Gilbert fitzBaderon of Monmouth (died about 1189) was one of the two sons of Baderon fitzWilliam by his wife Rohese de Clare. When Baderon died, at some date between 1170 and 1176, Gilbert succeeded him as lord of

Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...

and holder of

Monmouth Castle Monmouth Castle ( cy, Castell Trefynwy) is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south east Wales. Once an important border castle, an ...

. Gilbert is best known as a patron of literature and it was under Gilbert's patronage that the poet

Hue de Rotelande Hue de Rotelande was an important Cambro-Norman poet writing in Old French at the end of the 12th century. Life He was a cleric and a native of Rhuddlan. He wrote in Credenhill, Herefordshire. Gilbert de Monmouth Fitz Baderon, a grandson of Gilb ...

wrote his verse

romance Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, ...

Ipomedon ''Ipomedon'' is a romance composed in Anglo-Norman verse by Hue de Rotelande in the late 12th century at Credenhill near Hereford. In the sequel '' Protheselaus'', which must have been composed slightly later, Hue acknowledges as his patron Gilber ...

'', which was among the most popular works in its genre in medieval England. The original text in Anglo-Norman (a variant of

Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligib ...

spoken and written in Norman England and Wales) was translated at least three times into

Middle English Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...

under the variant title ''

Ipomadon The Anglo-Norman romance '' Ipomedon'' by Hue de Rotelande, composed near Hereford around 1180, survives in three separate Middle English versions, a long poem ''Ipomadon'' composed in tail-rhyme verse, possibly in the last decade of the fourt ...

''. Hue de Rotelande afterwards wrote a sequel, ''

Protheselaus ''Protheselaus'' is a verse romance composed in Anglo-Norman by Hue de Rotelande at the end of the 12th century. Hue lived at Credenhill near Hereford, according to his earlier poem ''Ipomedon''. ''Protheselaus'' is dedicated to Hue's patron Gilber ...

'', which he dedicated to his patron Gilbert fitzBaderon. Around 1170 Gilbert acted as witness when his sister

Rohese of Monmouth Rohese of Monmouth (''Rohese de Monemue'' in Anglo-Norman; born about 1135/1140; died in or near 1180) was the daughter of Baderon fitzWilliam, lord of Monmouth, and of his wife Rohese de Clare. About the year 1155 Rohese married Hugh de Lacy, L ...

and his brother-in-law

Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, 4th Baron Lacy (; before 1135 – 25 July 1186), was an Anglo-Norman landowner and royal office-holder. He had substantial land holdings in Herefordshire and Shropshire. Following his participation in the Norman Inva ...

, made a donation to

Monmouth Priory Monmouth Priory, in Priory Street, Monmouth, Wales, is a building that incorporates the remains of the monastic buildings attached to St Mary's Priory Church. The priory was a Benedictine foundation of 1075, and parts of the mediaeval buildings ...

. W. Dugdale; J. Caley, H. Ellis, B. Bandinel, eds, ''

Monasticon Anglicanum Roger Dodsworth (1585–1654) was an English Antiquarian, antiquary. Life He was born at Newton Grange, Oswaldkirk, near Helmsley, Yorkshire, in the house of his maternal grandfather, Ralph Sandwith. He devoted himself early to antiquarian rese ...

'' (6 vols. London, 1817-1830
vol. 4 p. 597
/ref> On his death Gilbert was succeeded as lord of Monmouth by

John of Monmouth John of Monmouth (c. 1182 – 1248) was an Anglo-Norman feudal lord of Breton ancestry, who was lord of Monmouth between 1190 and 1248. He was a favourite of both King John and his son, Henry III, and one of the most powerful royal allies i ...

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