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GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147) , was a natural son of Henry
birth
contract . Robert afterwards alleged that he had merely feigned submission to Stephen with the object of secretly furthering his half-sister's cause among the English barons. The truth appears to be that he was mortified at finding himself excluded from the inner councils of the king, and so resolved to sell his services elsewhere. Robert left England for Normandy in 1137, renewed his relations with the Angevin party, and in 1138 sent a formal defiance to the king. Returning to England in the following year, he raised the standard of rebellion in his own earldom with such success that the greater part of western England and the south Welsh marches were soon in the possession of the empress. By the battle of Lincoln (Feb. 2, 1141), in which Stephen was taken prisoner, the earl
Henry
earl
retreat , and in covering Matilda's flight fell into the hands of the pursuers. So great
double
Malmesbury
See the Historia novella by William of Malmesbury
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