Robert De Caen 
Robert was born in 1090 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France. Robert's father was Henry Beauclerc and his mother was Nesta ferch Rhys. His paternal grandparents were William and Matilda De Flanders; his maternal grandparents were Rhys Ap Tewdwr and Gwladus Verch Riwallon. He had four half-sisters named Constance, Matilda Maud, Elizabeth and Constance. He died at the age of 57 on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
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The illegitimate son of King Henry I of England (reigned 1100-35), Robert was made Earl of Gloucester in 1122. After the death of Henry I and usurpation of power by Stephen (December 1135), Gloucester became the leader of the party loyal to Matilda, his half sister, who had been designated heir to the throne by Henry I. He took Matilda to England in September 1139 and at the head of her forces won from Stephen most of western England and southern Wales. In February 1141 he captured Stephen at Lincoln and imprisoned him in Bristol. Later that year Gloucester was captured at Winchester, Hampshire, and exchanged for the king. He continued to be the mainstay of Matilda's cause until his death. Chroniclers considered Gloucester an able and sagacious leader.
Susan Cary, 2001
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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.28 AUG 933 in Fecamp, Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Normandy, France
- b.0958 in Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, France
- b.~ 0936 in Neustrie, Normandy, France d.1031 in Neustrie, Normandy, France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d.02 Jul 1034 in Nicea, Turkey
- b.0927 in Bretagne, France d.27 JUN 992 in Slain 992 at Conquereux, Conquereil, France
- b.0982 in Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0952 in Anjou, France d.27 JUN 992
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Calvades, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
- b.~ 0955 in Falaise, Normandy, France
- b.0973 in Falaise Castle, Calvados, Basse-Normandy, France d.1017
- b.1003 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.1050 in Basse-Normandie, France
- b.5 OCT 958 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland d.25 Nov 1034 in Murdered in Glamis Castle, Glamis, Angus, Scotland
- b.~ 0980
- b.< 0960 d.1044
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorks, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Angers, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.0980 in Flanders d.30 May 1036 in Flanders
- b.1012 in Flanders, Nord, Fr d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.~ 0965 d.06 Oct 1009
- b.~ 0995 in Luxemburg d.21 Feb 1030 in Flanders, France
- b.~ 0965 in of Gleiberg, Gremany
- b.1031 in Flanders d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.27 MAR 972 in Orleans, France d.1031 in Meulan, France
- b.1009 in France d.Jan 1079 in Monastaere De L'ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, , France
- b.0986 in Toulouse, France d.25 Jul 1032 in Meulan, France
- b.1090 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 0933 in <Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthen, Wales> d.0984 in , Gwent, Monmouth, Wales
- b.0970 in Dynefwr Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0993 in Battle of Llangwm, Cymru, Wales
- b.~ 0934 in Devon, Devonshire, England d.WFT Est 963-1029
- b.1000 in Dynefwr Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. in Brittany, France
- b.~ 0950 in Powys, Wales d.WFT Est 1014-1044
- b.< 0980 in Wales d.1050 in Wales
- b.~ 0956 in Powys, Wales d.WFT Est 1015-1050
- b.1050 in Debeubarth, Carmathenshire, Wales d.30 Apr 1093 in Castle of Aberhonddu, Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales
- b.~ 0980 in Wales d.> 1030 in Wales
- b.~ 1000 in Wales d.1069 in Mechain, Wales
- b.~ 1075 in Dynevor Castle, Llandfieisant, Carmarthenshire, Cymru, Wales d.1154
- b.~ 0950 in Powys, Wales d.WFT Est 1014-1044
- b.~ 0978 in Powys, Wales d.1050 in Powys Castle, Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0956 in Powys, Wales d.WFT Est 1015-1050
- b.~ 1024 in <, , Powys, Wales> d.1070 in Battlefield, Mechain, Montgomery, Wales
- b.~ 0938 in <, Deheubarth, Monmouth, Wales> d.~ 0999
- b.~ 0982 in <, Deheubarth, Monmouth, Wales> d.1033
- b.1051 in Powys, Wales d.1139 in Wales
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‌Robert and Mabel were married in a religious ceremony about 1115 in Gloucestershire, England. They had a son and a daughter, named William and Maud.
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Children
Maud Fitz-Robert
Maud was born about 1120 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She died on July 29th, 1189 in Chester, Cheshire, England.
William FitzRobert
William was born in 1128 in Gloucestershire, England. He died at the age of 55 on November 23rd, 1183.
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