Back روبرت ايرل جلوستر الاول ARZ Робърт от Глостър Bulgarian Robert de Gloucester Catalan Robert, 1. Earl of Gloucester German Ροβέρτος, 1ος κόμης του Γκλόστερ Greek Roberto (1-a Grafo de Gloucester) Esperanto Roberto de Gloucester Spanish Robert de Gloucester French Robert di Gloucester Italian ロバート (初代グロスター伯) Japanese
Robert of Caen | |
|---|---|
| Earl of Gloucester | |
 Effigy of Robert Consul, St James' Priory, Bristol. 1840 drawing | |
| Born | c. 1090 |
| Died | 31 October 1147 Bristol Castle |
| Noble family | Normandy |
| Spouse(s) | Mabel FitzRobert |
| Issue |
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| Father | Henry I of England |
| Mother | A woman from Gay or Gayt family of north Oxfordshire[1] |
Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 – 31 October 1147[2]) (alias Robert Rufus, Robert de Caen (Latinised to Robertus de Cadomo[3]), Robert Consul[4][5]) was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. He was the half-brother of the Empress Matilda, and her chief military supporter during the civil war known as the Anarchy, in which she vied with Stephen of Blois for the throne of England.
- ^ David Crouch, Historical Research, 1999
- ^ David Crouch, 'Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. c. 1090, d. 1147)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 Retrieved 1 October 2010
- ^ twice styled Robert de Caen (de Cadomo) by Orderic (ed. Le Prevost), vol. v, pp. 121, 122
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
CP1892was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The Complete Peerage claims only that he is "described" as consul, as are most earls of his time.