Lady Sybilla Corbet of Alcester ( – 1157) was an English noblewoman and mistress of King

Henry I of England Henry I ( – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henr ...

. She was the mother of five of his children and was sometimes known as Lucy or Adela.

Life

Sybilla was born in

Alcester Alcester ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. It is west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 7 miles south of Redditch. The town dates back to the times of Roman ...

, 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 Alexander I ( medieval Gaelic: ''Alaxandair mac Maíl Coluim''; modern Gaelic: ''Alasdair mac Mhaol Chaluim''; c. 1078 – 23 April 1124), posthumously nicknamed The Fierce, was the King of Alba (Scotland) from 1107 to his death. He was the f ...

, 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 * Aeliz Maminot With her husband Herbert FitzHerbert: * Robert FitzHerbert (b. 1116) * Herbert FitzHerbert

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* 1070s births 1157 deaths English noblewomen 12th-century English nobility Mistresses of Henry I of England 1157 deaths 11th-century women 12th-century women {{UK-noble-stub