Princess Adele (Alix) De FRANCE

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Ad?le of France[a] known also as Adela the Holy or Adela of Messines; (1009 ? 8 January 1079, Messines), she was the Countess of Normandy (January 1027? August 1027), Countess of Flanders (1035? 1067).Ad?le was the second daughter of Robert II (the Pious), and Constance of Arles.[1] In January 1027 she married Richard III, Duke of Normandy.[2] The marriage was short-lived for on 6 August of that same year Richard III suddenly died.[2] Adela then married Baldwin V, Count of Flanders in 1028.[3]

Ad?le's influence lay mainly through her family connections. On the death of her brother, Henry I of France, the guardianship of his seven-year-old son Philip I fell jointly on his widow, Ann of Kiev, and on his brother-in-law, Adela's husband, so that from 1060 to 1067, they were Regents of France.[4Ad?le had a strong interest in Baldwin V's church reforms and was behind her husband's founding of several collegiate churches. Directly or indirectly, she was responsible for establishing the Colleges of Aire (1049), Lille (1050) and Harelbeke (1064) as well as the abbeys of Messines (1057) and Ename (1063). After Baldwin's death in 1067, she went to Rome, took the nun's veil from the hands of Pope Alexander II and retired to the Benedictine convent of Messines, near Ypres. There she later died and was buried at the convent. Honoured as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, her commemoration day is 8 September.[5]


ADELA de France, daughter of ROBERT II King of France & his third wife Constance d'Arles (1009-Messines 8 Jan 1079, bur Messines, Benedictine monastery). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names "filiam Rodberti regis Francorum Adelam" wife of "Balduinum Insulanum"[231]. The Genealogi? Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Alam comitissam Flandrensem" the daughter of King Robert[232]. Corbie was her dowry[233]. The Liber traditionum of Gant Saint-Pierre commemorates the donations of "Baldwinus junior marchysus filius Baldwini marchysi et Odgev? comitiss? cum conjuge sua Adala", undated[234]. She founded the Benedictine monastery at Messines near Ypres. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "VI Id Jan" of "Adelaidis comitissa"[235].
Count Baudouin V & his wife had three children

Adele married Richard III Duke Of NORMANDY in Jan 1026 in Paris, France (Contract-Not Married). Richard (son of Richard II "The Good" Duke Of NORMANDY, 4rd and Judith Of Brittany DE BRETAGNE) was born about 997 in Normandy, France; died on 6 Aug 1028. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adele married Count Baldwin (Baudouin) V FLANDERS in 1028 in Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France. Baldwin (son of Count Baudouin IV "The Bearded" Of FLANDERS and Otgiva DE LUXEMBOURG) was born on 19 Aug 1012 in Bihorel, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France; was christened on 30 Oct 1028; died on 1 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, France; was buried after 1 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BAUDOUIN de Flandre ([1030]-Hasnon Abbey 17 Jul 1070). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Balduinum Haanoniensem, et Robdbertum cognomento postea Iherosolimitanum, et Matilde uxorem Guillelmi regis Anglorum" as the children of "Balduinum Insulanum [et] Adelam"[236]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names (in order) "Balduinum sextum, Robertum cognomento Fresonem, Philippum patrem Guilelmi de Ypra et filias duas Iudith, quam duxit Tostinus comes Nortdanimbronum in Anglia et Mathilda?Normannorum ducissa"[237], which confuses three generations of the family of the counts of Flanders. Baudouin's father sent him to be educated at the court of Emperor Heinrich III, who installed him as count in the march of Antwerp in [1045], although this was taken away in [1050] after his father opposed the emperor[238]. He succeeded in 1055 as BAUDOUIN I Comte de Hainaut, by right of his wife. He succeeded his father in 1067 as BAUDOUIN VI Count of Flanders. The Annales Blandinienses record the death in 1070 of "Baldwinus marchisus, qui Hasnoni sepultus est"[239]. The Annales Elnonenses Maiores record Baudouin's death "XVI Kal Aug" and his burial "Hasnonie"[240]. m (1051) as her second husband, RICHILDE, widow of HERMAN Comte de Hainaut, daughter of --- (-Messines 15 Mar 1087, bur Hanson Abbey). The Annales Elnonenses date the marriage of "Balduinus iunior Adele filius" to 1051 (although it incorrectly names his wife "Iudita"), specifying that thereby "castellum Monz obtinuit", and recording that the marriage was "consensu patris"[241] which presumably refers to Baudouin's own father, maybe indicating that Baudouin was a minor at the time. The difficult question of the parentage of Richilde is discussed fully in the document HAINAUT, which sets out her first husband's family. The Annales Blandinienses record that her husband's uncle Robert, having killed her son Arnoul Count of Flanders, captured his mother "Rikilde"[242]. Richilde married thirdly (1070) as his second wife, Guillaume FitzOsbern Earl of Hereford. The Annals of Winchester record the marriage in 1070 of ?comitissam Flandri?? and ?rex?nepoti suo Willelmo filio Osberni?[243]. William of Malmesbury records that Baudouin I comte de Hainaut entrusted the guardianship of his two sons to "Philip king of France?and to William Fitz-Osberne", adding that the latter "readily undertook the office that he might increase his dignity by a union with Richilda"[244]. The Complete Peerage, citing "Annales Flandri?", states that Richilde was taken in battle where her new husband FitzOsbern was killed[245], but the precise reference has not yet been found to this primary source. The necrology of Li?ge Saint-Lambert records the death "XVII Kal Apr" of "Richildis comitisse"[246]. Count Baudouin VI & his wife had [three] children:
a) ARNOUL de Flandre ([1055]-killed in battle Cassel 22 Feb 1071, bur Saint-Bertin). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Arnulfum et Balduinem" as sons of "Balduinum Haanoniensem [et] Richelde"[247]. "Arnulfum nepotem suum [Robertus filius Balduini comitis Insulani] occiso" is named in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin[248]. He succeeded his father in 1070 as ARNOUL III Count of Flanders, Comte de Hainaut. "Arnulphus comes Flandrensium?cum matre mea Richilde et?fratre meo Balduino et sorore mea Agnete" donated "allodium?Thaviers in pago Hasbanie" to Ardenne Saint-Hubert, for the souls of "patris mei Balduini et comitis Herimanni", by charter dated 1071[249]. His uncle Robert rebelled against Count Arnoul, defeated him at the battle of Cassel where Arnoul was killed, and seized control of Flanders[250]. Arnoul's younger brother Baudouin was left only with the county of Hainaut.
b) BAUDOUIN de Flandre ([1056]-on Crusade 1098, after 8 Jun). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Arnulfum et Balduinem" as sons of "Balduinum Haanoniensem [et] Richelde"[251]. Guibert describes him as "Balduinus comes de Montibus, Roberti Flandrensis comitis iunioris patrui, filius"[252]. "Balduino frater eius [Arnulphum occiso]" is named in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin[253]. He succeeded his brother in 1071 as BAUDOUIN II Comte de Hainaut.
- COMTES DE HAINAUT.
c) [AGNES (-after 1071). "Arnulphus comes Flandrensium?cum matre mea Richilde et?fratre meo Balduino et sorore mea Agnete" donated "allodium?Thaviers in pago Hasbanie" to Ardenne Saint-Hubert, for the souls of "patris mei Balduini et comitis Herimanni", by charter dated 1071[254]. The mention of Comte Herman in this document suggests that Agnes was the same person as the unnamed daughter of "Hermannus filius ducis Thuringie ex Richilde" referred to in the Annales Hanoni?, which specify in a later passage that she became a nun[255]. If this is correct, she was Arnoul's uterine half-sister.]

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• Name: DE NORMANDIE
• Name: Matilda OF FLANDERS
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• Title: Between 1066 and 1083; Queen of England
• Title (Nobility): Between 1066 and 1083; Queen Consort of England
• ACCEDED: 11 May 1068, Winchester Cathedral, London, England
• Coronation: 11 May 1068, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
• Alt. Burial: 3 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

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MATHILDE de Flandre ([1032]-Caen 2 Nov 1083, bur Caen, Abbey of Holy Trinity). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Balduinum Haanoniensem, et Robdbertum cognomento postea Iherosolimitanum, et Matilde uxorem Guillelmi regis Anglorum" as the children of "Balduinum Insulanum [et] Adelam"[256]. Her parentage is also stated by Orderic Vitalis[257]. Florence of Worcester records that "comitissa Mahtilda de Normannia" came to England 23 Mar [1068] and was crowned "die Pentecostes [11 May]" by Aldred Archbishop of York[258]. Orderic Vitalis also records that she was crowned queen of England 11 May 1068[259], presumably at Westminster Abbey or Winchester Cathedral although this appears to be unrecorded. Queen Matilda acted as regent in Normandy during her husband's absences in England. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "IV Non Nov" of "Matildis Anglorum regina"[260]. Guillaume de Jumi?ges records the burial of Queen Mathilde on 3 Nov 1081 at Holy Trinity, Caen[261]. Florence of Worcester records the death "IV Non Nov" in [1083] of "regina Mahtilda" in Normandy and her burial at Caen[262]. m (Eu, Cathedral of Notre Dame [1050/52]) GUILLAUME II Duke of Normandy, illegitimate son of ROBERT "le Diable" Duke of Normandy & his mistress Arlette --- (Ch?teau de Falaise, Normandy [1027/8]-Rouen, Priory of St Gervais 9 Sep 1087, bur Caen, Abbey of St Etienne). He succeeded in 1066 as WILLIAM I "the Conqueror" King of England. King William I & his wife had ten children

Family/Spouse: Gherbod Of St. Omer, De Fleming. Gherbod was born between 1020 and 1025 in St. Bertin's Abbey, Flanders, France; died after 1070 in Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married William II "The Conqueror" Of Normandy ANGEVIN, King Of England in 1050 in Castle Of, Angi, Normandy, France. William (son of Robert II "The Devil" Of Normandy ANGEVIN, Duke Of Normandy and Herleve (Arlette) Of FALAISE, Officer Of The Household) was born on 14 Oct 1027 in Falaise, Calvados, France; was christened in 1066; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie; was buried on 2 Oct 1087 in Abbey of St. Stephen, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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ROBERT ([1035]-13 Oct 1093). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Balduinum Haanoniensem, et Robdbertum cognomento postea Iherosolimitanum, et Matilde uxorem Guillelmi regis Anglorum" as the children of "Balduinum Insulanum [et] Adelam"[269]. He was regent of the county of Holland 1062-1071, during the minority of his stepson. He succeeded his nephew in 1071 as ROBERT I "le Frison" Count of Flanders.

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• Alt. Birth: 1063 ?, Normandy, France; Alt. Birth
• Occupation: Princess of England
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• Alt. Death: 27 May 1085, Castle Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England; Alt. Death

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Died in Childbirth.

According to Magna Charta Sureties (and CP in a way), a daughter of Gherbod the Fleming. According to the Plantagenet Ancestry, a daughter of William the Conquerer and Matilda of Flanders. Discussions in soc.genealogy.medieval illustrates the proof for Gundred being daughter of Matilda, wife of William I, and also the controversy still being debated about her ancestry. I happen to believe that the Lewes Chartulary is not false on the basis that there is no reason for forging a relationship to Queen Maud, but not King William I.

Gundred married William DE WARREN in Normandy, France. William (son of Ralph DE WARREN and Emma) was born about 1055 in Of Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, France; died on 24 Jun 1088 in Lewes, Sussex, England; was buried in Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Adaele married in 1080 in , Breteuil, Eure, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Henry I
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1100 and 1135; King of England
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1106 and 1120; Duke of Normandy

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BIOGRAPHY: Reigned 1100-1135, Duke of Normandy 1106-1135. His reign is notable for important legal and administrative reforms, and for the final resolution of the investiture controversy. Abroad, he waged several campaigns in order to consolidate and expand his continental possessions. Was so hated by his brothers that they vowed to disinherit him. In 1106 he captured Robert and held him til he died. He proved to be a hard but just ruler. He apparently died from over eating Lampreys.

Henry I was born in the year 1068---a factor he himself regarded as highly significant, for he was the only son of the Conqueror born after the conquest of England, and to Henry this meant he was heir to the throne. He was not an attractive proposition: he was dissolute to a degree, producing at least a score of bastards; but far worse he was prone to sadistic cruelty---on one occasion, for example, personally punishing a rebellious burgher by throwing him from the walls of his town.

At the death of William the Conqueror, Henry was left no lands, merely 5,000 pounds of silver. With these he bought lands from his elder brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, only to see them taken back again a few years later by Robert, in unholy alliance with his brother William Rufus.

Henry could do little to avenge such treatment, but in England he found numerous barons who were tired of the exactions and ambitions of their king. He formed alliances with some of these, notably with the important de Clare family. He and some of the de Clares were with William Rufus on his last hunting expedition, and it is thought that the king's death was the result of Henry's plotting.

Certainly he moved fast to take advantage of it; leaving Rufus's body unattended in the woods, he swooped down on Winchester to take control of the treasury. Two days later he was in Westminster, being crowned by the Bishop of London. His speed is understandable when one realises that his elder brother, Robert [Curthose], was returning from the crusade, and claimed, with good reason, to be the true heir.

Henry showed great good sense in his first actions as King. He arrested Ranulph Flambard, William's tax-gatherer, and recalled Anselm, the exiled Archbishop. Furthermore, he issued a Charter of Liberties which promised speedy redress of grievances, and a return to the good government of the Conqueror. Putting aside for the moment his many mistresses, he married the sister of the King of Scots, who was descended from the royal line of Wessex; and lest the Norman barons should think him too pro-English in this action, he changed her name from Edith to Matilda. No one could claim that he did not aim to please.

In 1101 Robert Curthose invaded, but Henry met him at Alton, and persuaded him to go away again by promising him an annuity of ?2,000. He had no intention of keeping up the payments, but the problem was temporarily solved.

He now felt strong enough to move against dissident barons who might give trouble in the future. Chief amongst these was the vicious Robert of Bell?me, Earl of Shrewsbury, whom Henry had known for many years as a dangerous troublemaker. He set up a number of charges against him in the king's court, making it plain that if he appeared for trial he would be convicted and imprisoned. Thus Robert and his colleagues were forced into rebellion at a time not of their own choosing, were easily defeated and sent scuttling back to Normandy.

In Normandy Robert Curthose began to wreak his wrath on all connected with his brother, thus giving Henry an excellent chance to retaliate with charges of misgovernment and invade. He made two expeditions in 1104-5, before the great expedition of 1106 on which Robert was defeated at the hour-long battle of Tinchebrai, on the anniversary of Hastings. No one had expected such an easy victory, but Henry took advantage of the state of shock resulting from the battle to annex Normandy. Robert was imprisoned (in some comfort, it be said); he lived on for 28 more years, ending up in Cardiff castle whiling away the long hours learning Welsh. His son William Clito remained a free agent, to plague Henry for most of the rest of his reign.

In England the struggle with Anselm over the homage of bishops ran its course until the settlement of 1107. In matters of secular government life was more simple: Henry had found a brilliant administrator, Roger of Salisbury, to act as Justiciar for him. Roger had an inventive mind, a keen grasp of affairs, and the ability to single out young men of promise. He quickly built up a highly efficient team of administrators, and established new routines and forms of organisation within which they could work. To him we owe the Exchequer and its recording system of the Pipe Rolls, the circuits of royal justiciars spreading the king's peace, and the attempts at codification of law. Henry's good relationships with his barons, and with the burgeoning new towns owed much to skilful administration. Certainly he was able to gain a larger and more reliable revenue this way than by the crude extortion his brother had used.

In 1120 came the tragedy of the White Ship. The court was returning to England, and the finest ship in the land was filled with its young men, including Henry's son and heir William. Riotously drunk, they tried to go faster and faster, when suddenly the ship foundered. All hands except a butcher of Rouen were lost, and England was without an heir.

Henry's only legitimate child was Matilda, but she was married to the Emperor Henry V of Germany, and so could not succeed. But in 1125 her husband died, and Henry brought her home and forced the barons to swear fealty to her---though they did not like the prospect of a woman ruler. Henry then married her to Geoffrey of Anjou, the Normans' traditional enemy, and the barons were less happy---especially when the newly-weds had a terrible row, and Geoffrey ordered her out of his lands. In 1131 Henry, absolutely determined, forced the barons to swear fealty once more, and the fact that they did so is testimoney of his controlling power. Matilda and Geoffrey were reunited, and in 1133 she produced a son whom she named for his grandfather. If only Henry could live on until his grandson was old enough to rule, all would be well.

But in 1135, against doctor's orders, he ate a hearty meal of lampreys, got acute indigestion, which turned into fever, and died. He was buried at his abbey in Reading---some said in a silver coffin, for which there was an unsuccessful search at the Dissolution. [Source: Who's Who in the Middle Ages, John Fines, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995]

Henry married Concubine Edith Fitzforne SIGULFSON in Associated With Concubine. Edith (daughter of Forne FITZSIGULF, 1st Lord Of Greystoke and Alditha) was born about 1072 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England; died in 1152; was buried in Oseney Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Isabel (Elizabeth) DE BEAUMONT in Associated With Concubine. Isabel (daughter of Earl Robert De BEAUMONT and Isabel (Elizabeth) DE VERMANDOIS) was born about 1096 in Of Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died about 1173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Nesta Verch RHYS, Princess Of Deheubarth in Associated With. Nesta and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Ansfride about 1086 in England. Ansfride and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Sybilla CORBET in 1092 in Concubine. Sybilla (daughter of Sir Robert CORBET) was born about 1082 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England; died about 1156. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Matilda (Maud) HUNTINGTON on 11 Nov 1100 in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. Matilda (daughter of Waltheof II, Earl Of Northumberland and Judith, Of Boulogne) was born about 1072 in Of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 23 Apr 1130-1131 in Scotland; was buried in Scone, Perthshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Princess Matilda "Atheling" CAENMOR, Of Scotland on 11 Nov 1100 in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. Matilda (daughter of King Malcolm "Longneck" III CAENMOR, Scotland and Margaret "Atheling" Queen Of SCOTLAND, Qn Of Scotland) was born about 1079-1080 in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 1 May 1118 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Jun 1118 in Church Of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Adelicia, Princess Of Brabant on 29 Jan 1122 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. Adelicia (daughter of Godfrey "A La Barbe", Duke Of Lorraine and Clementia, Countess Of Namur) was born about 1094 in Of Brabant, Netherlands; died on 23 Apr 1151 in Affligham, Flanders, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Isabel (Elizabeth) DE VERMANDOIS in France. Isabel (daughter of Count Hugues "Le Grand" DE FRANCE and Adelle (Adelaide) VERMANDOIS) was born about 1085 in Of Valois, France; died on 13 Feb 1131 in France; was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• TitleOfNobility: ; 1st Earl Of Gloucester
• TitleOfNobility: ; Baron of Okehampton
• TitleOfNobility: ; Lord of Okehampton
• Name: Robert (Earl Of Gloucester) DE CAEN
• Name: Robert FITZROY
• Name: Robert FITZROY
• Name: Robert Rufus
• Name: The King's Son
• Occupation: ; Consul
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• MilitaryService: 1119; and fought in the Battle of Bremule where his father defeated Louis VI of France
• MilitaryService: 1122; and led a force to capture Brionne Castle held by rebels in Normandy

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Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 ? 31 October 1147) (alias Robert Rufus, Robert de Caen, Robert Consul) 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. 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. 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", possibly a daughter of Rainald Gay (fl. 1086) of Hampton Gay and Northbrook Gay in Oxfordshire. Rainald had known issue Robert Gay 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.

Robert may have been a native of Caen or he may have been only Constable and Governor of that city, jure uxoris.

Robert's 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. His wife brought him the substantial honours of Gloucester in England and Glamorgan in Wales, and the honours of Sainte-Scholasse-sur-Sarthe and ?vrecy in Normandy, as well as Creully. After the White Ship disaster late in 1120, and probably because of this marriage, in 1121 or 1122 his father created him Earl of Gloucester.

Family
Robert and his wife Mabel FitzHamon married in 1119, and they had seven children:
1. William FitzRobert (c.1121 ? 1183): succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Gloucester
2. Roger FitzRobert (c. 1123 ? 1179): Bishop of Worcester
3. Hamon FitzRobert, knight (c. 1124 ? 1159): killed at the siege of Toulouse.
4. Richard FitzRobert, Lord of Creully (c. 1125 ? 1175): succeeded his mother as Sire de Creully.
5. Matilda FitzRobert (c. 1126 ? 1189): married in 1143 Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester.
6. Mabel FitzRobert: married Aubrey de Vere
7. Philip FitzRobert, Lord of Cricklade (c. 1130 ? 1148)

He also had four illegitimate children:
1. Richard FitzRobert (died 1142): Bishop of Bayeux [mother: Isabel de Douvres, sister of Richard de Douvres, bishop of Bayeux (1107? 1133)]
2. Robert FitzRobert (died 1170): Castellan of Gloucester, married in 1147 Hawise de Reviers (daughter of Baldwin de Reviers, 1st Earl of Devon and his first wife Adelisa), had daughter Mabel FitzRobert (married firstly Jordan de Chambernon and secondly William de Soliers)
3. Mabel FitzRobert: married Gruffud, Lord of Senghenydd, son of Ifor Bach.
4. Thomas FitzRobert

Relationship with King Stephen
There is evidence in the contemporary source, the Gesta Stephani, that Robert was proposed by some as a candidate for the throne, but his illegitimacy ruled him out:
"Among others came Robert, Earl of Gloucester, son of King Henry, but a bastard, a man of proved talent and admirable wisdom. When he was advised, as the story went, to claim the throne on his father's death, deterred by sounder advice he by no means assented, saying it was fairer to yield it to his sister's son (the future Henry II of England), than presumptuously to arrogate it to himself."
This suggestion cannot have led to any idea that he and Stephen were rivals for the Crown, as Geoffrey of Monmouth in 1136 referred to Robert as one of the 'pillars' of the new King's rule.
The capture of King Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln on 2 February 1141 gave the Empress Matilda the upper hand in her battle for the throne, but by alienating the citizens of London she failed to be crowned Queen. Her forces were defeated at the Rout of Winchester on 14 September 1141, and Robert of Gloucester was captured nearby at Stockbridge.
The two prisoners, King Stephen and Robert of Gloucester, were then exchanged, but by freeing Stephen, the Empress Matilda had given up her best chance of becoming queen. She later returned to France, where she died in 1167, though her son succeeded Stephen as King Henry II in 1154.

Robert of Gloucester died in 1147 at Bristol Castle, where he had previously imprisoned King Stephen, and was buried at St James' Priory, Bristol, which he had founded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert,_1st_Earl_of_Gloucester

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"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
"ROBERT FITZ ROY, in right of his wife, of Gloucester, Bristol, Tewkesbury, and Cardiff, seigneur of Creully in Calvados, and Torigny in Manche, Normandy, illegitimate son, probably born about 1090. He witnessed charters of his father the king from about April 1113. He fought at the Battle of Br?mul? in 1119, where his father, King Henry I, defeated King Louis VI of France. He married before 1122 MABEL FITZ ROBERT, daughter and heiress of Robert Fitz Hamon, of Gloucester, Bristol, Tewkesbury, and Cardiff, seigneur of Creully in Calvados, and Torigny in Manche, Normandy, hereditary Governor of Caen, by Sybil, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury. They had six sons, William [Earl of Gloucester], Philip, Hamon, Roger [Bishop of Worcester], Richard [seigneur of Creully], and Robert, and two daughters, Maud and Mabel. By an unknown mistress, he also had an illegitimate son, Richard [Bishop of Bayeux]. He was created Earl of Gloucester between June and September 1122. In 1123 he brought a force to assist in the capture of Brionne Castle, which was held by rebellious Norman barons. In 1126 he had the custody of his uncle, Robert, Duke of Normandy, as a prisoner at Bristol, and later at Cardiff. The same year he secured a working relationship with the Welsh-dominated church of south Wales, under its aggressive bishop, Urban. In 1127 he did homage to the Empress Maud, recognizing her as his father's successor in the kingdom. In 1130 he sanctioned the foundation of Neath Abbey. In 1133, following the death of Richard, Bishop of Bayeux, he was sent by his father to Bayeux to enquire as to the fees and services due to the see by its barons, knights, and vavasours. He was present at his father's death at Lions-le-For?t in Dec. 1135, and had 60,000 livres from him, apparently as executor. On Stephen's subsequent accession to the English throne and his recognition as Duke by the Normans, Robert gave up Falaise to his agents, but removed his father's treasure. In March 1136 he returned to England, and after Easter did homage for his English lands. About this time or in the following year he founded St. James's Priory at Bristol. In 1137 he accompanied Stephen to Normandy, but they quarrelled, and next year his English and Welsh estates were forfeited. Thereupon he prepared for war with Stephen and took up the cause of his half-sister, Maud, in Normandy. In Sept. 1139 he landed in England with Maud and took her to Arundel Castle, and became her commander-in-chief in the civil war that ensued. His first significant campaign, once the empress was established in England, was directed at the city of Worcester, which he sacked 7 November 1139. In May 1140 he was delegated by his sister to negotiate at Bath with the king' envoys, but nothing came of the meeting. Later in 1140 he and the Earl of Warwick led a successful raid on Nottingham. In 1141 he and his son-in-law, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, recruited a large army, including a force of Welsh under the kings of Glamorgan and Gwynedd. Their army encountered the king's army near Lincoln and dispersed it, capturing the king himself. The king was removed to Gloucester and then to Bristol, Earl Robert's principal English castle. He subsequently accompanied Maud in her progress to Winchester and London, and when the citizens drove her out, he fled with her to Oxford. He was captured at Stockbridge 14 Sept. 1141, and taken prisoner to Rochester. Shortly afterwards, he was exchanged for King Stephen. In June 1142 Maud sent him over to her husband, Geoffrey of Anjou, to urge him to invade England; Geoffrey declined to help until he had conquered Normandy, whereupon Robert joined him in the campaign. Sometime between 1141-3, probably in June 1142, he signed a treaty friendship with Miles, Earl of Hereford, by which the two men agreed to support each other, especially in the war between King Stephen and Empress Maud. In 1143 he defeated King Stephen at Wilton. In 1144 he blockaded Malmesbury, Stephen refusing to battle; but Maud's party was so much reduced that Stephen was able to take Faringdon, which Robert had fortified. He witnessed a charter of Henry d'Oilly in the period, 1144-47. In the spring of 1147 he took Henry, Maud's son, back to Wareham and sent him over to Anjou. In his last year, probably on his deathbed, he made moves to assist the Cistercians, who were attempting to set up a house in upland Glamorgan; the resultant abbey of Margam counted him as its founder. ROBERT FITZ ROY, 1st Earl of Gloucester, died at Bristol 31 October 1147, and was buried in the Priory church of St. James, BristoL His widow, Mabel, Countess of Gloucester, died 29 Sept. 1157.

Robert married Maud (Mabel) FITZHAMON, Countess Of Glo in Jun 1119 in Lisieux, Calvados, Duchy of Normandy, France. Maud (daughter of Lord Robert FITZHAMON, of Gloucester and Glamorgan and Sybil DE MONTGOMERY) was born in 1090 in Of, Gloucestershire, England; died on 29 Sep 1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried after 29 Sep 1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Matilda AVRANCHES, Heiress Of Okehampton about 1162 in England. Matilda (daughter of Robert D'AVRANCHES and Baroness Hawise DE DOL) was born about 1115 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England; died on 21 Sep 1173 in Okehampton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Alexander, I. Alexander and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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AKA Reginald FITZ ROY. Aka Rainald Born out of wedlock between 1100 and 1115. Miltary/Fought: between 1137 and 1138. Anjou forces raided Normandy. "Baldwin (de Redvers, 6553) joined in Geoffrey's (d'Anjou/Plantagenet's) attacks on Normandy. 'Two chroniclers single him out (with Reginald de Dunstanville and Stephen de Mandeville) as one who brought havoc to the Cotentin, and who 'by his pillaging raids ... carried everything away without pity; creating disorder everywhere, he made himself a terror to all" (Earldom of Devon Charters.). Circa 1140 Property: Tintagel castle writing of castles springing up in Cornwall in Stephen's time: "But most famous of all is the fabled castle of Arthur and Mark, Tintagel, buttressed by the promontory rock and girdled by the ocean itself. It was begun abt 1140 by Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, another of Henry I's illegitimate sons, and another half-brother of Matilda's" (F.E. Halliday, A History of Cornwall (No place: Duckworth, 1959; 2nd ed 1975). Hereinafter cited as Cornwall.). In 1140 Earl of Cornwall; created by King Stephen. Married Mabel (----) c 1139, Cornwall (Halliday, Cornwall.); "Reginald was also the newly acquired son-in-law of Wm Fitz Richard, the formidable Lord of Cardinham, whom Stephen had appointed his lieutenant of the county." doesn't give wife's name. Before 1175 Mistress Douglas Richardson posted, "Beatrice "de Valle," wife of William Briwerre appears to have been the daughter of Hubert de Vaux and his wife, Grace. At least that is the implication of various pieces of evidence which I have assembled over the years. Before she married William Briwerre, she was mistress of Reynold Fitz Roy (or de Mortain), Earl of Cornwall, by whom she had a son, Henry Fitz Count." Died in 1175 (Earldom of Devon Charters.) (Given-Wilson, Royal Bastards.).

Reginald married Beatrice (Mabel) FITZRICHARD in 1135. Beatrice (daughter of William FITZRICHARD, Lord Cardinand) was born in 1114 in Cardinan, Cornwall, England; died in 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Isabelle D' ANJOU in Jun 1119 in Lisieux, Normandy. Isabelle (daughter of Rene D'ANJOU, KING OF NAPLES, SICILY, AND JERUSALEM , DUKE OF ANJOU, I, "The Good King Rene" and Isabella Duchess of LORRAINE, Queen consort of Naples) was born on 3 Jul 1423 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; died between 1433 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Maud married Count Geoffrey V "Le Bon" PLANTAGENET on 22 May 1127 in , Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Geoffrey (son of Foulq (Fulk) "The Young" D'ANJOU, King Of Jerusalem and Countess Ermengarde DU MAINE) was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France; died on 7 Sep 1150 in Chateau, Eure-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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