Editing Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (section)

== Family ==

Robert and his wife Mabel Fitzhamon married in 1119,<ref>{{cite book |last=Cockayne |first=George Edward |title=The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant |edition=1st |author-link=George Edward Cokayne}}</ref> and they had seven children:
*[[William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester|William FitzRobert]] (c. 1121–1183): succeeded his father as 2nd [[Earl of Gloucester]]
*[[Roger of Worcester|Roger FitzRobert]] (c. 1123–1179): [[Bishop of Worcester]]
*Hamon FitzRobert, knight (c. 1124–1159): killed at the siege of Toulouse.
*Richard FitzRobert, Lord of Creully (c. 1125–1175): succeeded his mother as Sire de Creully.
*[[Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester|Matilda FitzRobert]] (c. 1126–1189): married in 1143 [[Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester]].
*Mabel FitzRobert: married Aubrey de Vere
*Philip FitzRobert, Lord of Cricklade (c. 1130–1148)
He also had four illegitimate children:
*[[Richard of Gloucester (bishop of Bayeux)|Richard FitzRobert]] (died 1142): Bishop of Bayeux [mother: Isabel de Douvres, sister of [[Richard fitz Samson|Richard de Douvres]], bishop of Bayeux (1107–1133)]
*Robert FitzRobert (died 1170): Castellan of Gloucester, married in 1147 Hawise de Reviers (daughter of [[Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon|Baldwin de Reviers, 1st Earl of Devon]] and his first wife Adelisa), had daughter Mabel FitzRobert (married, firstly, Jordan de Chambernon and, secondly, William de Soliers)
*Mabel FitzRobert: married Gruffud, Lord of Senghenydd, son of [[Ifor Bach]]
*Thomas FitzRobert