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Illegitimate son of Robert FitzRoy per Cawley Medieval Lands Database.

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_...

Earl Robert had [four] [illegitimate] children:

8. RICHARD (-3 Apr 1142). Orderic Vitalis names Richard as son of "the king's son Robert", and records that he was appointed Bishop of Bayeux in 1135[1530], having obtained the Pope's dispensation to hold religious office despite his illegitimate birth[1531]. The Gesta Stephani Regis records the death of "Roberti Glaornensis comitis filius", dated from the context to [1142][1532]. The son in question is not named and it is not certain that this entry refers to Richard.

9. ROBERT FitzRobert (-1170). The 1155 Pipe Roll records "Rob. fil. Com. Gloecestr." in Somerset[1533]. Named in charters in [1160], and addressed as Castellan of Gloucester[1534]. Robert of Torigny records the death in 1170 of "Roberto filio Roberti comitis Gloecestriæ"[1535]. [1536]m ([1147]%29 HAWISE de Reviers, daughter of BALDWIN de Reviers Earl of Devon & his first wife Adelisa --- (-[1215]). The 1194/95 Pipe Roll records "Agnes uxor Roberti f comitis de Gloecr" in Lincolnshire[1537]. Robert & his wife had one child:

a) [1538]MABEL . m firstly JORDAN de Chambernon, son of ---. m secondly WILLIAM de Soliers, son of ---.

10. MABEL . She is referred to as Earl Robert's illegitimate daughter in Domesday Descendants[1539]. It is not known whether she is the same person as Mabel who is shown above as Earl Robert's legitimate daughter. m GRIFFITH ap IVOR Bach .

11. [--- . It is not known whether the parent of Thomas was one of the other illegitimate children of Robert Earl of Gloucester who are named above. According to Domesday Descendants, Thomas was nephew of Earl William´s father Robert, citing a charter of the Earldom of Gloucester (not yet consulted)[1540]. m ---.] One child:

a) THOMAS (-after 1176). The 1176/77 Pipe Roll names "Tomas nepos comitis Gloecestr et Ricardus filius eius" in Dorset and Somerset[1541]. m ---. The name of Thomas´s wife is not known. Thomas & his wife had one child:

i) RICHARD . The 1176/77 Pipe Roll names "Tomas nepos comitis Gloecestr et Ricardus filius eius" in Dorset and Somerset[1542].

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