William, Earl of Gloucester

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William, Earl of Gloucester was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and a prominent landholder and patron of religious institutions in the west of England.

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William, Earl of Gloucester canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
earl
medieval noble
allegiance Angevin kings of England
linked to: Angevin Empire
associatedWithPlace Bristol
Gloucester
burialPlace Keynsham Abbey (probable)
linked to: Keynsham Abbey
centuryOfBirth 12th century
centuryOfDeath 12th century
child Amice of Gloucester
linked to: Amice FitzRobert

Isabel, Countess of Gloucester
Mabel of Gloucester
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth c. 1116
dateOfDeath 1183
endTime 1183
era High Middle Ages
father Robert, Earl of Gloucester
fatherInLaw Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester
givenName William
governedTerritory Gloucestershire (as chief magnate)
heldFeudalBarony Feudal barony of Gloucester
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman French
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Latin
mainAreaOfActivity west of England
mother Mabel FitzRobert
nobleFamily House of Gloucester
nobleTitle Earl of Gloucester
notableEvent succession to the earldom of Gloucester after Robert, Earl of Gloucester’s death
notableFamilyConnection illegitimate grandson of Henry I of England
notableFor large landholdings in Gloucestershire and the west of England
paternalGrandfather Henry I of England
patronOf Keynsham Abbey
St James Priory, Bristol
Tewkesbury Abbey
religious institutions in the west of England
placeOfBirth Gloucestershire
placeOfDeath England
positionHeld Earl of Gloucester
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
socialRank high nobility
spouse Hawise de Beaumont
startTime 1147
titleInheritedFrom Robert, Earl of Gloucester

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Keynsham Abbey foundedBy William, Earl of Gloucester