Robert FitzEdith, Baron of Okehampton

Robert fitzRoy/fitzEdith (it is wise to use the fitzEdith name as fitzRoy simply means son of the King.

From Medlands:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#_T...

King Henry I had one illegitimate son by Mistress (6):

15. ROBERT FitzEdith [FitzRoy] (-31 May 1172). Symeon of Durham names "Rodberto filio Edæ et Henrici regis notho"[215]. Guillaume de Jumièges names Robert as illegitimate son of King Henry I "encore jeune et sans établissement"[216]. Landowner in Devon 1130. He supported his half-sister Empress Matilda during the civil war[217]. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Robertus filius Regis lix l xvii s i d, et de novo i m" in Devonshire in [1167/68][218]. m (1142) as her second husband, MAUD Avenell, widow of ROBERT d´Avranches, daughter & heiress of RANULF Avenill & his wife Alice --- (-21 Sep 1173). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records that “domina Alicia uxor domini Randolphi Avenell filia sua…unicam filiam…Matildam” married “Roberto filio regis Henrici primi notho” after the death of her first husband “Roberto de Abrincis id est de Averinges”[219]. She was heiress of the honour of Okehampton, Devon. Robert & his wife had one child:

a) MAUD (-1224). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey names “Matildam” as the daughter of “Roberto filio regis Henrici primi notho” and his wife “Roberto de Abrincis id est de Averinges”, adding that she married “Reginaldo de Courtenay…filio suo Willielmo de Courtenay”[220]. Dame du Sap. m GUILLAUME de Courtenay, son of RENAUD Sire de Courtenay & his first wife Helvise de Donjon (-before 1190).

Robert's Mother:

Mistress (6): EDITH, daughter of ---. Symeon of Durham names "Rodberto filio Edæ et Henrici regis notho"[134]. The Complete Peerage[135] identifies her as the probable daughter of Forn Sigurdson Lord of Greystoke, Cumberland. If this is correct, she married Robert de Oilly of Hook Norton, constable of Oxford Castle, son of Nigel de Oilly of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire & his wife --- (-1142). However, “Editha, Roberto de Oilly conjugali copula juncta” donated property to Thame Abbey, for the souls of “Henrici et Gilberti filiorum meorum”, by undated charter witnessed by “Fulco de Oilly, Fulco Luval, Henrico filio Roberti filii Aumari”[136]. If Edith, wife of Robert de Oilly, was the same person as the mother of King Henry´s son Robert, it is unclear why she would not have named this son in her charter

Robert d'Avranches married Maud Avenill/Avenell d/o Robert fitzEdith

From Medlands:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RobertAvranch...

ROBERT d'Avranches (-before 1142). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. m as her first husband, MAUD Avenill, daughter of RANULF Avenill & his wife Alice --- (-21 Sep 1173). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records that “domina Alicia uxor domini Randolphi Avenell filia sua” had “unicam filiam…Matildam” who died[642]. The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records that “domina Alicia uxor domini Randolphi Avenell filia sua…unicam filiam…Matildam” married “Roberto filio regis Henrici primi notho” after the death of her first husband “Roberto de Abrincis id est de Averinges”, and died “IX Kal Oct 1173”[643]. Robert & his wife had three children

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Robert fitz Edith [fitzRoy], Baron of Okenhampton

M, #104662, b. 1093, d. 31 May 1172

thePeerage.com, Last Edited=21 Jan 2011

Robert fitz Edith, Baron of Okenhampton was born illegitimately in 1093.2 He was the son of Henry I 'Beauclerc', King of England and Edith Sigulfson.1 He married Matilda d'Avranches, Dame du Sap, daughter of Robert d'Avranches.3 He died on 31 May 1172.1

Robert fitz Edith, Baron of Okenhampton was also known as Robert FitzRoy.4 He gained the title of Baron of Okenhampton.3

Child of Robert fitz Edith, Baron of Okenhampton and Matilda d'Avranches, Dame du Sap

• Maud FitzRoy, Dame du Sap4 d. 1224

Citations

[S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/public_html/royal/index.html. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 48. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1122. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.