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Birth:          ABT 1065 Gloucestershire, England
Death:          ABT 1129 England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_of_Gloucester
Walter of Gloucester (also Walter FitzRoger or Walter de Pitres) (d. c.?1129) was an 
early Anglo-Norman official of the King of England during the early years of the 
Norman conquest of the South Welsh Marches. He was a sheriff of Gloucester and 
also a Constable under Henry I.
Life[edit]

Walter of Gloucester was the son of Roger de Pitres, and his wife, Adeliza (or Eunice), 
daughter of Hamelin de Balun, Lord of Abergavenny,[a][1] and was the earliest to use 
the style "of Gloucester" in his family.[2] A landholder himself at the time of 
Domesday, by 1095 Walter had control of the bulk of the estates formerly held by 
Roger his father and Durand his uncle. In addition Walter acquired other estates by 
royal grants.[3] These estates were principally in four shires, Gloucestershire, 
Hampshire, Hertfordshire and Wiltshire.[3]

He was hereditary Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1097 and 1105-6.[4] Sometimes called 
Constable of England he may only have been constable of Gloucester Castle[5] He 
recorded as being a constable of the royal household of Henry I from 1114 on.[6] 
Walter erected or had a part in the erection of the castles of Bristol and Rochester as 
well as the Tower of London.[7] Walter donated Westwood to Gloucester Abbey for 
the soul of his brother Herbert and confirmed a grant of Colne by his father Roger.[1] 
He endowed the canons of Llanthony Priory in Wales with lands from his lordship of 
Beryntone and retired to the abbey in his old age where he died a monk and was 
buried in the chapter house,[7] about 1129.[8]

Family[edit]

He was married to Bertha, a granddaughter of Hamelin de Balun, Lord of 
Abergavenny.[9] They were the parents of:
Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford[1]
Matilda, who married a Richard Fitz Pons[1]

Parents
DE PITRES Roger (ABT 1047 - BEF 1083)
DE BAALUN Eunice (ABT 1050 - )

Siblings
FITZ ROGER Walter "of Gloucester" (ABT 1065 - ABT 1129)

Marriage To ____ Bertha (1070 - BEF 1091)
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Bertha 1070 - BEF 1091
FITZ WALTER Matilda (Maude) (ABT 1088 - )

Marriage To DE BALLON Emma (ABT 1070 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE BALLON Dru (ABT 1040 - )
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Children by DE BALLON Emma ABT 1070 - 
OF GLOUCESTER Miles (ABT 1092 - 24 Dec 1143)

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