Biography of Robert Ros 1236-1285
Paternal Family Tree: Ros
In or before 1236 Robert Ros was born to William Ros (age 35) and Lucy Fitzpiers (age 35).
Before 1237 [his father] William Ros (age 37) and [his mother] Lucy Fitzpiers (age 36) were married.
Around 04 Sep 1242 William D'Aubigny (age 54) died. His daughter [his future wife] Isabel D'Aubigny (age 9) and her husband Robert Ros (age 6) inherited Belvoir Castle [Map].
Around 1243 Robert Ros (age 7) and Isabel D'Aubigny (age 10) were married. They were fourth cousins.
Around 1247 [his mother] Lucy Fitzpiers (age 47) died.
Around 1250 [his daughter] Mary Ros Baroness de Braose was born to Robert Ros (age 14) and [his wife] Isabel D'Aubigny (age 17).
Around 1255 [his son] William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley was born to Robert Ros (age 19) and [his wife] Isabel D'Aubigny (age 22).
In 1260 [his daughter] Joan Ros Baroness Lovel was born to Robert Ros (age 24) and [his wife] Isabel D'Aubigny (age 27) at Helmsley Castle [Map].
In 1265 [his father] William Ros (age 65) died. He was buried at Kirkham North Yorkshire.
Around 1265 [his son] Robert Ros was born to Robert Ros (age 29) and [his wife] Isabel D'Aubigny (age 32) at Helmsley Castle [Map].
Before 1280 [his son-in-law] John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 26) and [his daughter] Joan Ros Baroness Lovel (age 19) were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Around 1280 Robert Ros (age 44) commissioned the extension of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map] adding the nave and aisles in the Decorated style.
On 13 May 1285 Robert Ros (age 49) died. His son [his son] William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 30) inherited Belvoir Castle [Map].
On 15 Jun 1301 [his former wife] Isabel D'Aubigny (age 68) died.
Archaeologia Volume 32 Appendix. 5th March, 1846. William Bromet, Esq., M.D., F.S.A., exhibited Rubbings from an incised memorial in Bottesford Church, originally at Belvoir Priory, in Leicestershire, and a sepulchral Brass in the chapel of Eton College.
The first is a Slab, commemorative of Robert de Roos, of Hamlake, who died 1285, and [his former wife] Isabella de Albini, his wife, heiress of Belvoir, who died 1301. It was removed to Bottesford at the dissolution of the neighbouring Priory. The inscription, into the text of which three armorial escucheons are introduced in a singular manner, records the interment of the heart of De Roos. The heraldic peculiarities exbibited by these escucheons are remarkable; the bearings are - 1, de Roos impaling de Albini; 2, de Albini dimidiated with de Roos; 3, de Roos quartering Badlesmere, with a blank impalement. Robert de Roos left a son, William, who had livery of his father's lands, but, as Dr. Bromet was disposed to conclude, did not become possessed of the honours and lands of Belvoir until the death of his mother. He was succeeded, in 1316, by his son William, who received immediate livery of the whole inheritance, and married Margery, sister and co-heir of Giles de Badlesmere. Dr. Bromet supposed that their great-grandson, John de Roos, who succeeded in 1384 and died in 1393 without issue, caused this memorial to his ancestors to be placed in the church of Belvoir. He noticed the singular marshalling of the bearing of Isabella, on the dexter side of the second escucheon, which may have arisen from her having retained possession of the honours of her parental barony of Belvoir, after the decease of her husband, as shewn by various documents cited by Dr. Bromet. That barony was also much more important than that of de Roos, and the bearing may on this account have been placed on the more honourable side of the escutcheon. The third escutcheon with the blank impalement may possibly be regarded as a shield of expectation ( according to the term used in Spain ), and attributed to John de Roos, who does not appear to have been married; it is obviously to be assigned to a date later than the demise of Margery de Badlesmere, in 1363, as until that event her arms could not with propriety have been quartered with those of de Roos.
William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose and [his daughter] Mary Ros Baroness de Braose were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He a great grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.
[his daughter] Isabel Ros Baroness Fauconberg was born to Robert Ros and Isabel D'Aubigny.
[his son] Robert Ros and Erneburga Constable were married.
[his son] Peter Ros was born to Robert Ros and Isabel D'Aubigny.
[his son] Nicholas Ros was born to Robert Ros and Isabel D'Aubigny.
[his son] John Ros was born to Robert Ros and Isabel D'Aubigny.
[his daughter] Lucy Ros was born to Robert Ros and Isabel D'Aubigny.
Kings Wessex: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Scotland: Great Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Queen Anne Boleyn of England x 1
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England x 3
Jane "Nine Days Queen" Grey I Queen England and Ireland x 1
President George Washington x 2
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 153
Queen Consort Camilla Shand x 59
GrandFather: Robert Ros
Father: William Ros
Great x 4 Grandfather: Malcolm III King Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon
Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Lion" I King Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl Surrey
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
GrandMother: Isabella Mac William Dunkeld
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel d'Avenel Abenel
Great x 1 Grandfather: Herbert Fitzherbert
GrandFather: Piers Fitzherbert
Mother: Lucy Fitzpiers