Walter Fitz Robert
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Walter Fitz Robert of Woodham Walter[1] (1130 - 1198), 2nd Lord of Little Dunmow, Essex was steward under Stephen of England [2], having succeeded to that position upon the death of his father, Robert Fitz Richard.
[edit] Marriage and children
Walter Fitz Robert was married twice. Sources conflict as to which of the two wifes (Maud de Lucy or Margaret de Bohun) was the first wife.[3] He and Maud de Lucy had the following children:
- Robert Fitzwalter, a Magna Carta Surety
- Alice Fitz Walter[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Alternately spelled "Walter FitzRobert"
- ^ Amt, Emilie (1993). The Accession of Henry II in England: Royal Government Restored, 1149-1159. p. 66: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 0851153488.
- ^ Compare Burke, John (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland: Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, p. 208. and Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct. Harrison.
- ^ Richardson, Douglas (2005). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Genealogical Publishing Com, p. 497. ISBN 0806317590.
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