Robert fitz Walter, lord of

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was an English nobleman who served as the

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Biography

Robert's father, Walter de Caen (aka Walter de Cadomo, Walter fitz Alberic or Walter de Huntingfield), had been a

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tenant of

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, and had, in addition to Robert, two other sons, Ralph and Roger, ancestor of the Huntingfields. Robert fitz Walter served as Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk between 1115 to 1129 and again in 1135. He and his wife Sybil founded the Benedictine Horsham St. Faith Priory in 1105.

Marriage and issue

Robert married firstly Sybil, the daughter of Ralph de Chesney, they had the following children: *Margaret, married Hamo de St. Clair. *Simon *Roger *John, Sheriff of Suffolk and also probably Norfolk, successor to his father. He and his brother William supported the Angevins against King Stephen. John had died without issue before 1149, when his younger brother William confirmed John's foundation of

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. * William de Chesney, married Gilla, had issue. Robert married secondly Aveline, daughter of

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and widow of

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of Dol. They had two further children: *Elias *Peter

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitz Walter, Rober Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 12th-century English people