Henry of Essex

- Aft 1163

• Name	Henry of Essex  [1, 2]
  Birth	of Rayleigh, Essex, England   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1163  [3, 4]
  Person ID	I13022	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert fitz Swein   d. Abt 1140
  Mother	Gunnor Bigod
  Family ID	F8173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cecily de Valognes   d. Bef 1186
  Children	+ 1. Agnes of Essex,   b. Between 1151 and 1152   d. Aft 1205 (Age ~ 55 years)
  Family ID	F8172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Also called Henry fitz Robert. "He forfeited his vast estates in 1163, when he was defeated in single combat by Robert de Montfort, who had accused him of treason because in a battle with the Welsh in 1157 he threw away the royal banner and fled." [Complete Peerage]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1490] RaGena C. DeAragon, 21 Nov 1010, contribution to the talk page for Wikipedia's article about Henry of Essex. [S6887] Rosie Bevan, 18 Apr 2003, post to soc.genealogy.medieval. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing. [S128] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant ed. Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Duncan Warrand, Howard de Walden, Geoffrey H. White and R. S. Lea. 2nd edition. 14 volumes (1-13, but volume 12 spanned two books), London, The St. Catherine Press, 1910-1959. Volume 14, "Addenda & Corrigenda," ed. Peter W. Hammond, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 1998.