William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester 
William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of was born on November 23rd, 1116 in Gloucestershire, England. William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of's father was Robert de Caen , 1st Earl of Gloucester and his mother was Maud FitzHamon. His paternal grandparents were Henry I "Beauclerc" King of England and Nest verch Rhys , Heiress of Carew; his maternal grandparents were Robert FitzHamon , Earl of Gloucester and Sybil de Montgomery. He had two sisters named Maud FitzRobert de and Christian of. He was the oldest of the three children. He had a half-brother named Robert Castellan of. He died at the age of 67 on November 23rd, 1183 in Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales.General Notes
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. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-La-Foret, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1090 in Caen, Normandy, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1073 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.23 Nov 1116 in Gloucestershire, England d.23 Nov 1183 in Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales
- b.~ 1050 in Cruelly, Calvados, Normandy, France d.10 MAR 1106/07 in At the battle of Falaise
- b.~ 1094 in Gloucestershire, England d.1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1060 in St Germain, Normandy, France
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‌William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of and Hawise de were married in a religious ceremony about 1150. They had three daughters named Mabel FitzRobert Countess of, Amice FitzRobert Countess of and Isabel FitzRobert Countess of.
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Children
Mabel FitzRobert Countess of Gloucester
Mabel FitzRobert Countess of was born about 1152 in Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England. She died in 1198 in Evereux, Eure, Normandy, France.
Amice FitzRobert Countess of Gloucester
Amice FitzRobert Countess of was born in 1160 in Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England. She died in England.
Isabel FitzRobert Countess of Gloucester
Isabel FitzRobert Countess of was born about 1173 in Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England. She died on October 14th, 1217 in (dsp).
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