Biography of Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford -1143
Paternal Family Tree: Gloucester
Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford was appointed Constable of England.
Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford succeeded Lord Brecknock Brecon. Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford by marriage Lord Brecknock Brecon.
Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford was born to Walter Gloucester and Emme or Bertha Balun.
Around May 1121 Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 21) were married. The marriage had been personally arranged by King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 53).
Around 1123 [his daughter] Margaret Gloucester was born to Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and [his wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 23).
Before 1125 [his son] Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford was born to Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and [his wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 24).
Around 1129 Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester.
In 1136 [his son] Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford (age 11) and [his daughter-in-law] Cecilia Fitzjohn Countess Hereford (age 16) were married. He the son of Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and [his wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 36).
Around May 1136 Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford founded Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map], literally Llanthony Second, as a refuge for the monks of Llanthony Priory [Map] who were suffering repeated attacks from the Welsh.
In 1141 Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford was created 1st Earl Hereford. [his wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 41) by marriage Countess Hereford.
On 24 Dec 1143 Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford Was accidentally shot and killed whilst hunting in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. He was buried in the Chapter House Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire. His son [his son] Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Hereford, Baron Bergavenny Feudal Creation. [his daughter-in-law] Cecilia Fitzjohn Countess Hereford (age 23) by marriage Countess Hereford.
After 24 Dec 1143 [his former wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (deceased) died at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map] where she had resided since her husband's death. She was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].
In 1151 [his son] Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford (age 26) founded the Cistercia Flaxby Abbey [Map] on the spot where his father Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford had been accidentally kiled whilst hunting. The Monks came from Bordesley Abbey, Worcestershire [Map].
In 1151 [his son] Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford (age 26) founded Flaxley Abbey [Map] believed to be at the location where his father Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford died.
[his son] Henry Fitzmiles Baron Bergavenny was born to Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford at Gloucester [Map].
[his son] Mahel Gloucester was born to Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford.
[his son] William Gloucester was born to Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford.
[his daughter] Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber was born to Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford.
[his daughter] Lucy Gloucester was born to Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford.
[his son] Walter Fitzmiles Baron Bergavenny was born to Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford.
William de Braose 9th Baron Bergaveny 7th Baron Bramber
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GrandFather: Roger Gloucester
Father: Walter Gloucester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hamelin Balun
GrandMother: Adeliza or Eunice Balun
Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hamelin de Balun Lord Abergavenny Balun
GrandFather: Dru de Balun
Mother: Emme or Bertha Balun