Earl Miles Fitzwalter 
Miles was born in 1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Miles' father was Walter Fitz Roger and his mother was Emma de Baallun. His paternal grandparents were Roger de Pitres and Eunice de Baalun; his maternal grandfather was Drew de Baalun. He had a sister named Maud Fitz Walter. He was the younger of the two children. 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 Priory, Gloucestershire, England.1 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, his father being hereditary Constable of the shire. Only two years earlier the new Earl had supported Stephen, but he went over to the Empress's in part because his over lord, the Earl of Gloucester, was one of Henry I's many bastard sons, Maud's half brother. Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
[Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1045 in Bal de Pitres, France d.1089 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1070 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.1129 in England
- b.1025 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. in Herefordshire,England
- b.1045 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.1025 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. in Herefordshire,England
- b.~ 1070 in Ballon, Maine, France d. in England
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‌Miles and Sybil de were married in a religious ceremony in April 1121 in Aberhonwy,Brons.,Wales.2 They had a daughter named Bertha.
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Children
Bertha de Gloucester
Bertha was born about 1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. She died in 1204.
1 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 177-4
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 177-4
Further sources/citations:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1378, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 262-28
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 177-4
Further sources/citations:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1378, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 262-28
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