Robert FitzRichard , Lord of Dunmow 
Robert was born about 1075 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. Robert's father was Richard FitzGilbert 1st Earl de Clare and his mother was Rohese Giffard. His paternal grandparents were Gilbert FitzGodfrey Count d'Eu & Brionne and Constance d' Eu; his maternal grandparents were Walter I Giffard , Seigneur of Longueville and Agnes Flatel. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Richard FitzRichard de, Gilbert Fitz Richard de, Rohese FitzRichard de, Ronais FitzGilbert de and Avoise de. He was the youngest of the six children. He died in 1134 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England. He was buried in Priory of St Neot, Cambridgeshire, England.General Notes
Robert, 5th son of Richard FitzGilbert, Earl of Clare (ancestor of the Earls of Hertford), being steward to King Henry I, obtained from that monarch the Barony of Dunmow in Essex, as also the honour of Baynard Castle, in the city of London, both of which came into the possession of the crown by the forfeiture of William Baynard. This Robert m. in 1112, Maud de St. Liz, Lady of Bradham, dau. of Simon de St. Liz, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and by her, (who d. in 1140, m. 2ndly, Saer de Quincy) had two sons, Walter, his successor, and Simon, to whom he gave Daventre, in Northamptonshire. He d. in 1134, and was s. by his elder son, Walter FitzRobert. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 212, FitzWalter, Barons FitzWalter]
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Robert, steward to King Henry I, m. Maud, dau. of Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon, and had Walter Fitz-Robert, whose son, Robert Fitz-Walter, was one of the most distinguished of the barons who rebelled against John, and was stuled, Marshal of the Army of God and Holy church. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 118, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0891 in Rouen, Normandy, France d.17 Dec 0942 in killed at Picardy, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France d.~ 0972
- b.~ 0953 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.1015
- b.0935
- b.~ 0980 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.1040 in Assassinated
- b.~ 0920 in Castle at Guines, Pas-de-Calais, France d.0968
- b.~ 0958 in Castle at Guines, Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.~ 0890 in Ghent, Flanders now Belgium d.27 Mar 0964
- b.~ 0932 in Ghent, Flanders now Belgium d.0970
- b.0915 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.10 Oct 0960 in Bruges, Aquitaine, France
- b.< 1035 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.May 1089 in Priory of St Neot, Cambridgeshire, England
- b.~ 1009 in Eu, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0937 in Tillieres, Normandy, France d.~ 0963
- b.~ 0955 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0942 in Tillieres, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0985 in Normandy, France d.< 1014
- b.~ 1075 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.1134 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1084 in France
- b.~ 0885 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark d. in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0911 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0960 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0885 in Sweden
- b.0923 in Sweden
- b.0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1036 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.> 1133
- b.~ 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France d. in France
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‌Robert and Maud de were married in a religious ceremony in 1119. They had a son and a daughter, named Walter and Maud.
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Children
Walter FitzRobert , Lord of Dunmow Castle
Walter was born about 1120 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England. He died in 1198 in Woodham Walter, Malden, Essex, England. He was buried in Dunmow Priory, Essex, England.
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