Robert FitzEdith

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Robert FitzEdith
Feudal Lord of Okehampton
Died1172 (1173)
SpouseMatilda d'Avranches
IssueMathilde
Father Henry I of England
Mother Edith Forne

Robert FitzEdith, feudal lord of Okehampton (d. 1172) was an illegitimate son of Henry I of England and his mistress Edith Forne, daughter of Forn Sigulfson, Lord of Greystoke, Cumberland. [1] Compared to many of his illegitimate siblings and half-siblings, little is known about him.

Marriage and family

By 1162, Robert married Matilda d'Avranches, [2] heiress of the feudal barony of Okehampton, Devon, and widow of William de Courcy. [1] They had one daughter, Mathilde [3] (also known as Maud and Hawise), who married Renaud, Sire of Courtenay (son of Miles, Sire of Courtenay and Ermengarde of Nevers) [4] c.  1194. She later married Henry de Ferrières c. 1207. [3] Robert died of natural causes.

References

  1. 1 2 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   978-1-84383-293-5.
  2. ↑ Harper-Bill, Christopher (1996). Anglo-Norman Studies XVIII: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1995. Suffolk, UK: Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 43. ISBN   978-0-85115-666-8.
  3. 1 2 Power, Daniel (2010). "En quête de sécurité juridique dans la Normandie angevine : concorde finale et inscription au rouleau". Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes. 168 (2): 327–371. doi:10.3406/bec.2010.464056.
  4. ↑ 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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