William fitz Robert d. 23 Nov 1183: NH genealogy

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Name William fitz Robert [1]

Gender Male

Death 23 Nov 1183 [2, 3, 4, 5]

Burial Kernsham Abbey, Somerset, England [3, 5]

Siblings 3 siblings

	1. William fitz Robert d. 23 Nov 1183 ▻ Hawise of Leicester , m. Abt 1150
	2. Matilda of Gloucester d. 29 Jul 1189 ▻ Ranulph de Gernons , m. Bef 1135
	3. Mabira de Caen , b. of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. Aft 1190 ▻ Jordan de Cambernon
	4. Robert fitz Robert , b. of Conarton in Gwithian, Cornwall, England d. 1170 ▻ Hawise de Revières

Person ID I5790 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others

Last Modified 6 Jan 2018

Father	Robert of Gloucester, b. Abt 1090 d. 31 Oct 1147, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 57 years)
Mother	Mabel fitz Robert d. 29 Sep 1157
Marriage	Bef 1122 [3]
Family ID	F2180	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hawise of Leicester d. 24 Apr 1197

Marriage Abt 1150 [3, 4, 5]

Children

	1. Isabel of Gloucester d. 14 Oct 1217
	2. Amice of Gloucester d. 1 Jan 1225

Family ID F5507 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 16 Jun 2018

Notes

Earl of Gloucester. Governor of Wareham Castle, 1144.

"After Henry II's accession in 1154 William's status with his royal cousin began to change. The honour of Eudo Dapifer, which Henry had earlier promised to the earl's son, was given to another. Gloucester understandably yielded place of honour at court to members of the royal family like the king's brother William, and even to Robert, earl of Leicester, who was chief justiciar; but William was also regularly outranked by his uncle, Reginald, earl of Cornwall, who held no central administrative office. In the 1150s there is evidence of a certain ambivalence in Henry's government about Gloucester's right to be exempted from geld and other remittances. The earl's infrequent court appearances indicate that he was becoming a political outsider. Even though he was ultimately favoured by the bountiful royal fiscal patronage accorded to members of his class, served as a royal justice, and was promised that he would enjoy all the estates his father had held, William was to die with his career, earldom, and house in ruins." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

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