Robert (fitz Harold) de Ewyas
Robert founded the Cistercian abbey at Dore in 1147.
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Robert died after 1147.
Date of Burial: unknown.
Place of Burial: the Cistercian Abbey at Dore.
The place is given by Bannister (p. 23), who provides a sketch.
Relationships
Father: Harold, son of Ralph the first earl of Hereford.
This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (p. 453) and by Sanders (p. 43).
Mother: unknown.
Bannister (p. 21) conjectures that she was named Alveva. Tanner states that she was a daughter of Alvred of Marlborough.
Spouse: Sibyl.
This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (p. 453) and by Sanders (p. 43).
Children:
Robert de Ewyas married Pernel.
References
Bannister, A.T. The History of Ewias Harold (Hereford, 1902).
Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).
Round, J.H. Feudal England. (London, 1895).
Sanders, Ivor John. English Baronies (Oxford: 1960).
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).