Robert "de Caen" [Earl of] GLOUCESTER
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
(1) Created 2nd Earl of Gloucester
He married Mabel Fitz Hammon 1109 . Mabel Fitz Hammon was born at of England Abt 1090 .
They were the parents of 7
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.
Maud Fitz Robert
born Abt 1120.
Philip Fitz Robert
born Abt 1122.
Robert "de Caen" [Earl of] Gloucester died 31 Oct 1147 at Bristol, Gloucestershire, England .
Mabel Fitz Hammon died 1157 .