Robert fitz Swein

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: between 1132 and 1140.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Sanders (p. 139).

Relationships

Father: Swein of Essex.

This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (p. 450) and by Sanders (p. 139)

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Gunnora Bigod.

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

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Keats-Rohan.)

(probably) Robert de Essex married Adeliz de Vere.

Henry de Essex married Cecily.

Gunnor of Essex.

References

Amt, Emilie. “Essex, Henry of (d. after 1163)” 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).

Sanders, Ivor John. English Baronies (Oxford: 1960).