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).