Sybil DE NEUFMARCHE

Abt 1100 - Aft 1143  (> 44 years)

• Name	Sybil DE NEUFMARCHE  [2, 3]
  	Sibyl de Neufmarché, Countess of Hereford, suo jure Lady of Brecknock (c. 1100 ? after 1143), was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, heiress to one of the most substantial fiefs in the Welsh Marches. The great-granddaughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, king of Wales, Sibyl was also connected to the nobility of England and Normandy. Sibyl inherited the titles and lands of her father, Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon, after her mother, Nest ferch Osbern, had declared her brother Mahel to have been illegitimate. Most of these estates passed to Sibyl's husband, Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, as her dowry. Their marriage had been arranged personally by King Henry I of England in the spring of 1121. Sibyl, with her extensive lands, was central to the King's plans of consolidating Anglo-Norman power in south-east Wales by the merging of her estates with those of Miles, his loyal subject on whom he relied to implement Crown policy. As an adult, Sibyl lived through King Stephen's turbulent reign, known to history as the Anarchy, in which her husband played a pivotal role. Following Miles' accidental death in 1143, Sibyl entered a religious life at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire, England, which she had endowed up to six years previously. Sibyl is buried at the priory, founded by Miles in 1136. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1100	Brecon Castle, Brecon, Wales   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Countess of Hereford, Lady of Brecknock   [1]
  Death	Aft 1143  [1, 2]
  Burial	Llanthony, Priory, Gloucester, England
  Person ID	I17185	Main Tree
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Bernard DE NEUFMARCHE,   b. Abt 1070, Neufmarche, France d. 1093 (Age 23 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Nesta Verch OSBORN,   b. Abt 1079, Herefordshire, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F03095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miles EARL Of GLOUCESTER,   b. Abt 1097, Gloucestershire, England d. 24 Dec 1143, Llanthony Inn, Glucestershire, England (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1121  [3]
  Children	1. Margaret Of HEREFORD,   b. 1122/1123, Gloucestershire, England d. 6 Apr 1197 (Age 74 years)  [Birth]   2. Roger FITZMILES,   b. Bef 1125, Gloucestershire, England d. 22 Sept 1155 (Age 30 years)   3. Walter DE HEREFORD,   b. Gloucestershire, England d. Between 1159 and 1160, England   4. Henry FITZMILES,   b. Gloucestershire, England d. 1162, England   5. Mahel DE HEREFORD,   b. Gloucestershire, England d. 1164   6. William DE HEREFORD,   b. Gloucestershire, England d. 1166, England   7. Bertha Of HEREFORD,   b. Abt 1130, Gloucester, England  [Birth] + 8. Lucy Of HEREFORD,   b. England d. Aft 1219/20  [Birth]
  Family ID	F03089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia. [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW. Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000 [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.