Robert Le deSpencer 
Robert was born in 1018 in Lillebonne, Normandy, France. Robert's father was Amaury D'Abbetot and his mother was Helindis. His paternal grandfather was Rabel II Tancred. He had two brothers named Roger and Urso. He was the oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 58 in 1076.General Notes
Robert le Despenser is mentioned among the bishops and barons assembledin council with William, the Conqueror, in the 18th year of his reign, inLondon. Despenser was so called from being Steward to the King, and waswitness to the royal charter for removing the secular canons out of thecathedrals of Durham, and placing monks in their stead. He had 38 manorsin Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, Gloucester and Leicestershire. This Robertwas a brother to Urso de Abitot, called a very powerful man by the monksof Worcestershire. Robert appears, as well by his high official position,as by his numerous lordships he possessed, to have been a person of greateminence. From his having all these lordships he evidently was one of theNorman barons who had helped conquer England.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0880 in France d.0971 in France
- b.0900 in France d.0980 in France
- b.0930 d.1001
- b.0900 in France d.0992 in France
- b.0950 d.1021
- b.0995 in Lillebonne, Normandy, France d.1056
- b.1018 in Lillebonne, Normandy, France d.1076
- d.UNKNOWN
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He had a biological son named William.
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