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Earl of Gloucester, and had issue. There is no certain evidence to show that Sybilla really was Robert’s mother, who may have been an unknown woman of Caen.
    2  Reginald or Rainald of Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall (by 1110?–1175); he married Beatrice, daughter of William FitzRichard, and had issue.
    3  William (by 1105–after 1187); he married a lady called Alice, of whom nothing more is known.
    4  Sybilla ( see here , under Alexander I, King of Scotland).
    5  Gundrada (alive in 1130).
    6  Rohese ( d . after 1176); she married Henry de la Pomerai ( d.c .1167), and had issue.
    By Ansfrida, widow of Anskill, a knight and tenant of Abingdon Abbey:
    7  Richard of Lincoln (drowned in the White Ship, 1120).
    8  Fulk ( b. before 1100); he either died young, or grew up and became a monk at Abingdon Abbey.
    9  Juliana (1090?–after 1136); she married Eustace of Breteuil, Lord of Pacy ( d .1136), and had issue. In widowhood, she became a nun at Fontevrault Abbey. There is some doubt that Ansfrida was hermother, but circumstantial evidence makes this likely.
    By Nesta, Princess of Deheubarth ( d.c. 1114), daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of Deheubarth, by Gladys of Powys, and wife of Gerald de Windsor ( d . by 1136):
    10  Henry FitzHenry (1103? or 1105?; by 1109–killed 1157); he married an unknown lady and had issue.
    By Edith, daughter of Forn Sigulfson, Lord of Greystoke, Cumberland ( d. 1173); afterwards wife of Robert d’Oilli:
    11  Robert FitzEdith, Baron of Okenhampton ( d. 1172); he married Matilda, Dame du Sap, daughter of Robert d’Avranches, and had issue.
    By Isabella of Meulan ( b.c. 1102/7), daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester, and afterwards Countess of Pembroke:
    12  Isabella or Elizabeth ( b. 1120?). Died unmarried.
    By Edith, of unknown origin ( d. after 1130):
    13  Matilda or Mary (1090?–1120: drowned in the White Ship); she married Rotrou II, Count of Perche ( d. 1144), and had issue.
    By unknown mothers:
    14  William de Tracy ( d. 1136? or 1140?); he married an unknown lady and had issue.
    15  Gilbert (1130?–1142).
    16  Matilda; she married Conan III, Duke of Brittany ( d. 1148), and had issue.
    17  Constance or Matilda; she married Richard or Roscelin, Viscount of Beaumont-le-Maine, and had issue including Ermengarde, wife of William the Lyon, King of Scotland.
    18  Eustacia; she married William Gouet III, Lord of Montmirail.
    19  Alice or Aline; she married Matthew de Montmorenci, Constable of France, and had issue.
    20  Matilda, Abbess of Montvilliers.
    21  Daughter (name not known), who was betrothed at one time ( c .1109) to William de Warenne.
    22  Joan or Elizabeth; she married Fergus of Galloway, and had issue.
    23  Emma; she married Guy de Laval.
    24  Daughter (name not known), to be betrothed to Hugh FitzGervais in c .1110.
    25  Sybilla of Falaise; she married Baldwin de Boullers.
    HENRY I
    He died on 1/2 December, 1135, at St Denis le Fermont in the Forest of Angers, near Rouen, Normandy, of food poisoning. He was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, his own foundation. His tomb was destroyed during the Reformation.
    He was succeeded by his nephew Stephen of Blois, although he had made his barons swear allegiance to his daughter Matilda as his successor.

    King Stephen
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    F ATHER : Stephen Henry
    He was the son of Theobald III, Count of Blois; he married Adela of Normandy (below) in 1080 at Breteuil in France, and again in 1081 at Chartres Cathedral, France. He succeeded his father as Count Palatine of Blois, Brie, Chartres and Meaux before 1090. He was killed on 19 May, 1102, during the siege of Ramula in the Holy Land, being slain by the Saracens after the battle of Ascalon.
    Stephen had the following illegitimate issue :
    1  Emma; she married Herbert II, Count of Maine, and had issue.
    M OTHER : Adela
    She was the daughter of William I by Matilda of Flanders, and she was born in c. 1062 in Normandy. During her widowhood,