Nielsen Hayden genealogy
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 | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK 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
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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]
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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.
- [S1490] RaGena C. DeAragon, 21 Nov 1010, contribution to the talk page for Wikipedia's article about Henry of Essex.