Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester
Noble person
1090 – 1157
Who was Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester?
Mabel FitzRobert, Countess of Gloucester 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.
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- Born
- 1090
Gloucestershire - Also known as
- Countess of Gloucester
- Dame of Creully
- Lady of Glamorgan
- Dame of Sainte-Scholasse-sur-Sarthe
- Dame of Evrecy
- Parents
- Spouses
- Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
(1107 - 1147/10/31)
- Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
- Children
- Died
- Sep 29, 1157
Bristol
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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