Miles De Gloucester

1100 - 1143  (43 years)

• Name	Miles De Gloucester
  Birth	1100	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Findagrave.com	See Notes
  Death	24 Dec 1143	England
  Burial	Hempsted, Gloucestershire, England
  	Llanthony Secunda Priory
  Person ID	I1219	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Walter De Gloucester,   b. 1065, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. 1129, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1100
  Family ID	F396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sybil De Neufmarche,   b. 1100, Brecon, Powys, Wales d. UNKNOWN, Hempsted, Gloucestershire, England
  Marriage	1121
  Children	1. Margaret Of Hereford,   b. 1122, England d. 06 Apr 1197, Herefordshire, England (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1100 - Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Death - 24 Dec 1143 - England Burial - - Hempsted, Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ found at findagrave.com Miles de Gloucester Birth: 1100 Gloucester Gloucestershire, England Death: Dec. 24, 1143, England Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock was the son of Walter de Gloucester He was high in the service of Henry I between 1130 and 1135, he was Constable of England and combined the hereditary office of Sheriff of Gloucester with that of local justiciar for Gloucestershire. Miles founded Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucester, in 1136 After the death of King Henry he declared for Stephen, at whose court he appears as constable in 1136. King Stephen granted him the honor of Gloucester and Brecknock. However, in 1139, when the empress Matilda appeared in England, he declared for her, and placed the city of Gloucester at her disposal; he was further distinguished by sacking the nearby royalist city of Worcester, attacking Stephen's siege works at Wallingford Castle and reducing the county of Hereford. He was retained as her Constable. In 1141, he was rewarded with the earldom of Hereford when Matilda ruled the country. He remained loyal to the Empress after her defeat at Winchester the same year. He married Sibyl de Neufmarché, daughter of Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon and Nest, granddaughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, in 1121. Their children were: Bertha of Hereford, married William de Braose before 1150, by whom she had issue. Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford. Walter de Hereford died after 1159 in the Holy Land. He was Sheriff of Gloucester in 1155-1157 and Sheriff of Hereford in 1155-1159. Henry Fitzmiles, died 12 April 1165. He succeeded to the title of Baron Abergavenny in 1141/42. William de Hereford. He died before 1160 without issue. Mahel de Hereford, died October 1165 at Bronllys Castle, Breconshire, Wales, mortally hurt when a stone dropped from the tower during a fire; died without issue. Buried at Llanthony Priory. Margaret of Hereford, married Humphrey II de Bohun, by whom she had issue. Lucy of Gloucester, married Herbert FitzHerbert of Winchester, Lord Chamberlain, by whom she had issue. Buried at Llanthony Priory. Miles was shot by an arrow in the head during a hunting accident in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England and was buried in Llanthony Priory. Family links: Parents: Walter de Gloucester (1065 - 1129) Spouse: Sybil de Neufmarche (1100 - ____)* Children: Mahel de Hereford (____ - 1165)* Roger Fitzmiles (____ - 1155)* Margaret of Hereford (1122 - 1197)* Henry FitzMiles (1128 - 1162)* Lucy de Gloucester (1134 - 1219)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Llanthony Secunda Priory Hempsted Gloucestershire, England Created by: Mad Record added: Jun 30, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 72266292 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------