FitzForne. His paternal grandparents were William I "The Conqueror" King of England and Matilda (Maud) of Flanders. He had four half-brothers and eight half-sisters, named Henry, Reynold de, Robert de, William de, Maud of, Maud "The Empress" Princess of, Sibylla, Mabel (Eustacia), Elizabeth of, Alice of, Constance and Matilda of. He died on May 31st, 1172.General Notes
(4) ROBERT the Kingís son, whose mother Ede or Edith was apparently da. of Forn, probably identical with Forn Sigulfson, lord of Greystoke (Cumberland) and a tenant-in-chief in co. York; which Edith, after her liaison with Henry I, m. Robert de Oilli, a royal Constable and constable of Oxford Castle. Robert held land in Devonshire in 1130. He supported his half-sister, the EMPRESS Maud, in the Civil War. He was a great tenant-in-chief, his servitium debitum being 100 knights. He m. Maud, dame du Sap in Normandy, widow of William de Courcy, and da. and h. of Robert de Avranches, by whom he had an only daughter. He d. 31 May 1172.
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- b.~ 0999 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.02 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey (on pilgrimage to Jerusalem)
- b.14 Oct 1027 in Falais, Calvados, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Seine-Maritime, France
- b.~ 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.1068 in Selby, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-La-Foret, Normandy, France
- b.Dec 0961 in Flanders, France d.30 Mar 0987 in Chapel de St Laurent, France
- b.~ 0980 in Flanders now Belgium d.30 May 1036 in Flanders now Belgium
- b.~ 0962 in Luxembourg d.26 JAN 1002/03
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, France
- b.1032 in Flanders, France d.03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
- b.1009 in France d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Monastere de L'O, Messines, France
- b.~ 1098 in Devonshire, England d.31 May 1172
- b.~ 1072 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England d. in Granted Barony of Claydon by Henry I
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