Gilbert FitzRoy was an illegitimate son of
Henry I of England
Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in ...
. His maternity is unknown as well as almost everything about him, except that he was still young and unmarried in the 1140s.
[Given-Wilson and Curteis ''Royal Bastards'' p. 71] He died before 1143, at the age of ~12. His mother was likely either
Isabella de Beaumont
Isabella de Beaumont (died 1334), was a prominent noblewoman allied to Isabella of France during the reign of Edward II of England.
Reign of Edward I and marriage
Isabella de Beaumont was the daughter of Sir Louis de Brienne and Agnés de ...
,
Nest ferch Rhys, or
Sybil Corbet.
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12th-century English people
Illegitimate children of Henry I of England
12th-century deaths
Year of birth unknown
Sons of kings
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