Sir Henry fitzSiward de Latham 
Henry fitzSiward was born on April 27th, 1093 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. Henry fitzSiward's father was Sir Siward fitzDunning de Latham and his mother was Helga de Chester. His paternal grandparents were Earl Dunning de Latham of Ormskirk & Latham and Marigard de Essex of Avon and Essex; his maternal grandparents were Earl Henry de Chester and Countess Helene Tudor of Kent. He was an only child. He died at the age of 35 on June 12th, 1128 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.General Notes
Henry was named Earl of Lathom on his 21st birthday, 27 April 1114. It was often said of him that he began the fall of the Latham clan ofthe halls of power. He was quite unfaithful to his wife Lady Alice.He was a mean and abusive husband. He had a long term affair with Martha Jane Hargrove and he had divorced Lady Alice to marry her. On the very day of his 2nd wedding, he was riding horseback with the wedding party. He was galloping after Martha when he failed to duckunder a tree limb. He was
knocked from his horse and broke his neck.
Lady Alice with the help of her friends and relatives was able to get the marriage annulled because it was never "legally" consummated. Lady Alice was named regent for her son Robert. It is said of Martha Hargrove that she bore Lord Henry a bastard daughter 8 months after his death.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0980
- b.~ 1008
- b.~ 1031 in Lathom, Lancashire, England d.12 Oct 1092 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 0990
- b.~ 1015
- b.04 Jul 1073 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England d.9 Jan 1094/1095 in Chapelry Of Lathom, Lancaster, England
- b.~ 1013 in Essex, Cambridgeshire, England d.02 Oct 1093 in Chapelry of Lathom, Lathom, Lancashire, England
- b.06 Feb 1033 in Essex, Cambridgeshire, England d.06 Aug 1073 in Lathom House, Lathom, Lancashire, England
- b.26 Jan 1012 in Bristol, Avon, England d.14 Sep 1044 in Essex, Cambridgeshire, England
- b.27 Apr 1093 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England d.12 Jun 1128 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
- b.1014 in Saxon, England d.1054 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England
- b.05 May 1034 in Cheshire, England d.23 Jul 1117 in Lathom House, Lathom, Lancashire, England
- b.4 Mar 1063/1064 in Cheshire, England d.13 Dec 1094 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
- b.17 Feb 1033 in London, Middlesex, England d.1074 in Cheshire, England
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Henry fitzSiward and Alice were married in a religious ceremony on April 24th, 1118 in Chapelry Of Lathom, Lancaster, England . They had a son named Robert Henry fitzHenry.
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Children
Robert Henry fitzHenry de Latham
Robert Henry fitzHenry was born on August 18th, 1123 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. He died at the age of 62 on December 2nd, 1185 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
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