Robert de Caen Earl of Gloucester 
Robert de Caen Earl of was born in 1086 in Caen, Calvados, France. Robert de Caen Earl of's father was Henry I 'Beauclerc' King of England and his mother was Nesta Ferch Rhys. His paternal grandparents were William I "The Conqueror" King of England and Matilda of Flanders. He had a brother named Henry. He was the older of the two children. He had four half-brothers and four half-sisters, named William Atheling Prince of, Richard Prince of, William, Reginald Dunstanville FitzRoy Earl of, Matilda Aethelic, Elizabeth Princess of, Constance and Gundred Rohesia Princess of. 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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- b.0933 in Fecamp, Normandy, France d.0996
- b.0963 in Normandy, France d.1026 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, France
- b.0942 in denmark d.13 Nov 1002
- b.0999 in Normandy, France d.1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.0937 in Bretagne, Rennes, France d.29 Jun 0992 in Brittany, France
- b.0966 in Brittany, France d.1017 in Normandy, France
- b.0952 in Anjou, France d.27 Jun 0992 in Brittany, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1087 in Hermentruvilleby, Rouen, France
- b.0978 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.0980 in Falaise, Calvados, France
- 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 d.02 Nov 1083
- 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.1070 d.1154
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