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Miles de Gloucester
Birth: 1100
Gloucester
Gloucestershire, England
Death: Dec. 24, 1143, England
Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock was the son of Walter de Gloucester
He was high in the service of Henry I between 1130 and 1135, he was Constable of England and combined the hereditary office of Sheriff of Gloucester with that of local justiciar for Gloucestershire.
Miles founded Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucester, in 1136
After the death of King Henry he declared for Stephen, at whose court he appears as constable in 1136. King Stephen granted him the honor of Gloucester and Brecknock. However, in 1139, when the empress Matilda appeared in England, he declared for her, and placed the city of Gloucester at her disposal; he was further distinguished by sacking the nearby royalist city of Worcester, attacking Stephen's siege works at Wallingford Castle and reducing the county of Hereford. He was retained as her Constable.
In 1141, he was rewarded with the earldom of Hereford when Matilda ruled the country. He remained loyal to the Empress after her defeat at Winchester the same year.
He married Sibyl de Neufmarché, daughter of Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon and Nest, granddaughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, in 1121. Their children were:
Bertha of Hereford, married William de Braose before 1150, by whom she had issue.
Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford.
Walter de Hereford died after 1159 in the Holy Land. He was Sheriff of Gloucester in 1155-1157 and Sheriff of Hereford in 1155-1159.
Henry Fitzmiles, died 12 April 1165. He succeeded to the title of Baron Abergavenny in 1141/42.
William de Hereford. He died before 1160 without issue.
Mahel de Hereford, died October 1165 at Bronllys Castle, Breconshire, Wales, mortally hurt when a stone dropped from the tower during a fire; died without issue. Buried at Llanthony Priory.
Margaret of Hereford, married Humphrey II de Bohun, by whom she had issue.
Lucy of Gloucester, married Herbert FitzHerbert of Winchester, Lord Chamberlain, by whom she had issue. Buried at Llanthony Priory.
Miles was shot by an arrow in the head during a hunting accident in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England and was buried in Llanthony Priory.
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Parents:
Walter de Gloucester (1065 - 1129)
Spouse:
Sybil de Neufmarche (1100 - ____)*
Children:
Mahel de Hereford (____ - 1165)*
Roger Fitzmiles (____ - 1155)*
Margaret of Hereford (1122 - 1197)*
Henry FitzMiles (1128 - 1162)*
Lucy de Gloucester (1134 - 1219)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Llanthony Secunda Priory
Hempsted
Gloucestershire, England
Created by: Mad
Record added: Jun 30, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 72266292
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1100 - 1143 (43 years)
