Walter De Gant 
Walter was born about 1087 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. Walter's father was Gilbert De Gant and his mother was Alix De Montfort. His paternal grandparents were I Rodolph and Gisèle De Luxembourg; his maternal grandparents were Hugh II De Montfort and Alice De Beauffoe. He had a brother and a sister, named Hugh IV and Agnes. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died in 1139 in Bardney, Lincolnshire, England.General Notes
Walter de Gant, a person of great valour and piety, at an advanced age commanded a brave regiment of Flemings and Normans in the celebrated conflict with the Scots and Northallerton, in Yorkshire, known in history as the Battle of the Standard,"where," says Dugdale, "by his eloquent speech and prudent conduct, the whole army received such encouragement as that the Scots were utterly vanquished." He m. Maud, of Brittany, and had issue, Gilbert, his heir, Robert, and Geffrey. He d. in 1138 and was s. by his eldest son, Gilbert de Gant. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 227, Gant, Earls of Lincoln]
Walter de Gant, a person of great valour and piety, at an advanced age commanded a brave regiment of Flemings and Normans in the celebrated conflict with the Scots and Northallerton, in Yorkshire, known in history as the Battle of the Standard,"where," says Dugdale, "by his eloquent speech and prudent conduct, the whole army received such encouragement as that the Scots were utterly vanquished." He m. Maud, of Brittany, and had issue, Gilbert, his heir, Robert, and Geffrey. He d. in 1138 and was s. by his eldest son, Gilbert de Gant.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.5 Jun 988
- b.~ 0963 in Ghent d.18 Sep 993
- b.0934 d.10 Apr 990
- d.1032
- b.~ 0922 d.28 Oct 998
- b.~ 0963 d.14 May 1005
- d.13 Dec 992
- d.> 1056
- b.Dec 0961 d.30 Mar 987
- b.~ 0980 in Flanders
- b.~ 0955 d.26 Jan 1001-1002
- b.Bet 984 and 995
- b.~ 1048 in Folkingham, Lincoln, England d.1095 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
- d.15 Aug 988
- b.~ 0922 d.28 Oct 998
- b.~ 0965 d.06 Oct 1019
- b.~ 0915 d.18 Dec 966
- d.13 Dec 992
- d.14 May 1005
- d. in Saint-Peter's Abbey, Ghent, Gelderland, Belgium
- b.~ 0895 d.2 Dec 949
- b.~ 0895 d.> 0943
- d.0998
- b.~ 0925
- d.~ 0995
- b.~ 1087 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England d.1139 in Bardney, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1010
- b.~ 1038
- b.~ 0954
- b.~ 0984
- b.~ 1014
- b.~ 0955
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France d.< 0940
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He had a biological daughter named Alice.
Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
They had a son and two daughters, named Robert, Agnes and Daughter Of Walter.
Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
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