Henry of Essex

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: after 1163.

This date is given by Amt (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Robert fitz Swein of Essex (died about 1140).

This relationship is given by Amt (ODNB) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 449).

Mother: Gunnora, daughter of Robert Bigod.

This relationship is given by Amt (ODNB) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 449).

Spouse: Cecily.

This relationship is given by Amt (ODNB) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 450)

Spouse: Alice, probably the daughter (or possibly the widow) and heir of Robert de Vere.

This relationship is given by Amt (ODNB).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Henry of Essex.

Hugh of Essex.

Robert.

Agnes of Essex married Aubrey (III) de Vere, earl of Oxford.

Alice.

References

Amt, Emilie. “Essex, Henry of (d. after 1163)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

DeAragon, RaGena C. “Essex, Agnes of (b. 1151, d. in or after 1206)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).