Robert
"of Stafford"
de Stafford
formerly Toeni aka de Todeni, of Tosny
Born in Tosny, Louviers, Eure, Normandy, France
Ancestors 
Brother of
Adelisa (Toeni) FitzOsbern [half], Radulph (Toeni) de Tony [half], Eliant Eliance (de Toeni) Toeni [half], Helbert Elbert (de Toeni) Toeni [half], Gazon (de Toeni) Toeni [half], Sancho García (Navarra) Jimenez [half] and Unknown (de Toeni) Toeni [half]
Husband of
Avice (Clare) de Toeni
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Nigel (Stafford) de Stafford and Nicholas (Stafford) de Stafford
Died about
at about age 52
in Belvoir, Leicestershire, England
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| NOTE: Robert de Toeni of Stafford and his namesake and contemporary Robert de Toeni of Belvoir, were related but not the same person. |
Biography
Robert of Stafford or "de Tosny" was a major Norman landholder under William the Conqueror, as was his brother Ralf. A cousin who was also named Robert also appears as a major tenant-in-chief in Domesday Book. They continued to also maintain lordships in France, Ralf being the lord of the main family holdings there.
Robert served as sheriff of Staffordshire around 1072-1085.
Domesday holdings in 1086:
- PASE website profile: http://domesday.pase.ac.uk/Domesday?op=5&personkey=39842
- Opendomesday website profile: https://opendomesday.org/name/robert-of-stafford/
Continental origins. The Toeni (Tosny, Todeny, etc) family is from modern Tosny (postcode 27700, commune Les Trois Lacs) which is a bend of the river Seine, near the famous Chateau Gaillard.
Marriage. In a much later account, which should be considered to have very uncertain value, she is named as Alice de Clare. See her profile.
Children. Most certainly we only know one son:
- Nicholas de Stafford.
More speculatively, another son is often proposed:
- Nigel de Stafford.
Death and burial. He was lying ill as a monk at Evesham abbey in 1088, and is presumed to have died soon after and been buried there. He had been a benefactor to Evesham in 1072.
Sources
- Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, pp.381-382.
- Loyd, Anglo-Norman Families, p.104.
- Peter Stewart, "Origin and early generations of the Tosny family", bobwolfe website
Use only with caution:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Stafford
- Maurice Boddy website
- The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, Rootsweb.com
- Find A Grave - Robert De Toeni (- 1088)
- Carl Boyer, 3rd. Medieval Ancestors of Certain Americans, Santa Clarita, CA, 2001, p. 1ff.
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Categories: Domesday Book | Sheriffs of Staffordshire | Feudal Barony of Stafford
Robert de Stafford 5th son of Sir Roger Toeni de Conches and Godeheut - Godehilde married Avice de Clare, daughter of Richard fitz Gilbert (de Clare) son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne, by whom he had two sons listed as:
Nigel de Stafford - Nicholas de Stafford
Robert de Tosny is the son of Raoul II seigneur de Tosny et de Conches Judith Alice De Bayeux:
He had one son Robert II de Toeni Lord of Belvoir married Adelisa
Their children are:
Adeliza - Adelaide de Tosny Beringer de Todeni Agnes De Todeni Geoffrey de Todeni Albreda de Todeni William de Todeni
Sir Roger Toeni de Conches married (1) Godeheut - Godehilde (2) Estéfania De Barcelona also married
Children are:
(1) Elbert De Toeni (1) Roger de Toeni II (1) Berenger de Toeni (1) Eliant De Toeni (1) Raoul III de Tosny seigneur de Conches-en-Ouche (1) Robert De Toeni de Stafford (1) Gazon de Toeni [De Tosny] (1) Eliance de Toeni
(2) Adéliza De Toëny
edited by Rod Piper
This article seems to be mostly about the Belvoir Robert, whose parentage seems uncertain (See not only Peter Stewart, but also the cautious tone in Keats-Rohan).
For now I have placed the barony of Belvoir on this profile.
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RogerConchesdied1040
Re. the confusion on the net re Robert de Toeni (de Stafford) Lord of Stafford , of Stafford Castle, Stafford,Staffordshire Eng. and Robert de Toeni of Belvoir Castle in Rutland, Leicestershire,Eng. The above website is very informative and makes for very interesting reading.
Sheila