William, Earl of Gloucester

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William, Earl of Gloucester was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and a prominent landholder and patron of religious institutions in the west of England.

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William, Earl of Gloucester canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
earl
medieval noble
allegiance Angevin kings of England NERFINISHED
associatedWithPlace Bristol NERFINISHED
Gloucester NERFINISHED
burialPlace Keynsham Abbey (probable) NERFINISHED
centuryOfBirth 12th century
centuryOfDeath 12th century
child Amice of Gloucester NERFINISHED
Isabel, Countess of Gloucester NERFINISHED
Mabel of Gloucester NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth c. 1116
dateOfDeath 1183
endTime 1183
era High Middle Ages
father Robert, Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED
fatherInLaw Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester NERFINISHED
givenName William
governedTerritory Gloucestershire (as chief magnate)
heldFeudalBarony Feudal barony of Gloucester NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman French NERFINISHED
Latin
mainAreaOfActivity west of England
mother Mabel FitzRobert NERFINISHED
nobleFamily House of Gloucester NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED
notableEvent succession to the earldom of Gloucester after Robert, Earl of Gloucester’s death
notableFamilyConnection illegitimate grandson of Henry I of England
notableFor large landholdings in Gloucestershire and the west of England
paternalGrandfather Henry I of England NERFINISHED
patronOf Keynsham Abbey NERFINISHED
St James Priory, Bristol NERFINISHED
Tewkesbury Abbey NERFINISHED
religious institutions in the west of England
placeOfBirth Gloucestershire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath England
positionHeld Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
sexOrGender male
socialRank high nobility
spouse Hawise de Beaumont NERFINISHED
startTime 1147
titleInheritedFrom Robert, Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED

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Keynsham Abbey foundedBy William, Earl of Gloucester