The Staller Ralph
- 10701. The Staller Ralph died between 1068 and 1070 in England. Notes:
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Ralph probably was a Breton or of mixed English & Breton parentage, born by
1011; an officer of English rulers ("dapifer" of Edward the Confessor);
had many lands; Earl of Norfolk & Suffolk or East Angles; probably Baron of
Gael in Brittany from which his son took his name (de Gael or de Guader).
He was alive 2/68 but dead by 4/70.Ralph married Ivry, Emma of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. de Guader, Earl of Norfolk Ralph II died in 1096.
Generation: 2
2. de Guader, Earl of Norfolk Ralph II (1.Ralph1) died in 1096. Notes:
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De Guader or de Gael. Ralph was Norman Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and
Cambridge as well as Lord of Gael in his native land of Brittany. His
inheritance of Gael included more than 40 parishes - he resided in later
life there, though he died while on Crusade with the Duke of Normandy.
However, Encyclopedia Britannica (1956, 16:488) states that Ralph
"forfeited the earldom when he revolted against William in 1075." He is
"probably the son of Ralf, earl of Hereford (or earl of the East Angles),
and Getha, an English heiress, which Ralf was the son of Gode, sister of
Edward the Confessor, by her first husband, Dreu, count of Vexin, Pontoise,
Chaumont and Amiens. {-per M.J.Crispiin's "Falaise Roll," 1938, p. 74 -
this is the father shown for him as #565}. Ralph was a major field
commander for the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, for which he
received the earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk, and part of Cambridge.Ralph married Hereford, Lady Emma of in 1075. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. de Waer, Amice de Montfort died after 1168.
Generation: 3
3. de Waer, Amice de Montfort (2.Ralph2, 1.Ralph1) died after 1168. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: became a nun
Amice married Beaumont, Robert de on Yes, date unknown. Robert (son of de Beaumont, Count of Meulan Robert and de Vermandois, Isabel (aka Elizabeth)) was born in 1104; died on 5 Apr 1168. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Beaumont, Hawise de died on 24 Apr 1197.
- 5. de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester Robert died on 31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo, Greece.
Generation: 4
4. Beaumont, Hawise de (3.Amice3, 2.Ralph2, 1.Ralph1) died on 24 Apr 1197. Notes:
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Parents identified in "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 63-25/6.Hawise married Robert, Earl of Gloucester William Fitz about 1150. William (son of Henry, Robert Fitz and Hammond, Mabel Fitz) died on 23 Nov 1183. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Meullent, C'tess of Gloucester Amicia was born in 1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire; died on 1 Jan 1225.
5. de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester Robert (3.Amice3, 2.Ralph2, 1.Ralph1) died on 31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo, Greece. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Crusader
Notes:
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Robert was 3rd Earl of Leicester, Lord of Hinckley, Breteuil and Paci, and
was on the 2nd Crusade in 1179. He died in Greece on his way home from a
pilgrimage. He was also Stewart of England.Robert married Grantmesnil, Petronella ("Pernel") de about 1155. Petronella (daughter of Grantmesnil, Hugh de II) died on 1 Apr 1212. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children: