378224168. Baron Walter de Gaunt & 378224169. Lady Maud de Bretagne
~1095, Walter de Ghent born in Flanders, s/o §§Gilbert de
Gant & Alice de
Montfort [heir & d/o §§Hugh de Montfort].
~1100, Maud born in Brittany, France, d/o the §§Earl ‘Alan
Rufus’ of Brittany. [The
‘Chartulary’ only says Maud was d/o the ‘earl of Brittany’. Alan Rufus, nephew
of William the Conqueror, was the earl in 1086-87. Earl Alan Fergent of
Brittany died without heirs in 1126 – assumed brother of Maud.]
8/22/1138,
Walter a commander of Flemings at the Battle of the Standard; the defeat of
David, king of the Scots.
[Undated]
“To Thurston by the grace of God archbishop of York … Matilda, daughter of
Count Stephen of Brittany, wife of Walter de Gaunt, greeting. Be it known to
you that I have given in frankalmoign to the conons of St. Mary of Bridlington
the church of St. Andres of Swaledale with Grinton and all things adjacent by
the constent of my lord Walter, of my marriage portion freee and quit … (S)
Proceedings, P57.
1139, Walter
of Bridlington, Yorkshire, died.
(S)
Proceedings, Royal Arch. Inst., 1848, P55ff. (S) The Chartulary of St. John of
Pontefract, V25, 1902, P480.
Children of Walter and Maud:
i. Alice de Gaunt (189125121), born ~1122 in
Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.
ii. Gilbert de Gaunt, born ? in Bridlington,
Yorkshire, England.
Gilbert married Rohais de Romare, d/o William de Romare, co-earl of
Lincoln of Empress Matilda. (S) Synopsis of the Peerage of England.
1156, Gilbert died.
Daughter: (2) Alice married Simon de St. Liz (d.1184), earl of
Northampton and Huntingdon. 1184, Alice retained the title of Countess of
Lincoln until her death. 1292, Alice died. She had a daughter Gunnora who died
before her. Both buried with the nuns at Sempringham.
iii. Robert de Gaunt (189112084), born ~1130 in
Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.
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