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Birth:          ABT 1039 Tosni, Louviers, Eure, Normandy
Death:          ABT 1100 
Burial:         Evesham Abbey

Notes
ancestry.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_I_of_Tosny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Stafford
Robert de Stafford (known also as Robert of Tosny and Robert de Toeni) (c. 1039 – c. 
1100) was a Norman nobleman, the builder of Stafford Castle in England. He is 
generally said to have been a son of Roger I of Tosny;[1][2] primary evidence is 
lacking to determine his parentage, according to Cawley.[1] Cawley notes that Robert 
de Stafford is connected to the Tosny family through a charter (not dated) under 
which "Robertus de Stafford" confirmed donations to Wotton Wawen Abbey, 
Warwickshire by "avus meus Robertus de Toenio et pater meus Nicolaus de Stafford." 
[3] Also "Robertus de Staffordia et Robertus filius meus et hæres" confirmed 
donations of property to Evesham Monastery by "Rodbertus avus meus...et pater meus 
Nicholaus" by undated charter.[4]

He held a large number of lordships in the Domesday Survey, a high proportion lying in 
Staffordshire.[5] They included Barlaston[6] and Bradley[7] in Staffordshire and part of 
Duns Tew in Oxfordshire.[8]

Robert de Stafford was buried in Evesham Abbey.

Family[edit]

Although some sources [9] say that he married Adelisa de Savona, with whom he had 
a daughter Adelisa de Toeni, who married Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, the 
Adelisa de Tosny who married Roger Bigod was in fact the heiress of Belvoir and was 
clearly the daughter of Robert de Tosny Lord of Belvoir and his wife Adeliza fitzOsulf 
du Plessis, through whom Belvoir had been inherited, since the honour of Belvoir was 
then passed to Cecily Bigod, the daughter of Roger and Adelisa Bigod.[10]

Robert de Stafford apparently married Avice de Clare,[2][1] with whom he had sons, 
variously listed as.
Nicholas de Stafford[1][11]
Alan de Stafford[1]
Roger de Stafford[1]
Jordan de Stafford[1]
Nigel de Stafford[11]
Robert de Stafford[11]

The Gresley family of Drakelow, baronets, were descendants of the de Tosny family 
through their de Stafford ancestors, including Robert.[12]

Parents
DE TOSNY (DE TOENI) Roger "the Spaniard" (ABT  990 - Mar 1039)
____ Adela (or Godeheut) ()

Siblings
DE TOSNY Ralph (Raoul II) (ABT 1029 - 9 Apr 1102)
DE TOSNY Alice (Adelise) (ABT 1035 - )
DE TOSNY [CHG TO DE STAFFORD] Robert (ABT 1039 - ABT 1100)

Marriage To DE CLARE Avice (ABT 1057 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE CLARE Richard Fitzgilbert "de Tonbridge" (ABT 1024 - ABT 1090)
GIFFARD Rohese (1034 - BEF 1133)

Children by DE CLARE Avice ABT 1057 - 
DE STAFFORD Nicholas (ABT 1075 - 1138)

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