Robert "the King's Son" de CAEN, EARL OF GLOUCESTER
The Complete Peerage, G.E.C., Eng. V, v. 5, p. 683-89, 736; Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 99; Kings of England, Eng. 176, p. 30, 45-47; Bristol and Gloucs. Arch. Soc., Gloucs. Pub. A, v. 32, p. 204; Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 100; Dict. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v. 48, p. 356-58; Espolin (GS #12462, pt 1, p. 101. It is known that Robert had one or two other sons whose names and dates of birth are not known. Note: 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.).
Ancestral File
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
Ancestral File
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
He married Maud (Sibyl) (Mabel) Fitz Hammon, Countess of Gloucester Abt 1111 at of Gloucestershire, England . Maud (Sibyl) (Mabel) Fitz Hammon, Countess of Gloucester was born at of Gloucestershire, England Abt 1094 daughter of Robert Fitz Hamon, (Lord Corbeil) and Sibyl de Montgomery .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Roger Fitz Robert, (Bishop of Worcester)
born Abt 1112.
Richard Fitz Robert, (Lord of Cruelly)
born Abt 1114.
Hamon Fitz Robert
born Abt 1116.
William "Mafonache" Fitz Robert, (Earl of Gloucester)
born Abt 23 Nov 1116.
Mabel Fitz Robert
born Abt 1118.
Maud Fitz Robert, (Countess of Chester)
born Abt 1120.
Philip Fitz Robert
born Abt 1122.
Robert Fitz Robert
born Abt 1128.
Robert "the King's Son" de Caen, Earl of Gloucester died 31 Oct 1147 at Bristol, Gloucestershire, England .
Maud (Sibyl) (Mabel) Fitz Hammon, Countess of Gloucester died 1157 at Bristol, Gloucestershire, England .