Miles of Gloucester, earl of Hereford

Miles was a key backer of the Empress Matilda in her struggle for the English throne.

Events

Date of Birth: the last years of the 11th century.

The estimated date is given by Walker (ODNB).

Date of Death: 24 December 1143.

Place of Death: The Forest of Dean.

The date and place are given by Walker (ODNB). Miles was accidentally killed by an arrow while hunting.

Place of Burial: Llanthony Priory, Gloucester.

The place is given by Walker (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (6:453).

Relationships

Father: Walter fitz Roger de Pîtres (died about 1126).

This relationship is given by Walker (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 480), and by the Complete Peerage (1:20, 6:451).

Mother: Bertha.

This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (p. 480).

Spouse: Sibylle de Neufmarché. Married 1121.

This relationship is given by Walker (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 480), and by the Complete Peerage (1:20, 6:453). Details of the maritagium are given in Ward (no. 10).

Children:

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Margaret married Humphrey de Bohun.

Roger fitz Miles (died 1155) married Cecily, daughter of Payn fitz John. Roger was earl of Hereford.

Walter of Hereford. Walter was the King’s Constable, and sheriff of Gloucester and Hereford 1155-1157, and of Hereford 1157-1159.

Henry of Hereford married Isabella. Henry was the King’s Constable.

Mahel fitz Miles. Lord of Abergavenny and Brecon. Mahel was the King’s Constable.

William fitz Miles. Lord of Abergavenny and Brecon. William was the King’s Constable.

Bertha of Hereford married William de Briouze.

Lucy (died about 1220) married Herbert fitz Herbert.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Miles of Gloucester” in Medieval Lands.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59) Volume 1.

Dugdale, William. Monasticon Anglicanum (London 1817-1830).

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

Walker, David “Gloucester, Miles of, earl of Hereford (d. 1143)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Ward, Jennifer (trans. and ed.). Women of the English Nobility and Gentry 1066-1500 (Manchester University Press, 1995).