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- Biography
Birth and Parents
Sibyl Corbet was the daughter of Robert Corbet of Shropshire and granddaughter of Corbet the Norman, who followed William the Conqueror from Normandy.
Mistress of Henry I
Mistress of HENRY I King of England, son of WILLIAM I "the Conqueror" King of England & his wife Mathilde de Flandre.
She bore four or five of Henry's illegitimate children.
Marriage to Herbert FitzHerbert
Sibyl Corbet married Herhert Fitz Herbert, of Londesborough and Weaverthorpe, Yorkshire, etc, King's Chamberlain, son and heir of Herbert of Winchester.
Death
Sibyl died after 1157.
Issue
Children by Henry I, King of England
The known children by Sibyl Corbet were Rainaud de Dunstanville, his brother William and sisters Gundred and Rohese; it is also possible, but not certain, that Sibyl was the mother of the king's illegitimate daughter Sibyl who was married to Alexander after he became king of the Scots in 1107.
Children by her husband Herbert
Herbert and Sibyl had three sons, Robert, Herbert, and probalby Henry.
1.) Robert
2.) Herbert. Sibyl's son Herbert fitzHerbert married Lucy, dau of Miles earl of Hereford. The [1125/35] birth date range estimated for her son Herbert, born from this marriage, suggests that she married after her relationship with the king.
3.) Henry
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Concubine #5 Sibyl Corbet, daughter of Robert Corbet of Alcester. The station as Concubine and numbered deduces her parentage as something unknown or recorded which is common during that time, outside of royal blood or court, names and vital information at all is not uncommonly recorded and verified.
Her relationship with King Henry, as the result of her son "Reginaldus Henrici Regis filus, comes by which King Henry granted property to "Willelmo de Boterell, fillo Aliziae Corbert upon his marriage, witnessed by Nicholae fillo meao..Herberto fillo Herberti, Baldwino et Ricardo nepotibus meis, Willelmo de Vernun, Willelmo fratre meo...Hugone de Dustanville.
She married Herbert FitzHerbert between 1115-1135. The birth range for her son, Herbert, born BEEFORE the marriage of chosen husband, Herbert FitzHerbert, suggests that she married after her relationship or use as a concubine with the King. The Pipe Roll of 1157 records a payment to "the mother of Earl Reginald" from an estate at Milenes, Sussex.
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1092 - 1157 (65 years)
