Robert Gloucester De Caen

Male 1090 - 1147  (57 years)


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  • Name Robert Gloucester De Caen 
    Born 1090  Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1st Earl of Glouchester 
    Reference Number 5809 
    Died 31 Oct 1147  Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5809  Families

    Father King Henry, I,   b. Sep 1068, Selby, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1135, St Denis, Cher, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sibyl Corbet,   b. 1075, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1157, Blaen-y-cwm, Breconshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1834  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mabel Fitzhammon,   b. 1094, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1157, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 1115  Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Maud De Caen,   b. 1120, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1189, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F1833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1090 - Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1115 - Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Oct 1147 - Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Robert Fitzroy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (before 1100 - 31 October 1147[1]) (alias Robert Rufus, Robert de Caen, Robert Consul[2][3]) was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. He was the half-brother of the Empress Matilda, and her chief military supporter during the civil war known as The Anarchy, in which she vied with Stephen of Blois for the throne of England.
      Robert was probably the eldest of Henry's many illegitimate children.[1] He was born before his father's accession to the English throne, either during the reign of his grandfather William the Conqueror or his uncle William Rufus.[4] He is sometimes and erroneously designated as a son of Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, last king of Deheubarth, although his mother has been identified as a member of "the Gay or Gayt family of north Oxfordshire",[5] possibly a daughter of Rainald Gay (fl. 1086) of Hampton Gay and Northbrook Gay in Oxfordshire. Rainald had known issue Robert Gaay of Hampton (died c. 1138) and Stephen Gay of Northbrook (died after 1154). A number of Oxfordshire women feature as the mothers of Robert's siblings.[5][6]

      He may have been a native of Caen[1][7] or he may have been only Constable and Governor of that city, jure uxoris.[2]

      His father had contracted him in marriage to Mabel FitzHamon, daughter and heir of Robert Fitzhamon, but the marriage was not solemnized until June 1119 at Lisieux.[1][8] His wife brought him the substantial honours of Gloucester in England and Glamorgan in Wales, and the honours of Sainte-Scholasse-sur-Sarthe and Évrecy in Normandy, as well as Creully. After the White Ship disaster late in 1120, and probably because of this marriage,[9] in 1121 or 1122 his father created him Earl of Gloucester.[10]