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William FitzRobert, Earl of Gloucester

Male 1121 - 1183  (62 years)


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  • Name William FitzRobert  
    • He was also the Lord of Tewkesbury and Glamorgan. [1, 2, 4, 5]
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 23 Nov 1121  [1
    Title(s) say 1160 (Age 39)  [1, 2
    Death 23 Nov 1183  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Burial Keynsham, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Siblings 6 Siblings 
    Person ID I2220  | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2020 

    Father Robert of Caen "the Counsul", Earl of Gloucester,   b. Abt 1090, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1147, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Maud FitzHamon   d. 1157 
    Family ID F1737  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Mabel [Father: natural,Mother: ]
    Family ID F1735  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2019 

    Family 2 Hawise de Beaumont,   b. 1136   d. 24 Apr 1197 (Age 61 years)  [1, 2
    Marriage 1145 to 1149  [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    • The couple had four children, of whom only two daughters had descendants. The title of Count of Gloucester went by marriage to the Clare family. [1]
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 23 years and 1 month - She : ~ 9 years. 
    Children 
     1. Mabel of Gloucester
    +2. Amicia of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester   d. 1 Jan 1224/25
     3. Isabelle de Clare,   b. Before 1176   d. 14 Oct 1217 (Age 41 years)
     4. Robert FitzWilliam   d. 1166, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1736  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Keynsham, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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    2. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    3. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------.

    4. [S1031] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Bowen, (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/bowen.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998).

    5. [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).

    6. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).

    7. [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968).

    8. [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).

    9. [S1449] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume VII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1929).