Person:Robert Doyley (1)
Robert II _____, D' Oilly
b.Abt 1070 Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England
d.1142 Abington Abbey, Berkshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1069
  1. Robert II _____, D' OillyAbt 1070 - 1142
  2. Foulk D' OillyAbt 1072 - Abt 1126
  3. Roger D' OillyAbt 1074 - Aft 1131
  4. Nigell D' OillyAbt 1076 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Robert II _____, D' OillyAbt 1070 - 1142
  • W.  Edith FitzforneEst 1090 - 1173
m. 1100
  1. Edith D' Oilly Doyley1094 - Abt 1165
  2. Henry _____, D' OillyAbt 1094 - 1163
  3. Gilbert D' OillyAbt 1096 -
  4. Robert DoyleyAbt 1106 -
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Facts and Events
Name Robert II _____, D' Oilly
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1070 Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England
Marriage 1100 Hook Norton,,Oxfordshire,Englandto Edith Fitzforne
Death? 1142 Abington Abbey, Berkshire, England
Reference Number? Q7343274?
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Robert D'Oyly was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of Nigel D'Oyly, and nephew of Robert D'Oyly, founder of Oxford Castle.

Robert married Edith Forne, daughter of Lord Greystoke, who had been King Henry I of England's concubine, in 1120. The marriage also meant Robert became Lord of the Manor of Cleydon.

In 1129, he was persuaded by his wife to build the Church of St Mary, in the Isle of Osney, near Oxford Castle, for the use of Augustine Monks—this was to become Osney Abbey.[1]

By 1141 Robert had inherited his father's position of Lord of Oxford Castle and Baron Hocknorton and it was he that declared his support for Empress Matilda against King Stephen, giving her protection in Oxford between 1141 and the winter of 1142.[1] It is because of this action that Stephen came to Oxford and besieged the castle for three months, burning the city down in the process. Matilda supposedly escaped by dressing in white as a form of camouflage against the snow-covered ground, and fleeing across the frozen Castle Mill Stream. It is likely that Robert died shortly after this as governorship of the castle changed hands, though whether his death was at the hands of the King is not known.[1]

Robert and Edith had at least two children—Henry, buried at Osney in 1163,[1] and Gilbert. Henry became 4th Baron Hocknorton and Kings Constable and married Margery, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford.

Robert was buried at Eynsham, Oxfordshire.

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References
  1.   Robert D'Oyly (Osney), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   ROBERT de Oilly [II], son of NIGEL de Oilly of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire & his wife Agnes --- (-1142), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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