 1092 - 1143 (51 years)
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| Name |
Miles Of Gloucester |
| Birth |
1092 |
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
24 Dec 1143 |
Shot While Hunting In Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, England [1, 2, 3] |
| Burial |
Llanthony Without Gloucester Priory, Gloucestershire, England |
| Person ID |
I54875 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2009 |
| Father |
Walter Fitzroger, b. Abt 1065, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. 1129, England (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Berthe Fitzroger, b. Abt 1069, Frampton-On-Severn, Wheatenhurst, Gloucestershire, England d. Bef 1091, England (Age 22 years) |
| Marriage |
1087 |
Of, England |
| Family ID |
F23057 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Father |
Walter Fitzroger, b. Abt 1065, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. 1129, England (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Emma De Ballon, b. Abt 1070, Ballon, Mayenne, Maine/Pays-DE-La-Loire, France d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
1091 |
| Family ID |
F30937 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sybil De Neufmarche, b. Abt 1096, Aberhonwy, Breconshire, Wales d. Aft 1143, Gloucestershire, England (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage |
Apr 1121 [1, 2, 3] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F22987 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Dec 2009 |
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| Notes |
- In 1141, during the struggle between the Empress Maud and Stephen I for the throne the former conferred the Earldom of Hereford on Miles of Gloucester, so-called from his father being hereditary Constable of the shire. Only two years earlier the new Earl had supported Stephen, but it has been suggested that he went over to the Empress's in part because his overlord, the Earl of Gloucester, was one of Henry I's many bastard sons, hence Maud's half brother. (Her generous gifts to Miles of land, houses, and castles, in addition to the Earldom, may have helped win him over.) [Burke's Peerage]
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William II "Rufus" King of England granted the lordship of "Over Gwent" which included a castle at the mouth of the Genny where it joins the Usk, probably some time after 1088 to one Hamelin de Ballon, so called from his having been born at Ballon, in Maine. Subsequent holders of Over Gwent or Abergavenny included the 1st and 2nd Earls of Hereford of the 1141 creation and the 2nd Earl's four younger brothers, for all of whom a shadowy family connection with Hamelin de Ballon has been claimed, though this is very hard, if not impossible, to sustain. [Burke's Peerage (page 12) on the history of Abergavenny:]
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OWNERS of the LORDSHIP of ABERGAVENNY (III) 1141-2
Miles of Gloucester, hereditary sheriff thereof, and the King's Constable, son and heir of Walter fitz Roger de Pitres, who held the former office. He was created Earl of Hereford, 25 Jul 1141. He m. 1121, Sibyl, daughter and heir of Bernard de Neufmarche, Lord of Brecon, and d. 24 Dec 1143. [Complete Peerage I:20]
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EARLDOM OF HEREFORD (III, 1) 1141
MILES of GLOUCESTER, son and heir (apparently only son) of WALTER OF GLOUCESTER, hereditary Sheriff of Gloucester and probably constable, received from Henry I in 1121 Sibyl, daughter of Bernard DE NEUFMARCH
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| Sources |
- [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 177-4 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, I:20 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, VI:452-4 (Reliability: 3).
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