Piers fitz Herbert 
Piers fitz was born in 1160 in Brecknockshire, Wales. Piers fitz's father was Herbert fitz Herbert and his mother was Lucy fitz Miles. His paternal grandparents were Herbert fitz Henry and Countess de Blois Emma; his maternal grandparents were Miles fitz Walter and Sibyl De Neufmarche. He was an only child. He died at the age of 75 on June 6th, 1235.General Notes
Note: Peter Fitz-Herbert, Baron of Barnstable in Devonshire, the honorof which he obtained from King John with fifteen knight's fees,part of the lands of William de Braose, and he was made Governorof Pickering Castle in Yorkshire, and Sheriff of that county bythe same monarch. This Peter was one of the barons named inMagna Carta and, by his signature, fourth in rank amongst thebarons. He m. first, Alice, dau. of Robert Fitz Roger, a greatbaron in Northumberland, Lord of Warkworth and Clavering, andsister of John, to whom Edward I gave the surname of Clavering,Lord of Callaly in Northumberland. By this lady he had a son andheir, Reginald Fitz Peter. He m. secondly, Isabel, dau. andcoheir of William de Braose, and widow of David Llewellin,Prince of Wales, and by the alliance acquired the lordships andcastle of Blenlevenny and Talgarth in the county of Brecknock,with other possessions in Wales. He fortified his castle ofBlenlevenny, and, dying in 1235, was s. by his son, ReginaldFitzPeter, Lord of Blenlevenny, [John Burke, History of theCommoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV, R. Bentley,London, 1834, p. 728, Jones, of Llanarth]
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Peter Fitz-Herbert, who, being very obsequious to King John, wasreputed one of that prince's evil counsellors. In 1214, he wasconstituted governor of Pykering Castle, co. York, and sheriffof the shire; but afterwards falling off in his allegiance, hislands at Alcester were seized by the crown, and given to Williamde Camvill. Returning, however, to his duty upon the accessionof Henry III, those lands were restored to him. He m. 1st,Alice, dau. of Roger Fitz-Roger, a great baron inNorthumberland, but by her had no issue; and 2ndly, the 3rd dau.and co-heir of William de Braose, Baron of Brecknock, and d.1235, leaving a son, Herbert Fitz-Peter. [Sir Bernard Burke,Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 206, Fitz-Herbert, BaronFitz-Herbert]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1035
- b.~ 1065 in Winchester, England d.~ 1114
- b.~ 1084 in Winchester, England d.1129
- b.~ 1020 in Pays de Caux, Normandy, France d.~ 1286
- b.~ 1040 in Pays de Caux, Normandy d.> 1121
- b.~ 1070 in Pays de Caux, Normandy d.> 1157 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1136 in Gloucestershire, England d.<Jun 1204
- b.~ 0980 in Blois, France d.15 Nov 1037 in Lorraine
- b.1015 in Champaigne, France d.1089 in Slain in battle at Tours, France by Godfrey Martel, Count of Anjou
- b.~ 0982 in Normandy, France d.~ 1017
- b.~ 1045 in Blois, France d.19 May 1102 in Ramula, Holy Land
- b.1019 in Maine, France
- b.~ 1084 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
- b.~ 1008 in Normandy, France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise Castle, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube, Near Rouen, France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.~ 1050
- b.~ 1062 in Normandy, France d.8 MAR 1135/36 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France
- b.1012 in Flanders, Belgium d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Normandy
- b.1009 in Arles, Tolouse, France d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Monastaere de l'Order de St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.1160 in Brecknockshire, Wales d.06 Jun 1235
- b.~ 1029 in Normandy, France d.1094 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland
- b.~ 1045 in Pitres, France d. in Gloucester, England
- b.~ 1025 in Bretogne, Brittany, France
- b.~ 1065 in Gloucestershire, England d.< 1129 in England
- b.~ 1125 in Ballon, Maine, France
- b.~ 1150 in Ballon, Maine, France
- b.1100 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Llanthony Priory, Gloucester, England
- b.~ 1067 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1136 in Gloucestershire, England d.> 1220
- b.~ 0990 in Neufmarche, France
- b.~ 1020 in Neufmarche, France
- b.~ 1050 in Nuefmarche, France d.1103 in St. John Priory, Brecheinog, Wales
- b.~ 1008 in St. Valerie, France
- b.~ 1030 in St.-Valbery-en-Caux, Normandy
- b.~ 1005 in Hugleville, France
- b.~ 1096 in Aberhonwy, Brecon, Wales d.> 1143 in Llanthony Priory, Gloucester, England
- b.~ 0992 in Richards Castle, Shropshire, England d.> 1067
- b.~ 1025 in Richard's Castle in Herefordshire, near Shropshire, England d.1080
- b.~ 1010
- b.~ 1079 in Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1011 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales d.05 Aug 1063 in Wales
- b.~ 1052 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
- b.~ 1035 in Mercia, England d.> 1070
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They had a son named Reginald.
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Children
Reginald FitzPiers
Reginald was born in 1235 in Blaen Llyfni, Wales. He died at the age of 51 on May 4th, 1286.
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