Richard of Gloucester or Richard FitzRobert was appointed
bishop of Bayeux
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in
France
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in 1138 and died in 1142. He was the eldest son of
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 – 31 October 1147 David Crouch, 'Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. c. 1090, d. 1147)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 200Retrieved 1 ...
, but he was illegitimate. His mother was Isabel of Dover, daughter of
Samson of Worcester,
Bishop of Worcester
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.
[David Crouch]
Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. before 1100, d. 1147)
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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'', Oxford University Press, May 2006.[Everett U. Crosby, ''The King's Bishops: The Politics of Patronage in England and Normandy, 1066–1216'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), p. 172.]
He was the
nephew
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of
Richard de Douvres, his predecessor in the see of Bayeux.
Biography
His father obtained the see of Bayeux by the support he gave to King
Henry I Henry I or Henri I may refer to:
:''In chronological order''
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
* Henry I of France (1008–1060)
* Henry ...
.
Richard donated the church and the dîme d'Isigny to the
cathedral chapter
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in 1138. The same year, he consecrated the
Abbey of Ardenne, dedicated in honour of the
Blessed Virgin
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.
[Archives départementales du Calvados, série H, fonds d'Ardenne]
References
Sources
*
D. Crouch, "Robert of Gloucester's Mother and Sexual Politics in Norman Oxfordshire", ''Historical Research'', 72 (1999) pp 323–332.
*
D. Crouch,
Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. before 1100, d. 1147) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press (2006).
* Everett U. Crosby, ''The King's Bishops: The Politics of Patronage in England and Normandy, 1066–1216'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), p. 172.
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Bishops of Bayeux