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Rohese
- Preferred Name: Rohese [1] [2] [3] [4]
- Gender: F
- FSID: GZQY-HQH
- Birth: ABT 1115 in Breconshire, Wales at LATI: N1.9489 LONG: E3.3913
- Death: 1176 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England at LATI: N0.4333 LONG: E3.65 with note: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/FitzHerbert-98
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Her father has been claimed to be King Henry I. Douglas Richardson says 'no' (Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 162.). The American Society of Genealogists says 'unlikely.' Wikipedia says 'possible'. The Peerage says 'yes.'
Wikipedia:
Henry I had a number of illegitimate children by various mistresses. ...
Daughters ...
11. Possibly Rohese, wife of Henry de la Pomerai.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England
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Rohese (?) was born illegitimately. She was the daughter of Henry I 'Beauclerc', King of England and Sybilla Corbet.
She married Henry de la Pomerai, son of Joscelin de la Pomerai, before 1146.
She died after 1176.
Children of Rohese (?) and Henry de la Pomerai
1. Henry de la Pomerai
2. Joscelin de la Pomerai
https://www.thepeerage.com/p10470.htm#i104691
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BUT father NOT Henry I:
Father Herbert FitzHerbert, King's Chamberlain d. b 1155
Mother Sibyl Corbet d. a 1157
Rohese FitzHerbert married Henry de la Pomerai, Seigneur de La Pomerai, son of Joscelin de la Pomerai, in 1146. Rohese FitzHerbert died after 1176; She is not the illegitimate daughter of King Henry I. Complete Peerage got it wrong. [Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 162.]
Family
Henry de la Pomerai, Seigneur de La Pomerai d. b 1167
Children
1. Joscelin de la Pomerai
2. Henry de la Pomeroy, Seigneur de La Pomerai
https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p357.htm#i10720
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Supposed illegitimate daughters (unlikely):
...
FEMALE Rohese, m. Henry de la Pomerai.
[White 119, citing a charter in which Rainald de Dunstanville calls her his sister]
She was mentioned as a sister of earl Reginald of Cornwall, and White assumed that they had the same father, but I believe that Thompson is correct in stating that it is more likely that Rohese was a daughter of Reginald's mother by Herbert fitz Herbert, since no known record calls her a daughter of the king.
The American Society of Genealogists:
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/henry001.htm
Preferred Parents:
Father: Henry I King of England , b. ABT 1068 in Yorkshire, England d. 1135 in Normandy, France
Mother: multiple unknown mistresses of Henry I I,
Family 1: Henry de la Pomeraie Constable of Normandy, b. 1110 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England d. 1167 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England
- Henry de Pomeroy I, b. ABT 1149 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England d. AFT 1207 in Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England
Sources:
- Title: Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors (says her father is not Henry I)
Author: Site says Douglas Richardson says Henry I not her father (Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 162.)
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p357.htm#i10720;
- Title: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
Author: [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 48. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. [S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 838. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p10470.htm#i104691;
Note: Rohese (?) was born illegitimately. She was the daughter of Henry I 'Beauclerc', King of England and Sybilla Corbet.
She married Henry de la Pomerai, son of Joscelin de la Pomerai, before 1146.
She died after 1176.
Children of Rohese (?) and Henry de la Pomerai
1. Henry de la Pomerai
2. Joscelin de la Pomerai
- Title: Wikipedia - Henry I (says Henry I is possibly her father)
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England;
- Title: The Peerage (says Henry I is her father)
Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p10470.htm#i104691;
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