Robert FitzEdith, Lord Okehampton
Robert FitzEdith, Lord of Okehampton (1122–1172) was an illegitimate son of Henry I of England and Edith Forne, who was one of Henry's many mistresses.[1] Compared to his illegitimate siblings and half-siblings, much is known about him. Robert married Matilda d'Avranches, [2] heiress of the feudal barony of Okehampton, Devon, and widow of William de Courcy[1]—and together had one daughter, Mary, who married Renaud, Sire of Courtenay (son of Miles, Sire of Courtenay and Ermengarde of Nevers).[3] Robert died of natural causes.
References
- ^ a b Fleming, Donald F.; Pope, Janet M. (2007). Henry I and the Anglo-Norman world: studies in memory of C. Warren Hollister. Suffolk, UK: Boydell Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 9781843832935.
- ^ Harper-Bill, Chrstopher (1996). Anglo-Norman Studies XVIII: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1995. Suffolk, UK: Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 9780851156668.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire. Harrison. p. 140.
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Fitzedith, Robert, Lord Okehampton |
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1122 |
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1172 |
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