FitzRichard, Robert 1
Birth Name | FitzRichard, Robert |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 59 years |
Narrative
# Note:
Robert, 5th son of Richard FitzGilbert, Earl of Clare (ancestor of the Earls of Hertford), being steward to King Henry I, obtained from that monarch the Barony of Dunmow in Essex, as also the honour of Baynard Castle, in the city of London, both of which came into the possession of the crown by the forfeiture of William Baynard. This Robert m. in 1112, Maud de St. Liz, Lady of Bradham, dau. of Simon de St. Liz, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and by her, (who d. in 1140, m. 2ndly, Saer de Quincy) had two sons, Walter, his successor, and Simon, to whom he gave Daventre, in Northamptonshire. He d. in 1134, and was s. by his elder son, Walter FitzRobert. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 212, FitzWalter, Barons FitzWalter]
# Note:
Robert, steward to King Henry I, m. Maud, dau. of Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon, and had Walter Fitz-Robert, whose son, Robert Fitz-Walter, was one of the most distinguished of the barons who rebelled against John, and was stuled, Marshal of the Army of God and Holy church. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 118, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
# Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
# Note: Page: 157-1
# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
# Note: Page: 148-25
# Note: Text: 1134/6
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | 1075 | Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | 1 | |
Event Note
B: Abt. 1075 |
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Death | 1134 | Little Dunmow, Essex, England | 1 | |
Age: 59y |
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Burial | Priory of St. Neot, Cambridgeshire, England | 2 | ||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | de Clare, Richard de Tonbridge FitzGilbert | 1024 | 1090 | |
Mother | Giffard, Rohese | 1034 | 1133 | |
Sister | de Clare, Rohese FitzRichard | 1055 | 1121 | |
Sister | de Clare, Avice | 1058 | ||
Brother | FitzRichard de Clare, Richard | 1062 | 1107 | |
Sister | FitzGilbert de Claire, Ronais | 1064 | ||
Brother | FitzRichard de Clare, Gilbert | 1065 | 1117 | |
Sister | de Clare, Isabel FitzRichard | 1065 | ||
FitzRichard, Robert | 1075 | 1134 |
Families
Family of FitzRichard, Robert and St. Liz, Maud |
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Unknown | Partner | St. Liz, Maud ( * 1096 + 1140 ) | |||||||||
Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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FitzRobert, Walter | 1130 | 1198 |
FitzRobert, Maud | 1134 |