Robert FitzRoy de Gloucester

Abt 1090 - 1147  (~ 57 years)

• Name	Robert FitzRoy de Gloucester  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	Abt 1090	Caen, év. Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	8 Sep 1131
  	One of the 5 Earls who witnessed the Charter to Salisbury granted at the Northampton Council of Henry I
  Occupation	1138
  	Chief supporter of the royal claimant Matilda during her war with King Stephen of England
  Occupation	Dec 1138
  	Became the leader of the party loyal to Matilda, his half sister, who had been designated heir to the throne by Henry I
  Military	Sep 1139
  	Took Matilda to England, and at the head of her forces won from Stephen most of western England and southern Wales
  Military	2 Feb 1141
  	Captured King Stephen at Lincoln and imprisoned him in Bristol
  Military	14 Sep 1141
  	Captured at Winchester, Hampshire, and later exchanged for the king
  Occupation	Baron de Creuilly (diocèse de Bayeux en Normandie)
  Occupation	1122-1147
  	1st Earl of Gloucester
  Died	31 Oct 1147	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  	Cause: Fever
  Buried	St. James's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  Person ID	I3933	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Henry I King of England,   b. 1068, Selby, West Riding, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1 Dec 1135, Lyons-la-Forêt (ar. Les Andelys), Eure, Haute-Normandie, France  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Sibyl Adela Lucy Corbet,   b. Abt 1075, Alcester, Warwickshire, England ,   d. Aft 1157, England  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	N
  Not married	Partners
  Family ID	F2310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel de Creuilly,   b. Abt 1094, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 1157, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	Abt 1115	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
  Children	1. William FitzRobert de Gloucester,   b. Abt 23 Nov 1116, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 23 Nov 1183, England  (Age ~ 67 years)   2. Maud FitzRobert de Gloucester,   b. Abt 1120, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 29 Jul 1189, Chester, Cheshire, England  (Age ~ 69 years)   3. Adèle FitzRobert de Gloucester,   b. Abt 1125
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F1986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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