About Robert FitzRalph
Lived 1150 – 1193 (aged 42–43). Robert FitzRalph was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Robert FitzRalph (sometimes known as Robert son of William FitzRalph) was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.
Life
FitzRalph was the son of William FitzRalph, who was a landowner in Derbyshire and was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests 1170–1180 and was seneschal of Normandy 1178–1200. Robert held a prebend in the diocese of York before he was Archdeacon of Nottingham in 1185. He also held a prebend in the diocese of Lincoln.
FitzRalph was elected to the see of Worcester on 1 July 1190 and consecrated on 5 May 1191. He died in 1193, probably on 27 June but possibly on 14 July.
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Bishop of Worcester
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Robert FitzRalph was born in 1150.
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Robert FitzRalph died in 1193.
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Robert FitzRalph was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Robert FitzRalph. https://biography.guide/robert-fitzralph/
MLA: "Robert FitzRalph." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/robert-fitzralph/.
Chicago: "Robert FitzRalph." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/robert-fitzralph/.
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