William Mafonache Fitz Robert Earl of Gloucester 
William Mafonache was born on November 23rd, 1116 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. William Mafonache's father was Robert de Caen the Consul Fitzroy Earl of Gloucester and his mother was Maud Amabel Sibyl Fitz Hammon Countess of Gloucester. His paternal grandfather was "Beauclerc", King Of England Henry I; his maternal grandparents were Robert FitzHamon Earl of Gloucester and Sybil de Montgomery. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Hamon, Philip, Richard Fitz Robert de, Roger, Mabira de, Maud Fitzrobert De and Mabel. He was the second oldest of the eight children. He had two half-brothers named Richard and Robert. He died at the age of 67 on November 23rd, 1183 in of Cardiff Castle,South Glamorgan,Scotland. He was buried in Keynsham Priory,Somersetshire,England.General Notes
!2nd Earl of Gloucester, Lord of the Manor of Glamorgan and Cardiff Castle. A descendant of Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror. [Desc. of Charlemagne, Vol. III, p. 85]
FOSTER, WAITE LINES - 23rd ggrandfather
!d.s.p.m 1183 [Magna Charta Barons, p. 221, 417]
!1st son and heir of Robert de Caen, Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel/Matilda Fitz Hamon. [Peds. of Charlemagne, Vol. I, p. 125]
2nd Earl of Gloucester; son of Robert of Caen and Mabel FitzHamon; m. Hawise de Beaumont; by illicit relationship, father of Mabel of Gloucester. [Royal Descents, p. 387]
b. 1116 [Judy Martin]
Bristol and Gloucs. Arch. Soc., Gloucs. Pub. A. v 32, p 204;
Gen Hist 25 p 1 p 100; Dist. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v 48, p 356-58;
Espolin (GS #12462, pt 1 p 101).
Lord of the manor of Glamorgan and of Cardiff Castle; 2nd Earl of Gloucester; son of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel (dau. of Robert Fitz Hamon); m.c. 1150, Hawise de Beaumont; father of Amice, Countess of Gloucester. [Ancestral Roots, p. 67, 112]
Son of Robert de Caen, Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel Fitz Hamon; m. Hawise de Beaumont; father of Amice, Mabel and Isabel. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]
2ndl Earl of Gloucester; son of Robert of Caen and Mabel Fitzhamon; m. Hawise de Beaumont; father of:
1. Robert
2. Mabel
3. Amicia
4. Isabella, Countess of Gloucester
[Suzanne Doig <smd49!*!*its.canterbury.ac.nz]
Succeeded his father in 1147. Almost all that is remembered about William is the ludicrous incident of 1158, when he and his family were abducted from the keep at Cardiff by Ifor Bach, prince of Senghenyyd (a dependent barony of the lordship of Glamorgan), and held prisoner in Ifor's wooded fastness until he had redressed certain wrongs suffered by Ifor.
A more serious uprising by the Welsh against the Norman lordship took place during the years 1183-84 and an attack on the town and castle caused great damage. William, as soldier and statesman, was by no means of the calibre of his renowned father. When he died without male heir in 1183, the lordship passed to Prince (later King) John through John's marriage to Isabel, William's daughter. John divorced Isabel but retained the lordship until her second marriage to the earl of Essex. [Cardiff Castle]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0963 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy d.1026 in Fecamp,Normandy,France
- b.0999 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.0982 in Bretagne, France Brittany d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube, France
- b.~ 0978 in Falaise, Cavados, France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050 in Caen,France
- b.0980 in Falaise,Calvados,France d.Bet 1003 and 1060
- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Angers,Maine-et-Loire,Rouen,France
- b.0968 in Flanders, France d.30 May 1036 in Flanders, France
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.1004 in Of Flanders, France d.21 Feb 1029/1030 in Flanders, France
- b.1032 in Flanders d.03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1034 in Meulum
- b.1003 in Nevers, Nierre, France Countess of Aux d.1079 in Monastere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.0986 in Arles,Toulouse,France d.25 Jul 1032 in Meulun,France
- b.1088/1090 in Caen,Calvados,Normandy,France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.23 Nov 1116 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.23 Nov 1183 in of Cardiff Castle,South Glamorgan,Scotland
- b.~ 1002 in of Normandy,France
- b.~ 1030 in of Thoringi,of Creulli,Calvados,France d.10 Mar 1105/1107 in of Gloucester,of Tewksbury,England
- b.ABT 1090/1094 in of Glamorgan,Scotland d.1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.0990 in St Germain,Montgomery,Normandy d.07 Feb 1056
- b.~ 1005 in St. Germain de Montgomery,Calvados,Normandy d.27 Jul 1094 in Battle of Cardiff,Wales
- b.~ 0975 in Pont-Audemer,Normandy,France d.~ 1048
- b.ABT 1058/1060 in of Shrewsbury, England d.1107 in of Montgomery, Wales
- b.~ 0995 d.1048
- b.ABT 1015/1020 in ,Alencon,Bell,France d.02 Dec 1079 in Bures
- b.~ 0995
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William Mafonache and Hawise Mabel de were married in a religious ceremony about 1150 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
Sources/Citations
Cardiff Castle, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III @ p. 85, Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, 1898 @ p. 221, 417, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I @ p. 125, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States @ p. 387, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom @ v. 5, p. 683-689, 736, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition @ p. 67, 112, Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees #1, CD#100, The Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa @ p. 99, Kings of England @ p. 30, 45-47, Bristol & Gloucester Arch. Soc. Transactions @ v. 32, p. 204, Dictionary of National Biography @ v. 48, p. 356-358, Espolin @ GS#12462, pt. 1, p. 101
Cardiff Castle, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III @ p. 85, Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, 1898 @ p. 221, 417, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I @ p. 125, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States @ p. 387, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom @ v. 5, p. 683-689, 736, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition @ p. 67, 112, Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees #1, CD#100, The Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa @ p. 99, Kings of England @ p. 30, 45-47, Bristol & Gloucester Arch. Soc. Transactions @ v. 32, p. 204, Dictionary of National Biography @ v. 48, p. 356-358, Espolin @ GS#12462, pt. 1, p. 101
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