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Name:
Robert Castellan Of Gloucester
 Relationship to Henry Trapnell
Birth:
ABT 1120 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Father:
Robert "The King's Son" Caen
Mother:
Maud Fitzhamon
Death:
AFT 1160 aged 40
Remarks:
Ancestral File Number: V9V7-L8
That Robert, a little known son of the Earl of Gloucester was even married, is revealed in a charter dated between June 1141 and 1161, probably before Oct 1147, in which Hawise, daughter of Earl Baldwin de Redvers, made a gift to Quarr Abbey jointly with her husband, Robert, sonof the Earl of Gloucester. CP, 5: 686 states Robert was a natural son of EarlRobert and that he was named c1160 in a charter and is addressed in a writ from King Henry II as Castellan of Gloucester. [Ronny Bodine, SGM, 18 Feb 1999]

Note: The marriage took place before the charter, which was June 1141 - Oct 1147 (probably).

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