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William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert 1130–1183 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1130

Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 23 Nov 1183

Death Location: Keynsham Priory, Bath, and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England

Father: Robert I

Mother: Mabel Glouster

Spouse(s): HAWISE Beaumont, Emma Norfolk, Hawise Beaumont

Children(s): Isabel Robert, Amice Robert

The story of William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert began in 1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert married Emma Avice Fitzosborne Countess Of Norfolk, Hawise De Beaumont, Hawise Of Leicester De Beaumont, and had children including Amice Fitz William 4Th Countess Of Gloucester Fitz Robert, Isabel Countess Of Gloucester Fitz Robert. William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert passed away in 1183 in Keynsham Priory, Bath, and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • The story of William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert began in 1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
  • William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert married Emma Avice Fitzosborne Countess Of Norfolk, Hawise De Beaumont, Hawise Of Leicester De Beaumont, and had children including Amice Fitz William 4Th Countess Of Gloucester Fitz Robert, Isabel Countess Of Gloucester Fitz Robert.
  • William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert passed away in 1183 in Keynsham Priory, Bath, and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Robert's Ancestors

Self
William Robert
1130–1183
Birth Place: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Robert de Caen 1st Earl of Glouster illegitimate son of King Henry I
1090–1147
Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Mabel (FitzHamon Countess of) Glouster
1090–1157
Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Grandparents
Henry (I " Lion of Justice" Beauclerc (Plantagenet) King of) England
1068–1136
Selby,,Yorkshire,England
Sibyl Corbet
1075–1157
Alcester, Warwickshire, , England
Robert Fitzhamon
1050–1107
Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Normandy
1028–1087
Matilda Flanders
1032–1083
Robert Corbet
1042–1121
Isabel DEVERMANDOIS
1081–1131
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Renaud Burgundy
–1057
Adelaide Normandie
1002–1038
Count V
1012–1067
Adela Corbie
1009–1079
Hugh deCrepi
1057–1102
Adelaide deVermandois
1050–1120

William Robert's Descendants

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William ((Earl of Gloucester) Fitz) Robert (1130–23 Nov 1183) m. HAWISE (of Leicester de) Beaumont (1130–24 Apr 1197) m. Emma (Avice FitzOsborne Countess of) Norfolk (6 Apr 1075–1109) m. Hawise (De) Beaumont (1129–24 Apr 1197)
  1. 1. Isabel (Countess of Gloucester Fitz) Robert 1173–1217
  2. 2. Amice (Fitz William 4th Countess of Gloucester Fitz) Robert 1160–1224

William Robert's Timeline

7 Records

1116
23 Nov 1116
Birth of William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert in Glouchester, England
Glouchester, England
1116
23 Nov 1116
Birth of William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert in Gloucestershire, England
Gloucestershire, England
1116
23 Nov 1116
Birth of William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
1130
1130
Birth of William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert
None
1183
23 Nov 1183
Age 53
Death of William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert in Keynsham Priory, Somersets, and, England
Keynsham Priory, Somersets, and, England
1183
23 Nov 1183
Age 53
Death of William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert in Bur Keynsham Priory, Somerset, England
Bur Keynsham Priory, Somerset, England
1183
23 Nov 1183
Age 53
Death of William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitz Robert in Somerset, Maine, United States
Somerset, Maine, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1116
    Event Place: Glouchester, England
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [5] OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1116
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1116
    Event Place: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1130
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1183
    Event Place: Keynsham Priory, Somersets, and, England
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [5] OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1183
    Event Place: Bur Keynsham Priory, Somerset, England
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1183
    Event Place: Somerset, Maine, United States

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Keynsham Priory, Bath, and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find a Grave Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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