Robert of Gloucester 
Robert of was born in Caen, Normandy. Robert of's father was Henry I 'Beauclerc' of England and his mother was Unknown Mistress1. His paternal grandparents were William I of Normandy and Matilda Forrester. He had eleven half-brothers and fifteen half-sisters, named William The, Richard, Reginald FitzRoy, William, Gilbert, Earl of, William, Henry, Monk at, Richard of, Baron of, Euphamia, Maud, Sybilla of, Matilda, Alice, Emma, Gundred, Eustacie, Rohese, Nun at, Isabel, Abbess of, Maud, Constance and Joan. He died on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He was buried in Priory of St. James, Bristol.General Notes
Witness to charters of Henry I from Apr 1113
Fought at the battle of Bremule, 20 Aug 1119 (Henry I defeated Louis VI of France)
Acquired Lordship of Glamorgan by marriage, ca. 1120
Primary supporter of sister Matilda, ca. 1138 onward; captured Stephen at Lincoln, 1141 together with Ranulf of Chester
Captured 14 Sept 1141 by Stephen's forces; exchanged for him, November 1141.
Joined with Geoffrey of Anjou in conquest of Normandy, June 1142; defeated Stephen at Wilton, 1143.
Patron of William of Malmesbury, possibley also of Geoffrey of Monmouth,
Robert Fitz Regis, held a fair at Caerdydd (Cardiff), co. Galmorgan; feria recorded 1121 2x1147, held by Robert fitz Regis, Earl of Gloucester, who granted to Tewkesbury Abbey the tithe of the rents and tolls of his fair at Cardiff. (R. B. Patterson ed., Earldom of Gloucester Charters (Ocford, 1973) no 283)
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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.~ 0935 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0959 in Normandy, France d.26 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Normandy, France
- b.BET 936 AND 952 in Denmark d.1031 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1008 in Normandy, France d.02 Jul 1035 in Nice, Bithynia
- b.~ 0927 in Bretagne, France d.27 JUN 992 in Killed in action at Conquereuil
- b.~ 0982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France d.16 Nov 1017 in Normandie, France
- b.~ 0962 in Anjou, France d.> 1010 in Anjou, France
- b.14 Oct 1028 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandy
- b.~ 0936 d.BET 1012 AND 1033
- b.BET 976 AND 978 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.UNKNOWN in Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.~ 1012 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.BET 1050 AND 1060 in Mortaigne, S-Mnch, France
- b.~ 0980 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.~Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Forat, Normandy, France
- b.Dec 0961 in Flanders, Belgium d.30 MAR 988 in Flanders, France
- b.BET 968 AND 980 in Flanders, France d.30 May 1036 in Flanders, France
- b.BET 945 AND 965 in Luxemburg, West Europe d.26 JAN 1002/03 in Gent, Belgium
- b.1012 in Lille d.10 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.BET 958 AND 965 in Moselgau d.06 Oct 1019 in Luxembourg, Belgium
- b.BET 986 AND 988 in Luxembourg d.21 FEB 1029/30 in Flanders, France
- b.BET 958 AND 970 in Gleiberg Castle, Lahn Valley, Germany d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1031 AND 1032 in Flanders d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.BET 938 AND 941 in Paris, Seine, France d.24 OCT 996 in Les Juifs, Near Chartres or in Paris
- b.27 MAR 972 in Orleans, Loiret, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Yvelines, Isle-de-France, France
- b.BET 945 AND 952 in Germany d.15 Jun 1006
- b.~ 1003 in France d.1 JAN 1078/79 in Monastere de L'Order de St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.~ 0957 in Toulouse, Haute-Garone, France d.~ 0993 in died as a monk in Avignon, France
- b.~ 0974 in Toulouse, France d.25 Jul 1034 in Meulan, Yvelines, Isle-de-France, France
- b.BET 942 AND 950 in Anjou, France d.BET 1021 AND 1026 in Arles, Provence, France
- b.BET 1086 AND 1090 in Caen, Normandy d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- d.UNKNOWN
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‌Robert of and Sibyl were married in a religious ceremony. They had three sons and two daughters, named William FitzRoy of, Philip, Roger, Maud FitzRoy of and Richard.
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Children
William FitzRoy of Gloucester
William FitzRoy of was born on November 23rd, 1116 in Gloucestershire, England. He died at the age of 67 on November 23rd, 1183 in Priory, Keynsham, Somerset, England.
Maud FitzRoy of Gloucester
Maud FitzRoy of was born about 1117 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She died on July 29th, 1189 in Chester, Cheshire, England.
They had a son named Robert.
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