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GANT

(GHENT later GAUNT)

[BOUL281] Count Adalolf of Flanders

. [GANT311] Seigneur Ralph d'Alost m. ---

. . [GANT321] Seigneur Baldwin d'Alost m. ---

. . . [GANT331] Seigneur Ralph d'Alost et de Gisle m. [LUXE324] Gisele de Luxembourg

. . . . [GANT341] Gilbert I de Gant m. [MONB342] Dame Alice de Montfort-sur-Risle

. . . . . [GANT354] Walter de Gaunt m. [RICH364] Maud de Richmond

. . . . . . [GANT361] Robert de Gaunt m. Gunnora de Gourney

. . . . . . . [GANT371] Gilbert de Gaunt m. Alice d'Albini

. . . . . . . . [GANT381] Gilbert de Gaunt m. ---

. . . . . . . . . [GANT392] Nichole de Gaunt m. [MAUL481] Lord Piers Mauley

. . . . . [GANT353] Emma de Gant m. [PERX341] Baron Alan de Percy of Topcliffe

Some of these details conflict with those described under dir

34.  [GANT311] Ralph (son of [BOUL281] Count Aethelwulf, see BOULOGNE COUNTY), Seigneur d'Alost. died 962.

33.  [GANT321] Baldwin, Seigneur d'Alost.

32.  [GANT331] Ralph de Gant, Seigneur d'Alost et de Gisle (1031-52), married [LUXE324] Gisele de Luxembourg (see LUXEMBOURG (HOUSE OF THE MOSELLE) COUNTY).

30. [GANT341] Gilbert I de Gant (born at Alost, Flanders, c.1048, son of Ralph, but was alternatively said to be younger son of Robert, Lord of Alost near Ghent, and was also said to be brother-in-law of Queen Matilda's sister). He married (c.1071) [MONB342] Dame Alice (daughter of Hugh II, see MONTFORT-SUR-RISLE). Gilbert had lands in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire, and was castellan of York Castle (1068) with William malet and Robert FitzRichard, and was captured there by the Danes (1069). He died c.1095.

[GANT352] Agnes (daughter of Gilbert I) married [FNIG351] William FitzNigel (see FITZNIGEL).

[GANT351] Hugh de Gant (eldest son of Gilbert), married [BEAM364] Adeline de Beaumont (daughter of [BEAM351] Earl Robert, see LEICESTER (BEAUMONT) EARLDOM), and afterwards became Hugh IV of Montfort.

26.  [GANT354] Walter de Gaunt (born 1087, younger son of Gilbert I), married [RICH364] Maud de Richmond (daughter of Count Stephen, see RICHMOND EARLDOM). He died 1139.

25.  [GANT361] Robert de Gaunt (born 1122), married Gunnora de Gourney (of disputed origin). He died 1191.

24.  [GANT371] Gilbert de Gaunt married Alice d'Alibini.

23.  [GANT381] Gilbert de Gaunt.