William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of GLOUCESTER

Birth:
23 Nov 1116
Gloucestershire, England
Death:
23 Nov 1183
Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales
Marriage:
Abt 1150
Sources:
The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by WalterLee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 28-1, 153-4
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles MosleyEditor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii
GEDCOM File : ~AT1255.ged
Notes:
                   [From Burke's Peerage-see source for details]

An undoubted Earl of Gloucester, perhaps the first authentic one, at anyrate after the Conquest, is Robert FitzHamon's son-in-law, anotherRobert, who was an illegitimate son of Henry I and was so created 1122.The Earldom passed to his eldest son, William FitzRobert, and from him toJohn, later King John and husband from 1189 to 1199 (when he divorcedher) of Isabel, the youngest of William FitzRobert's three daughters.  OnJohn's coming to the throne the title did not merge in the Crown for itwas not his in his own right but in right of his wife.
                  
Hawise de BEAUMONT
Birth:
1129
Leicestershire, England
Death:
24 Apr 1197
Sources:
The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by WalterLee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 28-1
GEDCOM File : ~AT1255.ged
Children
Marriage
1
Mabel FitzRobert of GLOUCESTER
Birth:
Abt 1152
Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
1198
Evereux, Eure, Normandy, France
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   [From Burke' Peerage - see source for details]

John (King of England) prevented her (Isabel, youngest daughter ofWilliam FitzRobert) taking a second husband at all for the time being,however, and exchanged the Earldom of Gloucester with Aumarie deMontfort, son of William FitzRobert's eldest daughter Mabel, for theComte of Evereux, which he then used as a dowry to secure the marriage ofhis niece Blanche with the King of France's son.  Aumarie died childless.
                  
2
Birth:
1160
Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
1 Jan 1224/25
England
3
Isabel FitzRobert Countess of GLOUCESTER
Birth:
Abt 1165
Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
1217
(dsp)
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   [From Burke's Peerage-see source for details]

An undoubted Earl of Gloucester, perhaps the first authentic one, at anyrate after the Conquest, is Robert FitzHamon's son-in-law, anotherRobert, who was an illegitimate son of Henry I and was so created 1122.The Earldom passed to his eldest son, William FitzRobert, and from him toJohn, later King John and husband from 1189 to 1199 (when he divorcedher) of Isabel, the youngest of William FitzRobert's three daughters.  OnJohn's coming to the throne the title did not merge in the Crown for itwas not his in his own right but in right of his wife.

Isabel's situation now became that of a great heiress, for whoever shemarried next would gain the Earldom.  John prevented her taking a secondhusband at all for the time being, however, and exchanged the Earldom ofGloucester with Aumarie de Montfort, son of William FitzRobert's eldestdaughter Mabel, for the Comte of Evereux, which he then used as a dowryto secure the marriage of his niece Blanche with the King of France'sson.  Aumarie died childless and Isabel, who towards the end of John'sreign married as her second husband Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essexand in right of his new wife now Earl of Gloucester too, died childlessafter marrying in the autumn of 1217 yet a third husband, Hubert deBurgh, Earl of Kent.

The latter seems not to have been recognised as Earl of Gloucester aswell as of Kent, despite his wife's undoubted possession of the formerEarldom by the time of their marriage.  But then she died only a few dayslater and her sister Amice, by now the only one of William FitzRobert'sdaughters still living, seems to have been recognised as Countess ofGloucester till her own death some seven and a half years later.  On theother hand Amice's son Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hertford or of Clare(usually called the latter), was apparently acknowledged as Earl ofGloucester in addition to his other dignity from as soon as the monthafter his aunt Isabel's death back in 1217.
                  
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William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester - Hawise de Beaumont

William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester was born at Gloucestershire, England 23 Nov 1116. His parents were Robert de , 1st Earl of Gloucester Caen and Maud FitzHamon.

He married Hawise de Beaumont Abt 1150 . Hawise de Beaumont was born at Leicestershire, England 1129 daughter of Robert II de , 2nd Earl of Leicester Beaumont and Amice de Montfort .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester born Abt 1152.
Amice of Gloucester born 1160.
Isabel FitzRobert Countess of Gloucester born Abt 1165.

William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester died 23 Nov 1183 at Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales .

Hawise de Beaumont died 24 Apr 1197 .