Swein of Essex

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: between 1100 and 1114.

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

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Robert fitz Wimarc, staller of King Edward the Confessor.

This relationship is given by Sanders (p. 139) and by Keats-Rohan (Domesday People p. 424).

(probable) Mother: Beatrice of Essex.

Keats-Rohan (Domesday Descendants p. 449) notes that Beatrice is named in a grant as Robert’s grandmother, and is more likely Robert fitz Wimarc’s wife than Robert fitz Swein’s mother’s mother. Keats-Rohan also notes that it has been suggested that Beatrice was the daughter of Hugh de Montfort.

Spouse: unknown.

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.)

Robert married Gunnora Bigod.

William.

Evidence

“Swein of Essex” on the Open Domesday site.

References

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

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday People (1999).

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