1st Earl of Gloucester Robert (The Consul) of Caen (Robert of Gloucester) 
Robert, known as The Consul, was born in 1090 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.1 The Consul's father was King Henry (Beauclerc) England I and his mother was Nest verch Deheubarth Rhys Heiress of Carew, Tywysoges Deheubarth. His paternal grandparents were William (The Conqueror) de Normandie and Matilda (Maud) of Flanders; his maternal grandparents were King Rhys ap Tewdwr and Gladys verch Rhywallon. He had a sister named Maud. He had six half-brothers and sixteen half-sisters, named Henry, Reginald, William, William, Maurice, David, Elizabeth, Matilda, Adelaide, Sibyl, Elizabeth, Constance, Gundred, Alice, Constance, Matilda, Isabel, Emma, Alice, Hadewise, de Windsor and Angharad. He died at the age of 57 on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire, England. He was buried in Priory of St. James, Bristol, England.2 3 General Notes
Robert, Earl of Gloucester (?-1147), illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, born probably in Caen, Normandy, before his father became king in 1100. Robert’s marriage to Mabel Fitzhamon, the daughter of a Norman noble, brought him large estates in Normandy, Wales, and England; between 1121 and 1123 he was created an earl. After the death of Henry in 1135, the succession of the throne came into dispute, but Robert submitted to the king's nephew, Stephen of Blois, on condition that he retain all his honors and dignities.
In 1137, however, Stephen and Robert quarreled, and the next year Stephen took Robert's estates in Wales and England. In 1139 Robert crossed over to England with his half-sister, the empress Matilda, Henry's only surviving lawful child and heiress to England and Normandy. For eight years Robert fought against Stephen's claim to the royal title. He defeated Stephen at Lincoln Castle in 1141 and took him prisoner, thus winning the kingdom for Matilda. Later in the year Robert was himself taken prisoner at Stockbridge, after the siege of Winchester, and was exchanged for Stephen. The following year he joined Geoffrey Plantagenet, Matilda’s husband, in the campaign in Normandy, after which he hurried back to England and defeated Stephen at Wilton in 1143. Robert was unable to press his victory and his political support in England began to erode. He died in Bristol, England, four years later.
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Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (~1090 - October 31, 1147) was an illegitimate son of Henry I of England, and one of the dominant figures of the English Anarchy period.
Robert was probably the eldest of Henry's many illegitimate children. He was born at Caen in Normandy before his father's accession to the English throne. His mother is not known for certain, though recent scholarship suggests she was a member of the Gay family, minor nobility in Oxfordshire.
He married Mabel of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon, thereby receiving lordship of Gloucester and Glamorgan.
About 1121, he was created Earl of Gloucester.
At his father's death, in the struggle between the Empress Maud and Stephen for the English throne, he at first declared for Stephen, but subsequently left Stephen's service and was loyal to Maud, his half-sister, until his death.
At the Battle of Lincoln, he captured Stephen. This advantage was lost, however, when Robert fell into the hands of Stephen's partisans at Winchester, covering Maud's escape from a failed siege. Robert was so important to Maud's cause that she released Stephen to regain Robert's services.
Robert fought tirelessly on Maud's behalf until his death in 1147.
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1. Abbrev: The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants
Title: Gary Boyd Roberts
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- b.28 Aug 0933 in Faecamp, Normandie d.20 Nov 0996 in Faecamp, Normandie
- b.0958 in Fecamp, Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, France
- b.0945 in Normandie d.1031 in Normandy, France
- b.1003 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0927 in Bretagne, France d.27 Jun 0992 in Conquereuil, Bretagne, France
- b.0956 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0952 in Anjou, France d.27 Jun 0992 in Penthiève, Bretagne, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.0960 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.0985
- b.0978 in Falaise, Normandie d.1033 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.0961 in Halland, Sweden
- b.1003 in Falaise, Normandy d.1050
- b.0954 in Argyll, Dál Riata, Scotland d.25 Nov 1034 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.0982 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.0962 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland
- b.21 Feb 1069 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St. Dennis, France
- b.Dec 0961 in Flanders, France d.30 Mar 0987 in Chapel de St. Laurent, France
- b.0980
- b.0952 in Luxembourg d.26 Jan 1002 in Gent, Flanders, France
- b.1012
- b.0965 in Moselgau, France d.06 Oct 1009
- b.0995 in Flanders, Belgium d.21 Feb 1030 in Flanders, France
- b.0948 in Gleiberg, Germany
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.0938 d.24 Aug 0996 in Paris, France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in France
- b.0952 in France d.1004 in France
- b.1003 in France d.08 Jan 1079 in Monasteraere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.0947 in Poitiers, Aquitaine d.Sep 1037
- b.0974 d.1032
- b.0917 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.14 Oct 0962
- b.1090 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.0933 in Deheubarth, Wales d.0984 in Gwent, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.0963 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.0934 in Devon
- b.0997 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.0954 in Powys, Wales d.1005
- b.0978 in Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.0954 in Powys, Cymru
- b.1035 in Deheubarth, Wales d.1093 in Wales
- b.0930 in Dyfed, Wales
- b.0969 in Dyvet, Caernarvonshire, Wales
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- b.1000 in Dyvet, Caernarvonshire, Wales
<Unknown>
- b.1073 in Dynevor, Wales d.1163
- b.0954 in Powys, Wales d.1005
- b.0978 in Powys, Cymru d.1075 in Castell Powys, Powys, Cymru
- b.0954 in Powys, Cymru
- b.1000 in Powys, Wales d.1070 in Mechain, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.0938 in Dynevor Castle, Carmenthenshire, Wales d.0999
- b.0982 in Rhuddlan, Wales
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- b.1051 in Powys, Wales
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Details of The Consul's family with Mabel (Maud) Fitzhammon
Details of The Consul's family with <Unknown>
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