Miles FitzWalter Earl of Hereford 
Miles FitzWalter Earl of was born in 1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Miles FitzWalter Earl of's father was Walter FitzRoger , Sheriff of Gloucester and his mother was Emma de Ballon. His paternal grandparents were Roger de Pitres and Eunice de Baalun; his maternal grandfather was Dru de Ballon. He had a half-sister named Maud FitzWalter de. He died at the age of 51 on December 24th, 1143 in Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. He was buried in Llanthony without Gloucester Priory, Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
In 1141, during the struggle between the Empress Maud and Stephen I for the throne the former conferred the Earldom of Hereford on Miles of Gloucester, so-called from his father being hereditary Constable of the shire. Only two years earlier the new Earl had supported Stephen, but it has been suggested that he went over to the Empress's in part because his overlord, the Earl of Gloucester, was one of Henry I's many bastard sons, hence Maud's half brother. (Her generous gifts to Miles of land, houses, and castles, in addition to the Earldom, may have helped win him over.) [Burke's Peerage]
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William II "Rufus" King of England granted the lordship of "Over Gwent" which included a castle at the mouth of the Genny where it joins the Usk, probably some time after 1088 to one Hamelin de Ballon, so called from his having been born at Ballon, in Maine. Subsequent holders of Over Gwent or Abergavenny included the 1st and 2nd Earls of Hereford of the 1141 creation and the 2nd Earl's four younger brothers, for all of whom a shadowy family connection with Hamelin de Ballon has been claimed, though this is very hard, if not impossible, to sustain. [Burke's Peerage (page 12) on the history of Abergavenny:]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1030 in Bruis, Manche, Normandy, France d.< 1098 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England
- b.1047 in Bal de Pitres, France d.1089 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1030 in France d.< 1050
- b.~ 1070 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.1129 in England
- b.1050 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. in England
- b.1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1030 in Ballon, Maine, France
- b.~ 1070 in Ballon, Maine, France
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‌Miles FitzWalter Earl of and Sybil de were married in a religious ceremony in April 1121. They had five sons and three daughters, named Roger FitzMiles of, Walter Sheriff of Gloucester &, Henry of, Mahel of, William of, Margaret de, Bertha de and Lucy of.
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Children
Roger FitzMiles of Gloucester , Earl of Hereford
Roger FitzMiles of was born about 1122 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. He died in 1155 in (dsp, as a monk).
Walter Sheriff of Gloucester & Hereford
Walter Sheriff of Gloucester & was born about 1124 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. He died after 1159 in (dsp).
Margaret de Gloucester
Margaret de was born in 1126 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. She died at the age of 20 in 1146.
Henry of Hereford
Henry of was born about 1128 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. He died before April 1163 in Arnold Castle near Abergavenny (dsp, slain). He was buried in Llanthony without Gloucester Priory, Gloucestershire, England.
Bertha de Gloucester , Heiress of Brecon
Bertha de was born about 1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
Mahel of Hereford
Mahel of was born about 1133 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. He died in Llanthony without Gloucester Priory (dsp).
William of Hereford
William of was born about 1136 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. He died before 1166 in Bronllys Tower, Brecon, Breconshire, Wales (dsp).
Lucy of Hereford
Lucy of was born about 1142 in Bwlch y Dinas, Brecknockshire, Wales. She died after 1219 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales. She was buried in Chapter House of Llanthony, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
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