Isabel FitzRobert Countess of Gloucester^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Abt 1173 - 1217  (44 years)

• Name	Isabel FitzRobert Countess of Gloucester
  Birth	Abt 1173	Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Oct 1217	, , ENGLAND, Great Britain   [3, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	CANTERBURY, KENT, ENGLAND, Great Britain   [3]
  Notes	An undoubted Earl of Gloucester, perhaps the first authentic one, at anyrate after the Conquest, is Robert FitzHamon's son-in-law, anotherRobert, who was an illegitimate son of Henry I and was so created 1122.The Earldom passed to his eldest son, William FitzRobert, and from him toJohn, later King John and husband from 1189 to 1199 (when he divorcedher) of Isabel, the youngest of William FitzRobert's three daughters. OnJohn's coming to the throne the title did not merge in the Crown for itwas not his in his own right but in right of his wife. Isabel's situation now became that of a great heiress, for whoever shemarried next would gain the Earldom. John prevented her taking a secondhusband at all for the time being, however, and exchanged the Earldom ofGloucester with Aumarie de Montfort, son of William FitzRobert's eldestdaughter Mabel, for the Comte of Evereux, which he then used as a dowryto secure the marriage of his niece Blanche with the King of France'sson. Aumarie died childless and Isabel, who towards the end of John'sreign married as her second husband Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essexand in right of his new wife now Earl of Gloucester too, died childlessafter marrying in the autumn of 1217 yet a third husband, Hubert deBurgh, Earl of Kent. The latter seems not to have been recognised as Earl of Gloucester aswell as of Kent, despite his wife's undoubted possession of the formerEarldom by the time of their marriage. But then she died only a few dayslater and her sister Amice, by now the only one of William FitzRobert'sdaughters still living, seems to have been recognised as Countess ofGloucester till her own death some seven and a half years later. On theother hand Amice's son Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hertford or of Clare(usually called the latter), was apparently acknowledged as Earl ofGloucester in addition to his other dignity from as soon as the monthafter his aunt Isabel's death back in 1217. [Burke's Peerage] 3rd daughter of William FitzRobert.
  Person ID	I2812	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2003

  
  

  Family 1	John I "Lackland" Plantagenet King of England,   b. 24 Dec 1166, Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	29 Aug 1189	1st husband 1st wife - Divorced 1199   [8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F1287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2
  Marriage	20 Jan 1213/1214	2nd husband   [11]
  Family ID	F1509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3
  Marriage	Sep 1217	3rd husband 2nd wife   [5]
  Family ID	F1510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4
  Marriage	20 Jan 1213/1214	2nd husband   [12]
  Family ID	F1346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 5
  Marriage	1217	3rd husband 2nd wife   [3]
  Family ID	F1200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 6
  Marriage	20 Jan 1213/1214	2nd husband   [13]
  Family ID	F1511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 7
  Marriage	Sep 1217	3rd husband 2nd wife   [7]
  Family ID	F1512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1173 - Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England Marriage - 20 Jan 1213/1214 - 2nd husband Marriage - 20 Jan 1213/1214 - 2nd husband Marriage - 20 Jan 1213/1214 - 2nd husband Death - 14 Oct 1217 - , , England, Great Britain Burial - - CANTERBURY, KENT, ENGLAND, Great Britain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S14630] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. [S14287] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. [S14308] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. [S14427] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. [S14630] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. 1217 [S14287] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. 1217 [S14427] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. 1217 [S14630] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. 1189 [S14287] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. 1189 [S14427] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. 1189 [S14630] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. no date, but late in life [S14287] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. no date, but late in life [S14427] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, cxviii. no date, but late in life