Robert de Prebenda (died 1284) was a 13th century Anglo

English people

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-French

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 cleric who held the position of Bishop of Dunblane

Bishop of Dunblane

The Bishop of Dunblane or Bishop of Strathearn was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunblane/Strathearn, one of medieval Scotland's thirteen bishoprics. It was based at Dunblane Cathedral, now a parish church of the Church of Scotland. The bishopric itself certainly derives from an older...

, Scotland

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He was the son of Geoffrey de Rotyngton, a minor land-owner in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

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. By 1255, he was Dean

Dean (religion)

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 of Dunblane, probably brought in by Bishop Clement

Clement of Dunblane

Clement was a 13th century Dominican friar who was the first member of the Dominican Order in Britain and Ireland to become a bishop. In 1233, he was selected to lead the ailing diocese of Dunblane in Scotland, and faced a struggle to bring the bishopric of Dunblane to financial viability...

. He held a canonries

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 in the bishopric of Glasgow and in the bishopric of Dunkeld

Bishop of Dunkeld

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, which later got him in trouble with Pope Urban IV

Pope Urban IV

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. He was bishop-elect of Dunblane by January 2, 1259. His consecration was delayed because he was in Rome

Rome

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 attempting to gain the more prestigious bishopric of Glasgow by opposing the election of Nicholas de Moffat

Nicholas de Moffat

Nicholas de Moffat was a 13th century cleric who was twice bishop-elect of Glasgow. He had been archdeacon of Teviotdale, and was elected to the bishopric of Glasgow on the first occasion in early 1259...

. In this he evidently failed, and was consecrated as Bishop of Dunblane sometime between August 22, 1259, and September 1, 1260.

Although Robert spent a lot of time in England, he tried to continue the attempts of his predecessor Clement to reinvigorate the bishopric of Dunblane. He attended the Second Council of Lyon

Second Council of Lyon

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 in 1274. He was once appointed a papal judge-delegate

Papal judge-delegate

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 in 1275, and twice served as an ambassador for King Alexander III of Scotland

Alexander III of Scotland

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 in England

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 (both in 1279). Robert was alive on February 5, 1284, but was dead by December 18. He was succeeded by William

William (Abbot of Arbroath & Bishop of Dunblane)

William O. Tiron. was a late 13th century Tironensian abbot and bishop in the Kingdom of Scotland. He appears in the extant sources for the first time on April 25, 1276; he is Abbot of Arbroath...

, Abbot of Arbroath

Abbot of Arbroath

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