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Carney & Wehofer Family
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 1090 - 1157 (67 years)
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| Name |
Maud (Mabel) FITZHAMON [2, 3] |
| Suffix |
Countess Of Glo |
| Born |
1090 |
Of, Gloucestershire, England  [3] |
| Gender |
Female |
| AFN |
V9V7-C2 |
| FamilySearch ID |
9CZC-NNC |
| Royal House |
[4] |
| FitzHamon |
| Title (Nobility) |
[4] |
| Countess of Gloucester |
| Name |
Matilda [4] |
| Name |
Sibylle [4] |
| Died |
29 Sep 1157 |
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] |
| Buried |
Aft 29 Sep 1157 |
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] |
| Person ID |
I594766765 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
30 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Lord Robert FITZHAMON, of Gloucester and Glamorgan, b. 1050, Cruelly, Calvados, Normandy, France , d. 10 Mar 1107, At The Battle Of Falaise (Age 57 years) |
| Mother |
Sybil DE MONTGOMERY, b. 1062, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France , d. 10 Mar 1107, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (Age 45 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1084 |
Normandy, France |
| Family ID |
F536728763 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Robert FITZROY, 1st Earl of Gloucester, b. 1090, Caen, Calvados, France , d. 31 Oct 1147, Bristol Castle, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 57 years) |
| Married |
Jun 1119 |
Lisieux, Calvados, Duchy of Normandy, France [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Robert FITZROBERT, Of Ilchester, b. 1112, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England , d. 13 Oct 1170, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 58 years) |
| | 2. Roger FITZROBERT, Bishop of Worcester, b. Abt 1112, Centre, France , d. 9 Aug 1179, Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, Touraine, France (Age ~ 67 years) |
| | 3. Matilda FITZROBERT, b. Abt 1114, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England , d. 29 Jul 1189, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 75 years) |
| | 4. William "Mafonache" FITZROBERT,, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, b. 23 Nov 1116, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. 23 Nov 1183, Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales (Age 67 years) |
| | 5. Maud Fitzrobert De CAEN, [Countess Of Chester, b. Abt 1117, Gloucestershire, England , d. 29 Jul 1189, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 72 years) |
| | 6. Christian Of GLOUCESTER, b. Abt 1118, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England , d. Dec |
| | 7. Robert Castellan Of GLOUCESTER, b. Abt 1120, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England , d. Aft 1160 (Age ~ 41 years) |
| | 8. Mabel FITZROBERT, b. Abt 1121, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England , d. Unknown, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
| | 9. Phillip FITZ-ROBERT, Lord Grey, b. Abt 1122, Gloucestershire, England , d. 1167, England (Age ~ 45 years) |
| | 10. Richard FITZROBERT, Lord of Cruelly, b. 1125, Cruelly, Normandy, France , d. 1175, Gloucester, Gloucester, England (Age 50 years) |
| | 11. Hamon FITZROBERT, b. 1127, Of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England , d. 1159, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France (Age 32 years) |
| | 12. Emma De MORTAIGNE, b. Abt 1157, d. Deceased |
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| Last Modified |
30 Dec 2022 |
| Family ID |
F536728762 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson, Vol. 3 pg 85
... daughter and heiress of Robert Fitz Hamon, of Gloucester, Bristol, Tewksbury, and Cardiff, seigneur of Cruelly in Calvados, and Torigny in Manche, Normandy, hereditary Governor of Caen, by Sybil, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury.
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Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
MABEL [Matilda or Sibylle] FitzRobert, daughter & heiress of ROBERT FitzHamon Lord of Glamorgan and Gloucester & his wife Sibylle de Montgomery (-[29 Sep] 1157). The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey names (in order) "Mabiliam, Hawysiam, Ceciliam, Amisiam" as the four daughters of "Robertum filium Haymonis, dominum de Astramervilla in Normannia", recording that Mabile married Robert Fitzroy. Orderic Vitalis records that "Rodbertus Henrici regis filius" married "Rodberto Haimonis filio...[et] Sibiliam Rogerii comitis filiam...filiam...Mathildem". Robert of Torigny records that "filia Roberti Belismensis" was the mother of "Rogerius Wigornensis episcopus", son of "Robertus comes Gloecestrensis?filius primi Henrici regis Anglorum", clarifying that the bishop's grandfather was "Robertus filius Haimonis dominus de Torigneio". The Annals of Tewkesbury record that "Mabilia comitissa Gloucestri?" died in 1157.
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Wiki (March 2015):
Mabel FitzRobert, Countess of Gloucester (1090 - 29 September 1157) was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, and a wealthy heiress who brought the lordship of Gloucester, among other prestigious honours to her husband, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester upon their marriage. He was the illegitimate son of King Henry I of England.
Her father was Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester and Glamorgan. As she was the eldest daughter of four, and her younger sisters had become nuns, Mabel inherited all of his honours and properties upon his death in 1107.
As Countess of Gloucester, Mabel was significant politically and she exercised an important administrative role in the lordship.
Mabel was born in Gloucestershire, England in 1090, the eldest of the four daughters of Robert FitzHamon, Lord of Gloucester and Glamorgan, and his wife, Sybil de Montgomery. Her three younger sisters, Hawise, Cecile and Amice all became nuns, making Mabel the sole heiress to her father's lordships and vast estates in England, Wales, and Normandy.
Her paternal grandfather was Hamon, Sheriff of Kent, and her maternal grandparents were Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Talvas of Belleme.
In March 1107, her father died in Normandy, leaving his lordships and estates to Mabel. Her mother married secondly Jean, Sire de Raimes.
In 1107, Mabel married Robert of Caen, an illegitimate son of King Henry I by his mistress Sybil Corbet. Their marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis who also names her parents. He would later become an important figure during the turbulent period in English history known as The Anarchy which occurred in the reign of King Stephen of England. Throughout the civil war, he was a loyal supporter of his half-sister Empress Matilda who would make him the chief commander of her army. He had originally sworn fealty to King Stephen, but after quarrelling with him in 1137, his English and Welsh possessions were forfeited, and thus he joined forces with Matilda.
Mabel brought to her husband the honours of Gloucester in England, Glamorgan in Wales, Sainte-Scholasse-sur-Sarthe, Evrecy and Creully in Normandy. By right of his wife, he became the 2nd Lord of Glamorgan, and gained possession of her father's castle of Cardiff in Wales. In August 1122, he was created 1st Earl of Gloucester; henceforth, Mabel was styled as Countess of Gloucester.
As countess, Mabel exercised a prominent administrative role in the Gloucester lordship. Her political importance was evident when she was made responsible for seeing that her husband upheld his side of the agreement in the treaty he made with Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford. She also witnessed four of Robert's charters; as well as giving her personal consent for his foundation of the Abbey of Margam, whose endowment came from her own lands. Later, after Robert's death, Mabel assumed control of the honour of Gloucester's Norman lands on behalf of her eldest son William.
Together Robert and Mabel had at least eight children:
William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (23 November 1112- 23 November 1183), married Hawise de Beaumont by
whom he had five children, including Isabella of Gloucester, the first wife of King John of England, and Amice FitzRobert,
Countess of Gloucester.
Roger, Bishop of Worcester (died 9 August 1179)
Hamon FitzRobert, (died 1159), killed in the Siege of Toulouse.
Robert FitzRobert of Ilchester (died before 1157), married Hawise de Redvers, by whom he had a daughter Mabel who in
her turn married Jordan de Cambernon.
Richard FitzRobert, Sire de Creully (died 1175), inherited the seigneury of Creully from Mabel, and became the ancestor of
the Sires de Creully. He married the daughter of Hughes de Montfort by whom he had five children.
Philip FitzRobert, (died after 1147), Castellan of Cricklade. He took part in the Second Crusade.
Maud FitzRobert (died 29 July 1190), married Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester by whom she had three children.
Mabel FitzRobert, married Aubrey de Vere
Robert also sired an illegitimate son, Richard, Bishop of Bayeux by Isabel de Douvres.
Mabel's husband died on 31 October 1147. Mabel herself died on 29 September 1157 in Bristol at the age of sixty-seven years.
Countess of Glo
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- [S706] Eileen McKinnon-Suggs, Eileen McKinnon-Suggs.
- [S296] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edi t i o n , by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Le e Sh ip pa r d Jr., 1999, 26 May 2003., 63-26 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Robert FitzRobert, person ID 99MZ-TDT. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Mabel Sybil FitzHamon, person ID 9CZC-NNC. (Reliability: 3).
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