Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, had reference number 177-4. He, son of
Walter Fitz Roger de PETRIS, Sheriff of Gloucester, and
BERTHA of Baalun, was born in 1100 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
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2,3 Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford. Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock (1100 -24 December 1143) was the son of Walter de Gloucester, who served as hereditary sheriff of that county between 1104 and 1121.
Milo or Miles succeeded his father about the latter year. He was high in the service of Henry I between 1128 and 1135. He was appointed Sheriff of Staffordshire (1128-1130) and Sheriff of Herefordshire(1128-1135). 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.[1]
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' 1 Civil war allegiances
' 2 Earldom
' 3 Family and children
' 4 External links
' 5 Sources
' 6 References [edit] Civil war allegiances
After the death of King Henry he declared for Stephen, at whose court he appears as constable in 1136. King Stephen granted him the honourof Gloucester and Brecknock. However, in 1139, when the empress Matilda appeared in England, he declared for her, and placed the cityof 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.
[edit] Earldom
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. John of Salisbury classes him with Geoffrey de Mandeville and others who were non tam comites regni quamhostes publici. The charge is justified by his public policy; but the materials for appraising his personal character do not exist.
[edit] Family and children
He married Sibyl de Neufmarché, daughter of Bernard de Neufmarché,Lord of Brecon and Nest, granddaughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, in1121. Their children were:
1. Margaret de Gloucester, married Humphrey II de Bohun, by whom she had issue.
2. Bertha of Hereford, married William de Braose before 1150, by whomshe had issue.
3. Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford. Hereditary Sheriff ofGloucestershire until 1155.
4. Walter de Hereford died after 1159 in the Holy Land. He washereditary Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1155-1157 and High Sheriff ofHerefordshire in 1155-1159.
5. Henry Fitzmiles Henry of Hereford, died 12 April 1165. He succeededto the title of Baron Abergavenny in 1141/42.
6. William de Hereford. He died before 1160 without issue.
7. Mahel de Hereford, died October 1165 at Bronllys Castle,Breconshire, Wales, mortally hurt when a stone dropped from the towerduring a fire; died without issue. Buried at Llanthony Priory.
8. Lucy of Gloucester, married Herbert FitzHerbert of Winchester, LordChamberlain, by whom she had issue. Buried at Llanthony Priory.
Miles was accidentally killed by an arrow while deer hunting in theForest of Dean in 1143. He was succeeded by his eldest son Roger, whodied childless. The grandson of his daughter Margaret was latergranted the recreated Earldom.
edited from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_de_Gloucester,_1st_Earl_of_Hereford.
Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, married
Sibyl de Neufmarche, daughter of
Berenard de NEUFMARCHE, Lord of Brecon, and
Nesta, in 1121.
1,1 Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, died on 24 December 1143 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
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1 He was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
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