Robert fitz Richard (died c. 1197), also known as Roberto di Riccardi and Robert the Hospitaller, was a 12th–century Grand Prior of the

Knights Hospitaller The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...

in England. He was the son of Richard fitz Eustace and Albreda de Lacy.

Life

Robert was a son of Richard fitz Eustace,

Baron of Halton The Barony of Halton, in Cheshire, England, comprised a succession of 15 barons and hereditary Constables of Chester under the overlordship of the Earl of Chester. It was not an English feudal barony granted by the king but a separate class o ...

and

Constable of Chester The Constable of Chester was a mediaeval hereditary office held by the Barons of Halton. The functions of the Constable are unclear, possibly they related to the custody of Chester Castle (built in 1070 by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester), ...

and Albreda de Lacy. He was the Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England in 1197.Whitworth, p. 488

Citations

References

*Burke, John. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank, But Uninvested with Heritable Honours'', Volume 1. Henry Colburn, 1834. *Fincham, H. W. and Edwards, William Rea. ''The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, and its Grand priory of England''. London W.H. & L. Collingridge, 1916. *Whitworth, Porter. ''A history of the Knights of Malta or The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem''. London Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858. {{DEFAULTSORT:Robert fitz Richard 1190s deaths 12th-century English people Priors of Saint John of Jerusalem in England