Gilbert de Gant

Gilbert de Gant (Giselbert de Gand, Ghent, Gaunt)[1] (c.1040 1095) was the son of Ralph, Lord of Aalst near Ghent, and Gisele of Luxembourg, the sister-in-law of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders. Gilbert de Gant was a kinsman of Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror. He had two brothers, Baldwin and Ralph. Gilbert of Ghent is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having been given titles of 172 English manors (most in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire) but also within 14 shires where there were estates including York, Derby, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire.[2]

Gilbert de Gant was a commander with William Malet when the city of York was put to the torch on 19 September 1069.[3] Gilbert died about 1095 being buried at Bardney Abbey near Lincoln City. He had married Alice de Montfort-sur-Risle in about 1071 and had numerous children amongst whom were Walter de Gant (father of Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln), Gilbert, Hugh, Robert (Lord Chancellor), Ralph, Henry, Emma and Agnes.

Notes

    1. "Gislebert (Gant) de Gand (abt. 1048 -1095)". WikiTree. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
    2. Domesday Map online British Museum
    3. Dalton 2002

    References

    • Dalton, Paul (2002). Conquest, anarchy, and lordship : Yorkshire, 1066-1154. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52464-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Oksanen, Eljas (13 September 2012). "Flemish immigration to England". Flanders and the Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1216. Cambridge University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-521-76099-7. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
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