Eunydd ap Gwernwy (?)1

M, #3361

Father*Morgen Gwernwy (?)1
Mother*Gwenlian (?)1
Eunydd ap Gwernwy (?)||p113.htm#i3361|Morgen Gwernwy (?)||p160.htm#i4788|Gwenlian (?)||p160.htm#i4789|Gwaithgenau (?)||p306.htm#i9157||||Rhys M. (?)||p160.htm#i4790||||

Of* Dyffryn Clwyd, Wales1 
Marriage* Principal=Eva fil Llewellyn (?)1 
Title Lord of Dyffryn Clwyd2 

Family

Eva fil Llewellyn (?) b. c 1024
Child

Last Edited11 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S342] Sir Bernard Burke, Extinct Peerages, p. 113.

Eva fil Llewellyn (?)1

F, #3362, b. circa 1024

Father*Llewellyn ap Dolfyn (?)1
Eva fil Llewellyn (?)|b. c 1024|p113.htm#i3362|Llewellyn ap Dolfyn (?)||p160.htm#i4791||||Dolfyn a. L. E. (?)||p160.htm#i4792||||||||||

Birth*circa 1024 of Dyffryn Clwyd, Wales1 
Marriage* Principal=Eunydd ap Gwernwy (?)1 

Family

Eunydd ap Gwernwy (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Simon IV de Montfort1

M, #3363, b. between 1117 and 1121, d. before 18 July 1188

Father*Simon de Montfort1,2 d. c 13 Mar 1180/81
Mother*Maud (?)1 d. 1168
Simon IV de Montfort|b. bt 1117 - 1121\nd. b 18 Jul 1188|p113.htm#i3363|Simon de Montfort|d. c 13 Mar 1180/81|p59.htm#i1760|Maud (?)|d. 1168|p59.htm#i1761|Amaury I. de Montfort|b. c 1070\nd. a 19 Apr 1136|p113.htm#i3365|Agnes de Garlande|d. 1143|p113.htm#i3366|||||||

Birth*between 1117 and 1121 of Montfort, Eure, France1 
Marriage*before January 1175 1st=Amicia de Beaumont1,3 
Death*before 18 July 1188 1,2 
Burial* Haute-Breyere1 

Family

Amicia de Beaumont d. 3 Sep 1215
Children

Last Edited22 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 160.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 19.

Amicia de Beaumont1

F, #3364, d. 3 September 1215

Father*Sir Robert de Beaumont1,2 b. b 1135, d. 31 Aug 1190
Mother*Petronilla de Grandmesnil1 b. 1149, d. 1 Apr 1212
Amicia de Beaumont|d. 3 Sep 1215|p113.htm#i3364|Sir Robert de Beaumont|b. b 1135\nd. 31 Aug 1190|p365.htm#i10927|Petronilla de Grandmesnil|b. 1149\nd. 1 Apr 1212|p92.htm#i2749|Sir Robert de Beaumont|b. 1104\nd. 5 Apr 1168|p100.htm#i2979|Amice de Montfort|d. a 31 Aug 1168|p92.htm#i2750|Hugh d. Grantmesnil|b. c 1092|p115.htm#i3423||||

Marriage*before January 1175 Groom=Simon IV de Montfort1,2 
Marriage*before 13 January 1188 Groom=William des Barres2 
Death*3 September 1215 1 
Burial* Haute-Bruyeres, France1,2 
Name Variation Amice2 

Family

Simon IV de Montfort b. bt 1117 - 1121, d. b 18 Jul 1188
Children

Last Edited22 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 19.

Amaury III de Montfort1

M, #3365, b. circa 1070, d. after 19 April 1136

 

Father*Simon I de Montfort1,2 b. c 1026, d. 25 Sep 1087
Mother*Agnes d' Evreux1 b. c 1030
Amaury III de Montfort|b. c 1070\nd. a 19 Apr 1136|p113.htm#i3365|Simon I de Montfort|b. c 1026\nd. 25 Sep 1087|p97.htm#i2904|Agnes d' Evreux|b. c 1030|p97.htm#i2905|Amauri de Montfort|d. 1053|p113.htm#i3367|Bertrarde du Gommets|d. a 1051/52|p113.htm#i3368|Richard d' Evereux|b. 986\nd. 13 Dec 1067|p113.htm#i3369|Estephania de Barcelona|d. 1051|p113.htm#i3370|

Birth*circa 1070 Montfort, Eure, France1 
Marriage*circa 1120 Principal=Agnes de Garlande1,3 
Death*after 19 April 1136 1 
Death19 April 1137 4 
Burial* Abbey of Haute-Bruyere4 
Event-Misc*1098 Amauri aided King William II against his brother Simon's castles4 
Event-Misc1118 When his uncle William, Count of Evreux died, he claimed the County. Henry I denied it to him and he led a revolt, taking Evreux. Henry I besieged him, but his nephew Theobald reconciled them, Amauri giving up Evreux and Henry granting him the County in return4 
Event-Misc1123 He joined the revolt of Waleran, Count of Meulan4 
Event-Misc1124 He was captured while fleeing from the field at Bourgtheroulde by William de Grandcourt. Grandcourt refused to surrender his prisoner to the king and was exiled. Amauri then made peace with Henry4 

Family

Agnes de Garlande d. 1143
Children

Last Edited22 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 158.
  3. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 50-25.
  4. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 159.

Agnes de Garlande1

F, #3366, d. 1143

Father*Anselm de Garland1,2 b. c 1069, d. 1118
Mother*(?) de Monthery1 b. c 1073
Agnes de Garlande|d. 1143|p113.htm#i3366|Anselm de Garland|b. c 1069\nd. 1118|p113.htm#i3375|(?) de Monthery|b. c 1073|p113.htm#i3376|Adam d. Garlende||p113.htm#i3377||||Guy I. d. Monthery|b. c 1037\nd. 1108|p113.htm#i3378|Elisabeth (?)||p113.htm#i3379|

Of Garlende, France1 
Marriage*circa 1120 Principal=Amaury III de Montfort1,2 
Death*1143 1 

Family

Amaury III de Montfort b. c 1070, d. a 19 Apr 1136
Children

Last Edited22 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 50-25.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 159.

Amauri de Montfort1

M, #3367, d. 1053

Father*William de Bastinbourg1,2 d. 1001
Mother*Albreda Montfort de Esperon1
Amauri de Montfort|d. 1053|p113.htm#i3367|William de Bastinbourg|d. 1001|p113.htm#i3371|Albreda Montfort de Esperon||p113.htm#i3372|Amaury (?)||p160.htm#i4793|Anonyma (?)||p160.htm#i4794|||||||

Of Montfort, Normandy, France1 
Marriage* Principal=Bertrarde du Gommets1,2 
Death*1053 1 
Event-Misc*1022 He witnessed a charter of King Robert I of France2 
Event-Misc1028 He witnessed a charter of King Robert I.2 
Event-Misc4 February 1031 He witnessed a charter of King Robert I.2 
Event-Misc*1053 They made gifts to Mormoutier of Senicourt, Principal=Bertrarde du Gommets2 

Family

Bertrarde du Gommets d. a 1051/52
Child

Last Edited22 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 158.

Bertrarde du Gommets1

F, #3368, d. after 1051/52

Father*William de Gometz1,2
Bertrarde du Gommets|d. a 1051/52|p113.htm#i3368|William de Gometz||p317.htm#i9507||||||||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Amauri de Montfort1,2 
Death*after 1051/52 1 
Event-Misc*1053 They made gifts to Mormoutier of Senicourt, Principal=Amauri de Montfort2 

Family

Amauri de Montfort d. 1053
Child

Last Edited22 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 158.

Richard d' Evereux1

M, #3369, b. 986, d. 13 December 1067

Father*Robert d' Evereux1,2 b. c 964, d. 1037
Mother*Herleva (?)1 b. 968
Richard d' Evereux|b. 986\nd. 13 Dec 1067|p113.htm#i3369|Robert d' Evereux|b. c 964\nd. 1037|p113.htm#i3373|Herleva (?)|b. 968|p113.htm#i3374|Richard I. of Normandy "the Fearless"|b. 933\nd. 20 Nov 996|p91.htm#i2708|Gunnora (?)|d. 1031|p147.htm#i4391|||||||

Marriage* 2nd=Godehaut (?)2 
Birth*986 Rouen, France1 
Marriage* Principal=Estephania de Barcelona1 
Birthsay 1000 2 
Death*13 December 1067 1 

Family

Estephania de Barcelona d. 1051
Child

Last Edited25 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 68.

Estephania de Barcelona1

F, #3370, d. 1051

Father*Raymond de Borel2,1 b. 972, d. 25 Feb 1017/18
Mother*Ermensenda de Carcassone2,1 d. 1 Mar 1057/58
Estephania de Barcelona|d. 1051|p113.htm#i3370|Raymond de Borel|b. 972\nd. 25 Feb 1017/18|p150.htm#i4481|Ermensenda de Carcassone|d. 1 Mar 1057/58|p150.htm#i4482|Borelo I. (?)|d. 30 Sep 992|p150.htm#i4484|Luitgarde o. T. (?)|d. bt 977 - 1001|p150.htm#i4485|Roger I. de Carcassone|d. a Apr 1011|p150.htm#i4486|Adelaide d. R. (?)|d. a Apr 1011|p150.htm#i4487|

Marriage* 1st=Roger I de Tony2,1 
Marriage* Principal=Richard d' Evereux2 
Death*1051 2 
Name Variation Adelaide of Barcelona2 

Family

Richard d' Evereux b. 986, d. 13 Dec 1067
Child

Last Edited24 Apr 2005

Citations

  1. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 250.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

William de Bastinbourg1

M, #3371, d. 1001

Father*Amaury (?)1
Mother*Anonyma (?)1
William de Bastinbourg|d. 1001|p113.htm#i3371|Amaury (?)||p160.htm#i4793|Anonyma (?)||p160.htm#i4794|||||||Isaac (?)|d. a 30 Apr 948|p160.htm#i4795|Anonyma (?)||p327.htm#i9787|

Marriage* Principal=Albreda Montfort de Esperon1 
Death*1001 1 
Name Variation William of Hainault2 

Family

Albreda Montfort de Esperon
Child

Last Edited22 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 158.

Albreda Montfort de Esperon1

F, #3372

Marriage* Principal=William de Bastinbourg1 

Family

William de Bastinbourg d. 1001
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Robert d' Evereux1

M, #3373, b. circa 964, d. 1037

Father*Richard I of Normandy "the Fearless"2,3 b. 933, d. 20 Nov 996
Mother*Gunnora (?)2,4 d. 1031
Robert d' Evereux|b. c 964\nd. 1037|p113.htm#i3373|Richard I of Normandy "the Fearless"|b. 933\nd. 20 Nov 996|p91.htm#i2708|Gunnora (?)|d. 1031|p147.htm#i4391|William of Normandy "Longsword"|b. c 891\nd. 17 Dec 942|p147.htm#i4389|Espriota d. St. Liz|b. c 911|p147.htm#i4390|The F. o. A. (?)||p366.htm#i10972||||

Marriage* Principal=Herleva (?)1 
Birth*circa 964 Normandy, France2 
Birthcirca 974 1 
Death*1037 2 
Title Archbishop of Rouen, Count of Evereux1 

Family 1

Herleva (?) b. 968
Children

Family 2
Child

Last Edited2 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 86.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 68.
  4. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 182.

Herleva (?)1

F, #3374, b. 968

Marriage Principal=Robert d' Evereux2 
Birth*968 Normandy, France1 

Family

Robert d' Evereux b. c 964, d. 1037
Children

Last Edited13 Feb 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 86.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 68.

Anselm de Garland1

M, #3375, b. circa 1069, d. 1118

Father*Adam de Garlende1
Anselm de Garland|b. c 1069\nd. 1118|p113.htm#i3375|Adam de Garlende||p113.htm#i3377||||||||||||||||

Birth*circa 1069 Garlende, France1 
Marriage* Principal=(?) de Monthery1 
Death*1118 1,2 
Title* Seneschal of France3 
Name Variation Ansel3 
Name Variation Anseau3 

Family

(?) de Monthery b. c 1073
Child

Last Edited22 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 50-25.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 159.

(?) de Monthery1

F, #3376, b. circa 1073

Father*Guy II de Monthery1 b. c 1037, d. 1108
Mother*Elisabeth (?)1
(?) de Monthery|b. c 1073|p113.htm#i3376|Guy II de Monthery|b. c 1037\nd. 1108|p113.htm#i3378|Elisabeth (?)||p113.htm#i3379|Guy de Montlhéry|b. c 1009\nd. 1095|p113.htm#i3380|Hodierne de Gometz||p113.htm#i3381|||||||

Birth*circa 1073 of Monthery, Hurepoix, France1 
Marriage* Principal=Anselm de Garland1 
Death* of Rochfort, France1 

Family

Anselm de Garland b. c 1069, d. 1118
Child

Last Edited26 Nov 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Adam de Garlende1

M, #3377

Marriage* 1 

Family
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Guy II de Monthery1

M, #3378, b. circa 1037, d. 1108

Father*Guy de Montlhéry1 b. c 1009, d. 1095
Mother*Hodierne de Gometz1
Guy II de Monthery|b. c 1037\nd. 1108|p113.htm#i3378|Guy de Montlhéry|b. c 1009\nd. 1095|p113.htm#i3380|Hodierne de Gometz||p113.htm#i3381|Milan I. (?)|d. a 1057|p147.htm#i4395|(Miss) de Montlhery||p147.htm#i4396|William d. Gommetz||p147.htm#i4394||||

Birth*circa 1037 of Monthery, France1 
Marriage* Principal=Elisabeth (?)1 
Marriage* Principal=Adelaide de Crecy CORBEIL MONTHLERY/1 
Death*1108 1 

Family 1

Adelaide de Crecy CORBEIL MONTHLERY/ d. a 12 Oct 1104
Children

Family 2

Elisabeth (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Elisabeth (?)1

F, #3379

Marriage* Principal=Guy II de Monthery1 

Family

Guy II de Monthery b. c 1037, d. 1108
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Guy de Montlhéry1

M, #3380, b. circa 1009, d. 1095

Father*Milan I (?)1 d. a 1057
Mother*(Miss) de Montlhery1
Guy de Montlhéry|b. c 1009\nd. 1095|p113.htm#i3380|Milan I (?)|d. a 1057|p147.htm#i4395|(Miss) de Montlhery||p147.htm#i4396|||||||Thibaud (?)|b. c 970\nd. 1031|p147.htm#i4397||||

Birth*circa 1009 of Montlhery, S-Oise, France1 
Marriage*between 1031 and 1060 Principal=Hodierne de Gometz1 
Death*1095 Longpont, France1 
Burial* Longpont, France1 

Family

Hodierne de Gometz
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 107-23.

Hodierne de Gometz1

F, #3381

Father*William de Gommetz1
Hodierne de Gometz||p113.htm#i3381|William de Gommetz||p147.htm#i4394||||||||||||||||

Birth* of Normandy, France1 
Marriage*between 1031 and 1060 Principal=Guy de Montlhéry1 

Family

Guy de Montlhéry b. c 1009, d. 1095
Children

Last Edited3 Dec 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Bouchard II de Corbeil1

M, #3382, d. 1101

Marriage* Principal=Adelaide de Crecy CORBEIL MONTHLERY/1 
Death*1101 1 

Last Edited14 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Adelaide de Crecy CORBEIL MONTHLERY/1

F, #3383, d. after 12 October 1104

Father*Hildouin III de Rameru1 d. a 1032
Adelaide de Crecy CORBEIL MONTHLERY/|d. a 12 Oct 1104|p113.htm#i3383|Hildouin III de Rameru|d. a 1032|p118.htm#i3522||||Hilduin I. (?)|d. 992|p168.htm#i5033||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Bouchard II de Corbeil1 
Birth* of Gournay-sur-Marne, France1 
Marriage* Principal=Guy II de Monthery1 
Death*after 12 October 1104 1 

Family

Guy II de Monthery b. c 1037, d. 1108
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Avice Waer1

F, #3384

Marriage* Principal=Ralph de Gael de Montford1 

Family

Ralph de Gael de Montford b. 1080, d. 1143
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Roger de Beaumont1

M, #3385, b. circa 1022, d. 29 November 1094

Father*Humphrey de Vieilles1,2 b. c 980, d. 28 Sep 1044
Mother*Aubreye de Haye1 b. c 984, d. 20 Sep 1045
Roger de Beaumont|b. c 1022\nd. 29 Nov 1094|p113.htm#i3385|Humphrey de Vieilles|b. c 980\nd. 28 Sep 1044|p113.htm#i3388|Aubreye de Haye|b. c 984\nd. 20 Sep 1045|p113.htm#i3389|Touroude de Pont-Audemer|b. c 949\nd. a 1040|p160.htm#i4796|Dulcelina d. Crepon|b. c 942|p162.htm#i4846|||||||

Of Ponte-audemer, Normandy, France1 
Birth*circa 1022 of Ponteaudemer, Eure, France1 
Marriage*1040 Principal=Adeline de Meulan1,3,2 
Death*29 November 1094 1,2 
Burial* Préaux, Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France1,2 
Biography* He was faithful to William the Conqueror during the wars early in his reign, having defeated and slain Roger de Tosny. He furnished 60 ships for the invasion of England, but remained in Normandy in 1066 to advise Duchess Maud.2 
Note* He built a castle, Beaumont-le-Roger, above Vieilles2 
Note* Roger de Toeni went to Spain to fight Muslims while Robert, Duke of Normandy was on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. When he returned and found that William the Bastard had succeeded to the Dukedom, he rebelled, laying waste the lands of his neighbors, including Humphrey of Vieilles. Humphrey's son Roger de Beaumont killed Roger de Toeni in battle along with his two sons., Principal=Roger I de Tony4 
Notebefore 1082 He witnessed many charters of William the Conqueror2 
Event-Misc*1086 He held Sturminster Marshal, Dorset at Domesday which descended to the Counts of Meulan through his son Robert5 
Event-Misccirca 1088 He founded the collegiate church of the Holy Trinity at Beaumont-le-Roger for the canons of St. Frideswide of Oxford2 
Event-Miscafter 1090 Abbey of Préaux, He became a monk2 

Family

Adeline de Meulan b. c 1014, d. 8 Apr 1081
Children

Last Edited1 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 17.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 151-25.
  4. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 240.
  5. [S341] Lewis C. Loyd, Anglo-Norman Families, p. 13.
  6. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 50-23.

Adeline de Meulan1

F, #3386, b. circa 1014, d. 8 April 1081

Father*Waleran III of Meulan1,2 b. c 990, d. 8 Dec 1069
Mother*Oda Conteville1 b. c 994
Adeline de Meulan|b. c 1014\nd. 8 Apr 1081|p113.htm#i3386|Waleran III of Meulan|b. c 990\nd. 8 Dec 1069|p113.htm#i3390|Oda Conteville|b. c 994|p114.htm#i3391|Hugh I. (?)|d. a 25 Aug 1005|p160.htm#i4800|Adelaide o. A. (?)||p161.htm#i4801|John d. Bourg||p115.htm#i3440||||

Birth*circa 1014 1 
Marriage*1040 Principal=Roger de Beaumont1,2,3 
Death*8 April 1081 1 
Burial* Abbey du Bec, France1 
Name Variation Avelina2 

Family

Roger de Beaumont b. c 1022, d. 29 Nov 1094
Children

Last Edited1 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 151-25.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 17.
  4. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 50-23.

Ralph de Guarder1

M, #3387, b. circa 1042, d. 1097

Father*Ralph the Staller1 b. b 1011
Ralph de Guarder|b. c 1042\nd. 1097|p113.htm#i3387|Ralph the Staller|b. b 1011|p114.htm#i3393||||||||||||||||

Birthbefore 1040 2 
Birth*circa 1042 1 
Marriage*1075 Principal=Emma FitzWilliam1,3 
Death*1097 1 
DNB* Ralph [called Ralph de Gael, Ralph Guader], earl (d. 1097x9), magnate, was the elder son of Ralph the Staller, earl of East Anglia (d. 1068x70), and his unnamed Breton wife. He seems to have been in Brittany in the reign of Edward the Confessor and to have come to England only after the conquest; Wace, indeed, represents him as leading a contingent of Bretons at the battle of Hastings. By 1069 he had succeeded his father as earl in East Anglia; he defended Norwich in that year against the Danish fleet sent to aid the English rebellion in the north. His English holdings were very extensive, for he received the lands of the English magnate Eadgifu the Fair as well as those of his father. His honour extended into Essex and Cambridgeshire as well as Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Only in Cambridgeshire is he called Ralph Waders, Guader, or de Wather—that is, Ralph de Gael (Domesday Book, 1.196v; Chronicon abbatiae Rameseiensis, 174–5) . Many Bretons accompanied him to take up land in England and it was probably he, rather than his father, who established the ‘French borough’ at Norwich (Domesday Book, 2.118).

In 1075 Ralph married Emma, daughter of William fitz Osbern, and it was at their marriage-feast at Exning, Suffolk—the ‘bride-ale that was many men's bale’ (ASC, s.a. 1075, text D)—that Ralph and his brother-in-law, Roger de Breteuil, earl of Hereford, planned a rebellion against King William. Earl Waltheof was also involved, and the plotters sought help from both Brittany and Denmark. Their motives are obscure, but it is probable that their powers were more circumscribed than those of their fathers had been: Ralph's authority seems to have been confined to East Anglia (and perhaps to Norfolk), whereas the earldom of East Anglia had once embraced the whole of the east midlands; Roger likewise held only the earldom of Hereford, whereas his father had authority over the whole of western Wessex; and Waltheof's power was confined to the lands north of the Tees, whereas his father, Earl Siward, had held all Northumbria.

It is clear that the earls had little support in England. The D version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says that ‘they plotted to drive their royal lord out of his kingdom’ (ASC, s.a. 1075), highly pejorative language smacking of treason. Archbishop Lanfranc, too, did not hesitate to brand Ralph ‘traitor’ and describe his army of ‘Breton dung’ as ‘oathbreakers’, though he took a milder line with Earl Roger and (according to John of Worcester) with Waltheof. Waltheof, in fact, took no part in the revolt, but revealed all to the king and threw himself on William's mercy; and the Danes proved a broken reed, for their fleet (commanded by Cnut the Holy) arrived only when everything was over. Roger and Ralph attempted to raise their earldoms, but Roger was prevented from crossing the Severn by a force commanded by Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, and other western magnates. In East Anglia both the castle garrisons and the local levies opposed Ralph and he was brought to bay at his manor of Fawdon by Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances, and other loyal magnates. His army was scattered and Ralph fled to Norwich, whence he escaped by ship. Emma held the castle against the king's men and eventually arranged safe conduct for herself and her men, joining her husband in Brittany. The prisoners taken after Fawdon were not so fortunate; at the Christmas court of 1075 those who were not exiled were blinded and mutilated. Roger de Breteuil was imprisoned for life and Waltheof was beheaded for treason in the following year.

Ralph was deprived of his office and of all his English lands, as was his brother Hardouin and his vassal Walter of Dol. His Breton lands of Montfort and Gael were beyond King William's reach and in 1076 Ralph joined a Breton revolt aimed against both Duke Hoel and William himself. He seized the castle of Dol and held it against William, who was forced to break off the siege by the approach of a relieving force commanded by King Philippe I of France and Foulques le Réchin, count of Anjou (d. 1109); it was the first serious reverse which William had suffered for many years. Ralph continued to prosper in Brittany. In 1095 the first crusade was preached and Ralph and Emma were among those who answered the call, in the following of Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy. Ralph fought at the siege of Nicaea and the battle of Dorylaeum in the summer of 1097, but died before the fall of Jerusalem in July 1099. Emma, too, died on crusade, as did one of their sons, Alan. Ralph's lands passed to his remaining sons, first to William de Gael (d. 1119) and then to Ralph. In 1103 William de Breteuil, the elder brother of Roger and Emma, died and William de Gael claimed the honour of Breteuil in right of his mother; but both he, and later his brother Ralph, had to fight both the illegitimate son of William de Breteuil and the barons of the honour. Eventually Breteuil passed to Robert, earl of Leicester (d. 1168), to whom Henry I gave, probably in 1121, the younger Ralph's daughter Amice in marriage.

Ann Williams
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Ralph (d. 1097x9): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/117074 
Name Variation Ralph de Gael3 
Name Variation Ralph de Waiet3 
Title Seigneur of Montford de Gael in Brittany5,6 
Event-Misc*February 1068 Ralph and his son Ralph were present at the court of William the Conqueror and they were referred to as "friends.", Principal=Ralph the Staller2 
Event-Misc*1075 Exning, Earl Waltheof joined the conspiracy to seize England while attending the wedding of Ralph de Gael, Principal=Waltheof II of Northumberland7 

Family

Emma FitzWilliam
Children

Last Edited24 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 160.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 80.
  4. [S376] Unknown editor, unknown short title.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 53-25.
  6. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 161.
  7. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 113.

Humphrey de Vieilles1

M, #3388, b. circa 980, d. 28 September 1044

Father*Touroude de Pont-Audemer1,2 b. c 949, d. a 1040
Mother*Dulcelina de Crepon1,2 b. c 942
Humphrey de Vieilles|b. c 980\nd. 28 Sep 1044|p113.htm#i3388|Touroude de Pont-Audemer|b. c 949\nd. a 1040|p160.htm#i4796|Dulcelina de Crepon|b. c 942|p162.htm#i4846|Torf de Harcourt|d. a 955|p160.htm#i4798|Eremburga d. B. (?)|b. c 930|p160.htm#i4799|||||||

Birth*circa 980 1,2 
Marriage* Principal=Aubreye de Haye1,2 
Death*28 September 1044 1,2 
Burial* Préaux, Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France1,2 
Note He witnessed charters of Robert I, Duke of Normandy3 
Event-Miscbefore 1035 Préaux, Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France, He founded St. Pierre monastery3 
Event-Misc1040 He founded the nunnery of St. Leger3 
Note Préaux, Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France, Before he died, he became a monk at St. Pierre3 

Family

Aubreye de Haye b. c 984, d. 20 Sep 1045
Children

Last Edited1 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 16.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 17.

Aubreye de Haye1

F, #3389, b. circa 984, d. 20 September 1045

Birth*circa 984 1,2 
Marriage* Principal=Humphrey de Vieilles1,2 
Death*20 September 1045 1,2 
Name Variation Aubrey de la Haie2 

Family

Humphrey de Vieilles b. c 980, d. 28 Sep 1044
Children

Last Edited1 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 16.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 17.

Waleran III of Meulan1,2

M, #3390, b. circa 990, d. 8 December 1069

Father*Hugh I (?)1 d. a 25 Aug 1005
Mother*Adelaide of Amiens (?)1
Waleran III of Meulan|b. c 990\nd. 8 Dec 1069|p113.htm#i3390|Hugh I (?)|d. a 25 Aug 1005|p160.htm#i4800|Adelaide of Amiens (?)||p161.htm#i4801|Galeran I. (?)||p161.htm#i4802||||Robert t. W. o. A. (?)|b. c 944\nd. 1027|p161.htm#i4803|Adelaide o. S. (?)||p161.htm#i4804|

Birth*circa 990 1 
Marriage* Bride=Oda Conteville1,3 
Death*8 December 1069 1 
Title* Count of Meulan3 

Family 1
Children

Family 2

Oda Conteville b. c 994
Children

Last Edited1 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 50-23.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 17.
  4. [S342] Sir Bernard Burke, Extinct Peerages, p. 42.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 151-25.
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