# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilbert-foliot
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:14:35.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilbert-foliot"
name: "Gilbert Foliot"
slug: "gilbert-foliot"
description: "Gilbert Foliot was a medieval English monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London. Born to an ecclesiastical family, he became a monk at Cluny Abbey in France at about the age of twenty. After holding two posts as prior in the Cluniac order he was appointed Abbot of Gloucester Abbey in 1139, a promotion influenced by his kinsman Miles of Gloucester. During his tenure as abbot, he acquired additional land for the abbey and may have helped to fabricate some charters—legal deeds attesting property ownership—to gain advantage in a dispute with the Archbishops of York. Although Foliot recognised Stephen as the King of England, he may have also sympathised with the Empress Matilda's claim to the throne. He joined Matilda's supporters after her forces captured Stephen, and continued to write letters in support of Matilda even after Stephen's release."
tagline: "Medieval English monk and Bishop of London"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Hereford_cathedral_004.JPG/330px-Hereford_cathedral_004.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1110"
deathDate: "1187-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.18
  momentum:             1.528925619834711
  historical:           6.353421333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E5%B0%94%E4%BC%AF%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E7%A6%8F%E5%88%A9%E5%A5%A5%E7%89%B9"
    title: "吉尔伯特·福利奥特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "جيلبرت فوليوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Foliot"
    title: "Gilbert Foliot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Foliot"
    title: "Gilbert Foliot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Foliot"
    title: "Gilbert Foliot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbertus_Foliot"
    title: "Gilbertus Foliot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilberto_Foliot"
    title: "Gilberto Foliot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5560910"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump