Robert "de Caen" [Earl of] GLOUCESTER

Birth:
Abt 1088
of Caen, Calvados, France
Death:
31 Oct 1147
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Burial:
PrioryOfStJames, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage:
1109
Mother:
Unknown
Notes:
                   RESEARCH NOTES:
    1. Some authorities claim the mother of Robert, Earl of Gloucester to be Nesta, daughter of Rhees ap Tewder, Prince of South Wales; however, she is more likely to be a French woman from Normandy since Robert was born in Caen, France (see Dict. of Nat'l Biog.)

RESEARCH NOTES:
    2. It is known that Robert had one or two other sons whose names and dates of birth are not known SOURCES:  1. The Complete Peerage,

SOURCES:
    1. The Complete Peerage, G.E.C., Eng. V, v. 5, p. 683-89, 736
    2. Espolin (GS #12462, pt 1, p. 101)
    3. Dict. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v. 48, p. 356-58
    4. Kings of England, Eng. 176, p. 30, 45-47
    5. Bristol and Gloucs. Arch. Soc., Gloucs. Pub. A, v. 32, p. 204
    6. Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 100
    7. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 99
Mabel FITZ HAMMON
Birth:
Abt 1090
Gloucestershire, England
Death:
1157
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Children
Marriage
1
William [Earl] FITZ ROBERT
Birth:
Abt 1110
Gloucestershire, England
Death:
23 Nov 1183
Hawise de [Countess] BEAUMONT 
Marr:
1150
of Leicestershire, England 
Notes:
                       (1) Created 2nd Earl of Gloucester
2
Roger [Bishop] FITZ ROBERT
Birth:
Abt 1112
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
9 Aug 1179
Tours, France
 
Marr:
 
3
Richard [Bishop] FITZ ROBERT
Birth:
Abt 1114
Gloucestershire, England
Death:
1175
 
Marr:
 
4
Hamon FITZ ROBERT
Birth:
Abt 1116
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
1159/60
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
 
Marr:
 
5
Mabel FITZ ROBERT
Birth:
Abt 1118
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
6
Philip FITZ ROBERT
Birth:
Abt 1122
Gloucestershire, England
Death:
Aft 1146
 
Marr:
 
7
Maud [Countess] FITZ ROBERT
Birth:
Abt 1124
Gloucestershire, England
Death:
29 Jul 1189
Chester, England
Ranulph de MESCHINES 
Marr:
Abt 1141
of Gloucestershire, England 
8
Robert FITZ ROBERT
Birth:
Abt 1128
Gloucestershire, England
Death:
Aft 1159
 
Marr:
 
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Robert "de Caen" [Earl of] Gloucester - Mabel Fitz Hammon

Robert "de Caen" [Earl of] Gloucester was born at of Caen, Calvados, France Abt 1088. His parents were Henry I "Beauclerc" [King of] England and Unknown .

He married Mabel Fitz Hammon 1109 . Mabel Fitz Hammon was born at Gloucestershire, England Abt 1090 daughter of Robert Fitzhamon and Sibyl de Montgomery .

They were the parents of 8 children:
William [Earl] Fitz Robert born Abt 1110.
Roger [Bishop] Fitz Robert born Abt 1112.
Richard [Bishop] Fitz Robert born Abt 1114.
Hamon Fitz Robert born Abt 1116.
Mabel Fitz Robert born Abt 1118.
Philip Fitz Robert born Abt 1122.
Maud [Countess] Fitz Robert born Abt 1124.
Robert Fitz Robert born Abt 1128.

Robert "de Caen" [Earl of] Gloucester died 31 Oct 1147 at Bristol, Gloucestershire, England .

Mabel Fitz Hammon died 1157 at Bristol, Gloucestershire, England .