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A King’s Illegitimate Son
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Robert, the eldest and bastard son of the future Henry I of England, became the great earl of Gloucester of medieval history because of his father’s own successes in becoming king of England and the conqueror of Normandy. Robert’s birth status was a disability for him because of canonical notions of legitimate marriage which increasingly influenced Norman and English custom defining heirs. Henry, to provide a suitable life for his firstborn, created a magnificent lay baronial career for him. The key steps were admitting Robert to membership in the Norman ducal-royal family by recognizing him as his son, providing for his schooling and training in the use of arms capped off by knighting, and then by arranging a marriage to Mabel fitz Hamon, which made Robert a Norman lord, English tenant-in-chief, and Welsh Marcher lord.
Title: A King’s Illegitimate Son
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Abstract
Robert, the eldest and bastard son of the future Henry I of England, became the great earl of Gloucester of medieval history because of his father’s own successes in becoming king of England and the conqueror of Normandy.
Robert’s birth status was a disability for him because of canonical notions of legitimate marriage which increasingly influenced Norman and English custom defining heirs.
Henry, to provide a suitable life for his firstborn, created a magnificent lay baronial career for him.
The key steps were admitting Robert to membership in the Norman ducal-royal family by recognizing him as his son, providing for his schooling and training in the use of arms capped off by knighting, and then by arranging a marriage to Mabel fitz Hamon, which made Robert a Norman lord, English tenant-in-chief, and Welsh Marcher lord.
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