Gilbert fitzBaderon | |
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| Died | about 1189 |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Rohese of Monmouth (sister) |
Gilbert fitzBaderon of Monmouth (died about 1189) was one of the two sons of Baderon fitzWilliam by his wife Rohese de Clare. [1] When Baderon died, at some date between 1170 and 1176, Gilbert succeeded him as lord of Monmouth and holder of Monmouth Castle. Gilbert is best known as a patron of literature and it was under Gilbert's patronage that the poet Hugh of Rhuddlan wrote his verse romance Ipomedon , which was among the most popular works in its genre in medieval England. [2] The original text in Anglo-Norman (a variant of Old French spoken and written in Norman England and Wales) was translated at least three times into Middle English under the variant title Ipomadon . Hugh afterwards wrote a sequel, Protheselaus , which he dedicated to his patron Gilbert fitzBaderon. [3]
Around 1170 Gilbert acted as witness when his sister Rohese of Monmouth and his brother-in-law Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, made a donation to Monmouth Priory. [4] On his death Gilbert was succeeded as lord of Monmouth by John of Monmouth.