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William FitzRobert | |
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 William Earl of Gloucester gives his great charter to Tewkesbury Abbey. Tewkesbury Abbey Founders Book, Bodleian Library, Oxford, made in Tewkesbury c.1500-1525. His tabard displays his attributed arms quarterly 1st & 4th Gules three clarions or; 2nd & 3rd Azure, a lion rampant guardant or an inescutcheon Or, three chevrons gules. These are forms of the attributed arms of Robert FitzHamon and actual arms of de Clare, Earls of Gloucester | |
| Earl of Gloucester | |
| Reign | 31 October 1147 – 23 November 1183 |
| Predecessor | Sir Robert de Caen |
| Successor | John de Mortain |
| Born | 22 January 1116 |
| Died | 23 November 1183 (aged 67) |
| Spouse(s) | Hawise de Beaumont |
| Issue | Robert FitzWilliam Mabel FitzWilliam Amice FitzWilliam Isabel, Countess of Gloucester |
| Father | Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester |
| Mother | Mabel FitzHamon of Gloucester |
William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (23 November 1116 – 23 November 1183) was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon, and nephew of Empress Matilda.