William FitzRobert, Earl of Gloucester

1121 - 1183  (62 years)

• Name	William FitzRobert
  	He was also the Lord of Tewkesbury and Glamorgan. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	23 Nov 1121  [1]
  Title(s)	say 1160 (38 years)  [1, 2]
  William FitzRobert was the 2ed Earl of Gloucester. He was also the Lord of the manor of Glamorgan and Cardiff Castle.
  Death	23 Nov 1183  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Keynsham, Somerset, England   [4]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Halfdan "the Old"   (10 x Great Grandfather)  Hildeburge  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  + 1. Maud FitzRobert,   b. Abt 1120   d. 29 Jul 1189, Chester, Cheshire, England  (Age 69 years) ▻ Ranulf IV "des Gernons" de Briquessart, Earl of Chester,  m. Abt 1141   2. William FitzRobert, Earl of Gloucester,   b. 23 Nov 1121   d. 23 Nov 1183  (Age 62 years) ▻ Hawise de Beaumont,  m. 1145 to 1149   3. Robert FitzRobert, Bishop of Worcester   d. 9 Aug 1179   4. Harmon FitzRobert   d. 1159, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France   5. Philippe FitzRobert   d. After 1147   6. Richard, Lord of Creully   d. 1175 ▻ Maud Saint-Clair   7. Mabel FitzRobert ▻ Aubrey de Vere
  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 d. 31 Oct 1147, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Maud FitzHamon   d. 1157
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Mabel  [Father: Natural] ▻ Gruffudd ap Ifor Bach  m. Abt 1158
  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, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  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  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 2. Amicia of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester   d. 1 Jan 1224/25  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford  m. Abt 1180   3. Isabelle de Clare,   b. Before 1176   d. 14 Oct 1217 (Age 41 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ John "Lackland", King of England   m. 29 Aug 1189   4. Robert FitzWilliam   d. 1166, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F1736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Keynsham, Somerset, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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