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Lady Sybilla Corbet of Alcester (c. 1077 – 1157) was an English noblewoman and mistress of King Henry I of England. She was the mother of five of his children and was sometimes known as Lucy or Adela.




Life


Sybilla was born in Alcester, Warwickshire. She was a daughter and co-heiress of Robert Corbet, Lord of Alcester and his wife Adele of Alcester. She was a known mistress of King Henry I. She married Herbert FitzHerbert, Chamberlain of England and son of Herbert of Winchester and Emma of Blois, shortly after giving birth to her last child by the King. She died after 1157 and was survived by her husband, who died in 1165.




Issue


Sybilla is thought to be the mother of five of Henry I's illegitimate children:

Sybilla of Normandy (c. 1092 – 1122), married King Alexander I of Scotland, no issue
William Constable (c. 1105 – aft. 1187)
Reginald of Dunstanville (c. 1110 – 1175), 1st Earl of Cornwall, married Mabel FitzWilliam, daughter of William FitzRichard
Gundred of England (1114–1146), married Henry de la Pomeroy in 1130, son of Joscelin de la Pomerai
Rohese of England (b. 1114), married William de Tracy, son of Turgisus de Tracy in 1075, had issue
With her husband Herbert FitzHerbert:

Robert FitzHerbert (b. 1116)
Herbert FitzHerbert




References

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• Sybilla dari Normandy
• Sybille dari Normandy
• Sybilla Corbet of Alcester
• Sybilla of Normandy
• Reginald de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall
• English and British royal mistresses
• List of monastic houses in England
• Shrewsbury Abbey