Helena Fitz Robert

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• Background Information. ⁸⁹⁹
Helena was the daughter of Robert Fiz Harding, and the sister of Maurice de Berkley. Her father, Robert was a supporter of the Empress Matilda, as were many in Bristol. He is said to have granted large amounts to her cause. It is very probable that the tradition is true which says Robert befriended Prince Henry, who had come to Bristol at the age of nine, and stayed for four years. Later, King Henry II gave the entire estates that had belonged to Roger de Berkeley, with the exception of the manor of Dursley, which Roger retained as Baron of Dursley. This began a fued between the two men, which was later settled with the marriage of their children.

This an agreement, made between Sir Robert Fitz-Harding, Baron of Berkeley and Sir Roger de Berkeley, Lord and Baron of Dursley, was that Robert's son, Maurice should marry Alice, daughter of Roger de Berkeley, with her receiving the town of Slimebrigge, and that Robert, son and heir of Roger de Berkeley, should marry Helena, daughter of Robert Fitz-Harding.

~The Great Governing Families of England, p. 211-216

Helena married Roger de Berkeley Lord of Dursley, son of Roger de Berkeley Lord Of Dursley and Hawise Paynel.⁸⁹⁹ (Roger de Berkeley Lord of Dursley was born about 1126 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England.)