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Mabel FitzRobert, Countess of Gloucester (1090 – 29 September 1157〔Charles Cawley, ''Medieval Lands, Earls of Gloucester 1122-1225''〕) was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, and a wealthy heiress who brought the lordship of Gloucester, among other prestigious honours to her husband, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester upon their marriage. He was the illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. Her father was Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester and Glamorgan. As she was the eldest daughter of four, and her younger sisters had become nuns, Mabel inherited all of his honours and properties upon his death in 1107. As Countess of Gloucester, Mabel was significant politically and she exercised an important administrative role in the lordship.〔Ward, p.106〕 == Family == Mabel was born in Gloucestershire, England c1090 or later, the eldest of the four daughters of Robert FitzHamon, Lord of Gloucester and Glamorgan, and his wife, Sybil de Montgomery. Her three younger sisters, Hawise, Cecile and Amice〔Cawley states in ''Medieval Lands'' that Amice might have married a count of Brittany, but no further details are known〕 all became nuns, making Mabel the sole heiress to her father's lordships and vast estates in England, Wales, and Normandy. Her paternal grandfather was Hamon, Sheriff of Kent, and her maternal grandparents were Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Talvas of Belleme. In March 1107, her father died in Normandy, leaving his lordships and estates to Mabel. Her mother married secondly Jean, Sire de Raimes.〔Cawley, ''Medieval Lands, Earl of Gloucester 1122-1225)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mabel FitzRobert, Countess of Gloucester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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