Outline of the de Gaunt family through the middle ages.
Radbod I, de Friesland (Duke/Ruler of Friesland) “the Pagan King of
Friesland”, b. Abt. 670, Demark, d. 719, Belgium (age 49). Allied with
Neustria and defeated Charles Martel, q.v., in battle at Cologne in 716.
Poppon I "Bobo" “of Middle Friesland” (Ruler of Friesland), b. Abt.
700, Belgium, d. Aft. 734 (age 34+ in a battle against Charles Martel).
Poppon I is the son of Radbod I.
Alfbard “of Middle Friesland”
(Ruler of Friesland), b. Abt. 735, Belgium, d. 786 (age 51). Occupation:
Royalty. Married: Auda/Aldane Martel, b. Abt. 740, France (d/o Charles
“the Hammer” Martel and Rotrud (Chrotrude Rotrude) of Alemania). Charles
“the Hammer” is the grandfather of Charlemagne.Alfbard was the son of
Poppon I.
Nordalah of Middle FRIESLAND, b. Abt. 765, Herstal (Belgium), d. Abt. 810. Nordalah was the son of Alfbard.
Gerulf I "Ruler of Middle FRIESLAND" (Count of Friesland), b. Abt. 790 West Friesland (Holland), d. Aft. 834 (age 44+).
Gerulf I was the son of Nordalah.
Gerulf II of HENNEMERLAND (Earl of Friesland), b. Abt. 815, d. Aft. 839
(age 24+). Married: UNKNOWN Corbic, b. Abt. 825 (d/o Waldager Corbic).
Gerulf II was the son of Gerulf I.
Gerulf III Count of FRIESLAND, b. Abt. 845, d. c915. Occupation: Royalty. Gerulf III was the son of Gerulf II.
Dietrich I Count of Kennemerland) of WEST FRIESLAND (AKA Dirk I, of
Holland), b. c899 Abdijkerk, Holland, d. ABT 0939, Egmond-Binnen, Noord
Holland, Holland. Occupation: Royalty. Married: Geva (Gerberge),
(Countss of Kennemerland) of Hamalant and possibly Vermandois, b. Abt.
903 (d/o Maginhard, Duke of Friesland and Reginhilde von Haithhabu – d/o
Gottfried Eriksson, King of Haithhabu and Gisela, Princess of
Lorraine). Dietrich I was the son of Gerulf III
Wickmann I
Count) of GHENT, von Hamalant (AKA Wichmann (Wieman) of GAND, Graf of
Ghent), b. Abt. 920, Ghent, Flanders, Holland, Belgium, d. Abt. 983.
Married: Abt. 955, Luitgard de Flanders, b. Abt. 941, d. 29 Sep 964 (d/o
Arnold (Arnolph Earnwulf Arnulf,) I de FLANDERS (FLEMING), `the Great';
`the Old'; Count of Flanders and Alice (Alix Adele Adelaide) de
VERMANDOIS). Wickmann I was the son of Dietrich I.
Theodoric de
GAND, aka Thierry (Count) of GHENT, b. Abt. 956, d. 18 Sep 993. Married:
Abt. 983, Hildegarde de HOLAND (BURGUNDY), b. Abt. 956 (d/o Dietrich
(Thierry) II (Count) of WEST FRIESLAND, aka Dirk (Count) de HOLAND;
Theoderich II; of WEST FRISIA and Hildegarde (Countess) de FLANDERS.
Theodoric de Gand is the son of Wickman I.
Arnoul/Arnulf/Arnold
de GAND, b. Abt. 984, Ghent, Flanders, d. 18 Sep 993 (killed). Married:
(1) N. N. Married: Abt. 998 (2) Lietgarde de CLEVES et Luxembourg, b.
Abt. 987, Bruxelles, Belgium, d. 14 May 1005 (d/o Siegfried de
Luxembourg and Hedwig de Alsace et Nordgau). Arnulf de Gand is the son
of Theodoric de Gand.
Adalbert de Gand (Count of Gand), b.
c0996, Ghent, Hainault, Flanders, France (now Belgium), d. Abt. 1034
(age 38). Occupation: Royalty. Married: c1020: Ermengarde le Blount de
FLANDERS, b. Abt. 1007, Gand, East Viaanderen, Belgium, d. Abt. 1071
(d/o Baldwin IV, “le Blount”, “Barbatus le Barbu”, “Fair Beard” de
Flanders and Ogive de Luxembourg). Adalbert de Gand is the son of Arulf
de Gand.
Ralph I, de Gand/Gaunt/Gant (Lord of Alost, Ghent),
(AKA Ralph `the Advocate'; Seigneur de FLANDERS; Herr von AALST),
(Advocate of St. Peter’s Church), b. c1022, Flanders, Normandy, France,
d. Aft. 1058, Aalst Sint-Pieter, Ghent, Belgium. Married: Abt. 1040 and
Gisele de Luxembourg (AKA Gisela d' ARDENNES), b. c1025, Luxembourg,
Belgium, d. 1058, buried Chapel of St. Lawrence, Ghent, Flanders,
Belgium (d/o Frederic II, de Luxembourg, Count of Luxembourg, Duke of
Lower Lothringan and Gerberge de Boulogne, or, Ermentrude de Gleiberg).
Ralph I de Gand is the son of Adalbert de Gand.
Gilbert I, de
(GANT) GAUNT (Lord of FOLKINGHAM), b. c1048 Alost, Flanders, Belgium, d.
1095, Folkingham, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. Married c1074 Alice de
Montfort, b. c1042 Montfort-Sur-Risle, France, d. Aft. 1091 (d/o Hugh
II de Montfort, Warden of Dover Castle, Constable of England and Alice
de Beaufou). Alice first married: Abt. 1069, Thurstan de Brastenburg, b.
Abt. 1040, England (s/o Rollo Thurston Brico, 1st Duke of Normandy and
Gerlotte de Blois). He probably arrived in England 1066, and served as
commander in York, 1068, where he was taken prisoner by the Danes the
following year. He was a tenant-in-chief and one of the largest
landholders in Lincolnshire in 1086. He also had considerable estates in
Yorkshire and lands in other counties, and held the Constableship (A
medieval officer of high rank, usually serving as military commander in
the absence of a monarch, similar to a modern General) at one time. The
Montfort family was with William the Conqueror in the Norman Invasion of
England. Gilbert was also at the Battle of Hastings with William.
Gilbert de Gand I, is the son of Ralph I de Gand.
Walter de
Gaunt (Baron of Folkingham), b. 1080 Folkingham, Bourne, Lincolnshire,
England, d. c1139 Folkingham, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. Married
Abt. 1111 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England: Matilda (Maud) Penthievre
de Brittany, b. 1090 Bretagne, France (d/o Stephen I, Count of Brittany
and Hawise de Guincamp). Walter became a member of Henry I council. And
later became a monk. He founded the priory at Bridlington, ca 1114, and
was a member of Henry I's Council in 1121/22, and Sep 1131. He was at
Stephen's Easter court 1136, and fought at the battle of Standard in
1138. In addition to Gilbert, his son and successor, he had sons Robert,
Baldwin, and Geoffrey. It should be noted that Ancestral Roots states
that Walter married Maud/Matilda "by 1120" the latter date being given
by Complete Peerage as the approximate date of birth of their heir,
Gilbert. Chronologically, Agnes de Gaunt, shown as first child was
likely not their daughter; Douglas Richardson believes Agnes is more
likely to be either Walter's daughter by an earlier, unknown first wife,
or Walter's sister, and that this issue needs further research. Maud’s
uncle, Bodin held Ravensworth, Mickleton, Romandkirk, etc., in Domesday
Book 1086. Walter de Gand is the son of Gilbert de Gand I.
Robert de Gaunt, (Lord of Folkingham), b. c1130 Folkingham,
Lincolnshire, England, d. c1191. Married 1153 (1) Gunnora
D’Aubigny/Gournay/Gurney/Albini, b. c1132, Belvoir Castle,
Leicestershire, England (d/o Ralph D’Aubigny and Sibila de Valognes).
Married 1158 (2) Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England, Alice Paynell, b.
1137, Hooton, Pagnell, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, d. 1178
Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England (d/o William Paynel and Unknown
D’Avranches or, Maud de Surdeval). Robert de Gaunt is the son of Walter
de Gand.
Sir, Gilbert de Gaunt III, b. 1180, d. Jan 1242.
Married 1201 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England (s/o Robert de Gaunt and
Gunnora D’Aubigny). Married: Alice Albinaco, b. 1182 Naburn, Yorkshire,
England. Sir, Gilbert de Gaunt III is the son of Robert de Gaunt.
Sir, Gilbert de Gaunt IV, (Constable of Scarborough Castle), b. Abt.
1205, Healaugh, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England, d. 5 Jan 1274,
Folkingham, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; buried: Bridlington Priory,
East Riding, Yorkshire, England. Married Abt. 1242 Julienne, b. Abt.
1220. Sir, Gilbert de Gaunt IV is the son of Sir, Gilbert de Gaunt III.
Sir, Gilbert de Gaunt V, b. Abt. 1250, d. 17 Mar 1298. Married
Lora/Laura (Lorette) de Baillol, b. Bef 1274 (d/o Henry de Baliol and
Lora de Valoines). No known children. Sir, Gilbert de Gaunt V, was the
son of Sir, Gilbert de Gaunt IV.
Source: Genealogy Gant
