death_date relatives name parents residence article_title home_town
about 1189 rohese of monmouth -lrb- sister -rrb- gilbert fitzbaderon baderon of monmouth monmouth castle gilbert fitzbaderon
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gilbert fitzbaderon

gilbert fitzbaderon of monmouth -lrb- died about 1189 -rrb- was one of the two sons of baderon fitzwilliam .
when baderon died , at some date between 1170 and 1176 , gilbert succeeded him as lord of monmouth and holder of monmouth castle .
gilbert is best known as a patron of literature .
it was in gilbert 's time that the anglo-norman -lrb- or cambro-norman -rrb- poet hue de rotelande , who lived at credenhill in herefordshire , wrote his verse romance `` ipomedon '' , which was among the most popular works in its genre in medieval england .
the original text in anglo-norman -lrb- a variant of old french spoken and written in norman england and wales -rrb- was translated at least three times into middle english under the variant title `` ipomadon '' .
hue de rotelande afterwards wrote a sequel , `` protheselaus '' , which he dedicated to his patron gilbert fitzbaderon .
around 1170 gilbert acted as witness when his sister rohese of monmouth and his brother-in-law hugh de lacy , lord of meath , made a donation to monmouth priory .
on his death gilbert was succeeded as lord of monmouth by john of monmouth .
