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Robert Fitzrichard

Robert Fitzrichard[1]

Male Abt 1075 - 1134  (59 years)


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  • Name Robert Fitzrichard 
    Birth Abt 1075  Tunbridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1134  Little Dunmow, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Priory Of St Neot, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I70600  Cecilie Family
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2009 

    Father Earl Richard Fitzgilbert,   b. Bef 1035, Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1089, Priory Of St Neot, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Rochese Giffard,   b. Abt 1034, Longueville, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1133 (Age 100 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1054  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21631  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud De St. Liz,   b. 1093, Tunbridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1158 and 1163, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage WFT Est 1119 
    Children 
     1. Maud Fitzrobert,   b. Bef 1134, Little Dunmow, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F31416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1075 - Tunbridge, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1134 - Little Dunmow, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Priory Of St Neot, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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]

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      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]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 3:701B (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1630] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis,, 157-1 (Reliability: 3).