636464188. Earl Ralph de Gael & 636464189. Countess Emma of Hereford
Bef. 1040,
Ralph, ‘Brito ex patre’, born in Brittany, France, s/o 1272928376. Ralph de Gael.
~1055, Emma
born in Normandy, d/o 1272928378. William fitz Osbern & 1272928379.
Adeliza de Tony.
5/23/1059, Philip I crowned King of France.
1060, Ralph son of Ralph the Staller attested a document at Angers with
other Bretons.
1065, Ralph besieged the castle of Combour of the lord of Dol with
Conan II, Duke of Brittany.
10/14/1066, Ralph commanded Bretons in the army of William the
Conquerer at the Battle of Hastings.
10/25/1066, William I crowned King of England.
1067, Ralph
created Earl of Norfolk by King William.
3/1068,
Ralph with his father Ralph the Staller attended the court of William the
Conqueror.
1068-69,
Ralph’s father died.
4/1069,
Ralph repelled a force of Norsmen who had invaded Norfolk.
4/13/1069,
Ralph’s father died.
1069, Earl
Ralph witnessed a royal charter in favor of the Bishop of Essex.
1070, King
William invested Ralph as earl of Norfolk.
2/22/1071,
Emma’s father died in battle in France. Her step-mother was captured in the
battle, and they were taken to England.
1071, Ralph
styled ‘Earl of Norwich’.
1074, Ralph
held the lordship of Gael and had established himself in England. (S) William
the Conqueror, Douglas, 1999.
1074, Earl
Ralph de Gauder, constable, conspired against King William.
[––Ralph
& Emma––]
1075 at
Norwich, Ralph married Emma against the will of the King.
1075 at
Exning, Cambridgeshire, Roger de Breteuil, earl of Hereford, conspired with his
brother-in-law Raoul de Gaël, Earl of Norfolk, and Siward of Northumbria [Earl
Waltheof], against King William, at the marriage of his sister. [This was a
plot to kill King William.]
1075,Bishop
Odo of Bayeux and William de Warrene led a siege against Ralph’s fortress at
Norwich. (S) Annals of Cambridge, V1, Cooper, 1842, P18.
1075, Ralph
had to flee England to Brittany where he allied himself with Count Hoel of
Brittany.
1075, Emma
held the family castle after Ralph fled for 3 months. (S) Memorials of Old
Norfolk, Astley, 1908, P32.
1075, Emma
retired to her estate in Brittany after being given safe conduct.
1075-76,
Ralph went to Denmark seeking the help of King Cnut. Ralph invaded England with
200 ships, but was unsuccessful in restoring his lands.
1076, King
William punished some of the members of Ralph and Emma’s wedding with having
their eyes put out; others with banishment, and others with forfeiture of all
lands and titles.
1076, Fulk
of Anjou allied himself with Ralph de Gael, earl of Norfolk; Hoel, count of
Brittany; and King Philip of France against William, King of England and Duke
of Normandy.
8/1076, King
William advanced into Brittany, besieging the castle at Dol held by Ralph de Gael,
earl of Norfolk.
10/1076,
King Philip of France arrived and forced William to give up the siege. [The 1st
major defeat of King William.] (S) William the Conqueror, Douglas, 1999.
1077, King
William made peace with Ralph and King Philip.
8/1086, The
first draft was completed of the Domesday book. Earl Ralph is mentioned in
association with over 100 entries recording forfeitures. (S) Medieval East
Anglia, Harper-Bill, 2005, P177.
9/26/1087, William Rufus crowned King of England, succeeding his father
William the Conqueror. His elder brother Robert became Duke of Normandy.
1089, Ralph attested a judgement between the monks of Redon abbey and
the chaplains of the Duke of Brittany.
1093, Ralph a witness to a suit between the abbots of Lonlay and St.
Florent.
9/1096, Ralph and Emma joined the 1st crusade.
1096-97, Ralph and Emma died in, or on the way to, the Holy lands.
(S) Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. (S) Topographical History of the
County of Norfolk, Blomefield, 1806. (S) History of the Norman Conquest, V3,
Freeman, 1873, P507.
Child
of Ralph and Emma:
i. Ralph de Gael de Montfort (318232094), born
~1076 in France.
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