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Source: Robert fitz Harding (1096-1170), The Peerage

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Titre Robert fitz Harding (1096-1170), The Peerage

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Robert fitz Harding was born circa 1096.2 He was the son of Harding (?)1 He married Eve (?)2 He died on 5 February 1170/71.2
He was also known as Robert Fitzhardinge.3 Robert fitz Harding also went by the nick-name of Robert 'the Devout'.1 He was a merchant at Bristol, Gloucestershire, EnglandG.1 In 1141 he founded the Abbey of St. Augustine, at Bristol.1 In 1153/54 he received from Henry of Anjou, a grant of the castle and 'furness' of Berkeley.1 He gained the title of Lord of Berkeley [feudal baron] in 1155, confirmed by King Henry II.1 In 1168 he entertained Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Leinster, on his arrival.1
Child of Robert fitz Harding
Adeva Fitzhardinge+3
Children of Robert fitz Harding and Eve (?)
Helen FitzHarding1
Maurice FitzRobert FitzHarding de Berkeley+2 b. c 1120, d. 16 Jun 1190
Citations:
1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 124. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 125.
3. [S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 1441. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Landed Gentry, 17th ed.