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Robert De Caen De Mellent Earl Of Gloucester

Robert De Caen De Mellent Earl Of Gloucester

Male Abt 1090 - 1147  (57 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Robert De Caen De Mellent Earl Of Gloucester  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    Birth Abt 1090  Of Caen, Calvados, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24] 
    Gender Male 
    Fact 1 Acceded: Aug 1122. Interred: St. James Priory, Bristol. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 25, 26] 
    Fact 1 
    Fact 1 Earl Of Gloucester. Lord Of Corboil. Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 16, 27] 
    Fact 1 
    Fact 7 1119  In Battle Of Bremule Where His Father Defeated Louis VI Of France. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 28] 
    Fact 7 
    Fact 8 1122  Led Force To Capture Brionne Castle Held By Rebels In Normandy. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 29] 
    Fact 8 
    Fact 9 1126  Had Custody Of His Uncle, Robert Of Normandy. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 29] 
    Fact 9 
    Fact 10 1127  Did Homage To 1/2 Sister Maud & Recognized Her As His Father's Heir To Throne. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 29] 
    Fact 10 
    Fact 11 When Stephen Became King, Did Homage To Him For English Lands. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 29] 
    Fact 11 
    Fact 12 1137  Stephen, Switched Allegiance To Maud. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 29] 
    Quarrelled W 
    Fact 13 Became Maud's Commander In Chief In The Civil War That Followed. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 29] 
    Fact 13 
    Fact 2 Seigneur DE Crelly In Calvados, Normandy. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9, 10, 16, 30] 
    Fact 2 
    Fact 2 Distinguished Soldier & Powerful Magnate In The West Country. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16] 
    Fact 2 
    Fact 3 Lord Of Thoringni, Etc. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9, 10, 16, 30] 
    Fact 3 
    Fact 3 Loyally Supported His Half-Sister Maud In The Civil War With King Stephen. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16] 
    Fact 3 
    Fact 4 Became One Of Stephen's Most Determined Opponents. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16] 
    Fact 4 
    Fact 5 Comte DE Meulan. Known As "The Consul". Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 31] 
    Fact 5 
    Fact 6 A Founder Of St. James Priory, Bristol. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 16, 32] 
    Fact 6 
    Name Robert De Caen "The Consul" Earl Of Gloucester  [9, 10] 
    Death 31 Oct 1147  Bristol, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 9, 10, 16, 32, 33, 34] 
    • Fever.
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Yngvi-Frey King Of Swedes,   b. 235, Of Uppsala, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  (33 x Great Grandfather) 
    Sybilla Corbert,   b. 1077, Of Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1157  (Age > 81 years)  (Mother) 
    Notes 
    • [large-G675.FTW]

      REF: Weis Ancestral Roots (63:26), (124:26), (124A:26), (125:26), (132A:27): He was an illigitimate son of King HENRY I. According to "The Dictionary of National Biography", his mother was probably an unknown French woman. This birth was before HENRY became king. On insufficient grounds some claim his mother to be Nesta, dau. of RHYS AP TEWDR, King of Dehubarth. In his "Complete Peerage", Cockayne is of the opinion that his mother was most likely SIBYL CORBET. He fought at the Battle of Bremule in 1119, where his father defeated King LOUIS VI of France (RIN 1531). In 1122 he was created Earl of Gloucester. In 1123, he led a force to assist in the capture of the castle
      of Brionne, which was held by rebel Norman barons. In 1126 he had custody
      of the imprisoned rebel, Robert, Duke of Normandy. In 1127 he did homage
      to the EMPRESS MATILDA, recognizng her as his father's successor to the
      throne. When Stephen was chosen as king over the EMPRESS MATILDA, Robert did homage to him for his English lands. In 1137 he accompanied King Stephen to Normandy where a quarrel ensued. He then threw his support to MATILDA, who was in Normandy, and obtained the surrender of Caen and Bayeux to her husband, GEOFFREY PLANTAGANET, Count of Anjou (RIN 787). In Sep. 1139 he landed in England with MATILDA and took her to Arundel Castle. He became her commander-in-chief in the civil war which followed.
      Robert was captured by Stephen's forces, but Stephen had also been previously captured by MATILDA's. The two were returned to their respective camps in an even exchange. MATILDA sent Robert to Anjou to attempt to convince her husband, GEOFFREY, to come to her aid. GEOFFREY
      declined to help until he had conquered Normandy, so Robert joined in his
      campaign. However, hearing that MATILDA was beseiged at Oxford, he hurried
      back to her assistance. He took MATILDA's and GEOFFREY's son, HENRY (the
      future King HENRY II) with him. In 1143 Robert defeated Stephen at Wilton
      and in 1144 he blockaded Malmesbury, Stephen refusing battle. MATILDA's
      support had gradually dwindled, so Robert was unable to continue to press
      her cause. In 1147 Robert sent HENRY back to Anjou. Later that year Robert died of fever at Bristol.
    Person ID I77461  ktree
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Father Henry I Beauclerc King Of England,   b. Abt Sep 1068, Selby, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1135, St. Denis-Le-Fermont, Forest Of Angers, Near Rouen, Normandy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Other Partners: Adeliza De Lorraine  m. Between 29 Jan 1120 and 1121;   Matilda Canmore Of Scotland  m. 11 Nov 1100;   Isabel (Elizabeth) De Beaumont;   Nesta Verch Rhys Pss Of Deheubarth;   Edith Fitzforne;   Gieva De Tracy  
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Sybilla Corbert,   b. 1077, Of Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1157 (Age > 81 years)
    Other Partners: Herbert Fitzherbert  
    Relationship unknown 
    Partners Between 1084 and 1095  [16, 35, 36] 
    Partners Abt 1090  [16, 35, 37, 38, 39] 
    Partners Abt 1092  [16, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44] 
    Marriage Between 1120 and 1130  [16, 44, 45] 
    Alt. Marriage Alt. Marriage  [16, 35, 46] 
    Family ID F952  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sibyl De Montgomerie,   b. 1058, Montgomery, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1107 (Age 49 years) 
    Other Partners: Robert Fitzhamon Lord Glamorgan & Cruelly 
    Marriage Y  [6, 16, 30, 47, 48, 49] 
    Family ID F27580  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Mabel Fitzhamon,   b. 1094, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1157 (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 1109  [16, 44, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57] 
    Children 
     1. William Fitzrobert Earl Of Gloucester,   b. 23 Nov 1116, Of Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1183 (Age 67 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     2. Maud Fitzrobert, Of Gloucester,   b. 1120, Of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1189, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     3. Christiana Of Gloucester  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     4. Philip Fitz Robert  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F27581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 48.
      Robt FitzHamon, E of Gloucester

    2. [S230] Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, (Name: Name: 08 Oct 1997;;).

    3. [S266] Dictionary of National Biography.
      mother prob an unknown French woman

    4. [S133] G.E. Cockayne, Complete Peerage, (Name: Name: St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W.C. 1959;;).
      one gen.medieval reader says CP says he was prob son of Sybilla Corbet & another reader says s. of unknown mistress/concubine

    5. [S221] Jim & Luke Stevens, Stevens DB, (Name: Name: http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/index.html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/;;).
      eldest son (illegitimate) of Henry I

    6. [S7] Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse, p 92.

    7. [S204] large-G675.FTW.
      b bef 1000

    8. [S202] 11615-2.ftw.
      Date of Import: 21 Feb 1999

    9. [S203] Gregory Strong, Ancestory.com Individual Tree - Kings & Presidents.

    10. [S201] Leisure Guy, leisureguy@icloud.com, "KinshipTree - Historical Family Database", (Name: Name: http://kinshipcove.com Genealogy Research: Common Historical Roots In South Texas;;).

    11. [S20] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (Name: Name: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996;;).
      Issue of Henry I, uncertain of mother.

    12. [S252] Chris Given-Wilson & Alice Curteis, The Royal Bastards of Medieval England, (Name: Name: 1984, republished by Barnes & Noble in 1995;;).
      issue of Henry I, no mother

    13. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124 p 112.
      Known as "the Consul", natural son of Henry I by an unknown mistress

    14. [S230] Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, (Name: Name: 08 Oct 1997;;).
      issue of Henry I & Nesta verch Rhys

    15. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 48.
      s of Henry I & Sybilla Corbet, but notes "there is no certain evidence to show that Sybilla was really Robert's mother, who may have been an unknown woman of Caen"

    16. [S204] large-G675.FTW.
      Date of Import: 14 Mar 1999

    17. [S221] Jim & Luke Stevens, Stevens DB, (Name: Name: http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/index.html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/;;).
      Robt FitzHamimond Lord of Cruelly

    18. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124.
      Robert FitzHamon, Seigneur de Crelly, Lord of Thuringni

    19. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 48.
      b 1090-1095, no place

    20. [S133] G.E. Cockayne, Complete Peerage, (Name: Name: St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W.C. 1959;;), Vol V, pp. 683-686.
      b. bef his father came to throne, prob abt 1090

    21. [S20] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (Name: Name: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996;;).
      abt 1090.

    22. [S231] Ernst-Friedrich Kraentzler, Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville, (Name: Name: published by author 1978;;), line 124.

    23. [S230] Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, (Name: Name: 08 Oct 1997;;).
      b 1100

    24. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124 p 112.

    25. [S133] G.E. Cockayne, Complete Peerage, (Name: Name: St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W.C. 1959;;).
      info on internment only

    26. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124.
      Created E. of Gloucester in 1122., Earl 1122-1147

    27. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 48.
      E of Gloucester

    28. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), 63:26, 124:26, 124A:26, 125:26, 132A:27.

    29. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;).

    30. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124.

    31. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124.
      Known as "the Consul"

    32. [S133] G.E. Cockayne, Complete Peerage, (Name: Name: St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W.C. 1959;;), Vol V pp 683-686.

    33. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124 p 113.

    34. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 48.
      d 1147, no place

    35. [S204] large-G675.FTW, p 49.
      unknown mother

    36. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 49.
      no date, issue of Henry I, no mother

    37. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124.
      unknown mistress of Henry I

    38. [S133] G.E. Cockayne, Complete Peerage, (Name: Name: St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W.C. 1959;;).
      unknown mistress/concubine of Henry

    39. [S266] Dictionary of National Biography.
      motehr prob. an unknown French woman.

    40. [S230] Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, (Name: Name: 08 Oct 1997;;).
      no date, did not marry

    41. [S20] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (Name: Name: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996;;).
      no date

    42. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 262.
      mistress of King Henry I

    43. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 48.
      association, no date

    44. [S204] large-G675.FTW.

    45. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 49.
      unknown mother, no date, date is merely to help organize his various wives & mistresses, & when looking at marriage date of her daughter (1186), her daughter was not born bef ca 1150 (more likely 1160) & therefor Constance herself was prob not born bef 1120 (maybe 1130).

    46. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 49.
      unknown mother

    47. [S221] Jim & Luke Stevens, Stevens DB, (Name: Name: http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/index.html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/;;).

    48. [S214] Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", (Name: Name: P.O. Box 577, Bayview, ID 83803;;).

    49. [S230] Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, (Name: Name: 08 Oct 1997;;).
      her 1st m

    50. [S204] large-G675.FTW.
      m 49 AD, he was her uncle, her 3rd m

    51. [S221] Jim & Luke Stevens, Stevens DB, (Name: Name: http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/index.html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/;;).
      No date/place

    52. [S214] Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", (Name: Name: P.O. Box 577, Bayview, ID 83803;;).
      No date/place

    53. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124.
      no date

    54. [S89] Gary Boyd Roberts, Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Comp, Baltimore 1993;;), p 396.
      no date

    55. [S230] Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, (Name: Name: 08 Oct 1997;;).
      no date

    56. [S7] Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse, p 93.
      no date

    57. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 48.
      no date, had issue



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