Earl Robert deCaen 
Robert was born in 1086 in Caen, Calvados, France. Robert's father was King Henry I England and his mother was Nesta Ferch Rhys. His paternal grandparents were King William The Conqueror and Matilda de Flanders; his maternal grandparents were Rhys Ap Tewdr Mawr and Gwladys Ferch Rhiwallon. He had a brother named Henry. He had four half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Reginald Dunstanville, Robert (FitzRoy), William, Maurice FitzGerald Baron of, Matilda Aethelic, Elizabeth Princess of, Constance and Matilda. He died at the age of 61 on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
The illegitimate son of King Henry I of England (reigned 1100-35), Robertwas made Earl of Gloucester in 1122. After the death of Henry I andusurpation of power by Stephen (December 1135), Gloucester became theleader of the party loyal to Matilda, his half sister, who had beendesignated heir to the throne by Henry I. He took Matilda to England inSeptember 1139 and at the head of her forces won from Stephen most ofwestern England and southern Wales. In February 1141 he captured Stephenat Lincoln and imprisoned him in Bristol. Later that year Gloucester wascaptured at Winchester, Hampshire, and exchanged for the king. Hecontinued to be the mainstay of Matilda's cause until his death.Chroniclers considered Gloucester an able and sagacious leader.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.28 Aug 0933 in Fecamp,Normandy,France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp,Normandy,France
- b.~ 0963 in , Normandie d.28 Aug 1027 in Fbecamp, Normandie
- b.~ 0936 in Normandie d.1031 in France
- b.0999 in Normandy,France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.0937 in Bretagne, Rennes, France d.29 Jun 0992 in Brittany, France
- b.0982 in Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Of, , Normandie, France
- b.~ 0955 in Anjou, France d.27 Jun 0992 in Bretagne
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentruvilleby, Rouen, France
- b.~ 0978 in Of,Falaise,Normandie
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.~ 0980 in Of,Falaise,Normandie
- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. denis, Seine-St. Denis, France
- b.0970 d.30 Mar 0997
- b.0968 in Flanders, France d.30 May 1036 in Flanders, France
- b.0950 in Luxembourg d.26 Jan 1002/1003 in Gent, Belgium
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.0955 in Moselgau, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.1004 d.21 Feb 1029/1030 in Flanders, France
- b.0968 in Gleiberg, Germany d.UNKNOWN
- b.1031 in Flandres d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen,Normandie
- b.0939 in Paris,Seine,France d.Aug 0996 in Paris,Isle de France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans,France d.20 Jul 1031 in Melun,France
- b.0952 in Germany d.1004
- b.1010 d.1079 in Monastere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.0945 in Toulouse, France
- b.0973 in Toulouse, France d.1032 in Melun, France
- b.0948 in Anjou, France
- b.1086 in Caen, Calvados, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.0966 d.1043
- b.0995 in of South Wales d.1053
- b.0969 d.1050
- b.1022 in South Wales d.1103
- b.0997 d.1041
- b.1048 in debeubarth, Wales d.1133
- b.1030 d.1109
- b.1070 d.1154
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1051 d.1139
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Children
Matilda Gloucester
Matilda was born in 1106 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She died at the age of 83 on July 29th, 1189.
Philip FitzRobert deGai
Philip FitzRobert was born in 1122 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He died at the age of 45 in 1167 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Earl William FitzRobert
William was born in 1128 in Gloucestershire,England. He died at the age of 55 on November 23rd, 1183.
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