Généalogie and Heritage

Source: Copy of Gislebert de Gand History

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Titre Copy of Gislebert de Gand History

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GILBERT de Gant Lord Folkingham

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GILBERT de GANT b 1052 and Alice de Montfort b 1050




Generation 24

Gilbert de Gant , born 1052 in Alost, Flandre Orientale, Belgium; died 1095; buried 1095 in Bardney, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, son of Radulf van Gent and Gisla of Luxembourg . He married Alice de Montfort , born 1050 in Montfort-Sur-, Risle, France, daughter of Hugh de Monfort (Count) and Alice de Beauffou

Gilbert (died 1095) later took his surname from having been born in Ghent. He came to England after the Conquest, and married Alice, daughter and heiress of Hugh II de Montfort . They the following children:

Hugh
Walter de Gant or Gaunt
Robert de Gant, Lord Chancellor of England under King Stephen
Emma, married Alan de Percy
Agnes, who married William FitzNigel, lord of Halton
Gilbert was a nephew of William the Conqueror and it is said he fought at the Battle of Hastings with his uncle.