[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
Horace Round writes: " Grandson of a Count of Barcelona,
stepson of a Count of Evreux, son-in-law of Simon de Montfort,
brother-in-law of the Earl of Hertford, and Father-in-law of a
King of Jerusalem, Ralf was no ordinary Baron.
The Tosny (Tony, Toeni) family was a very important one
originating in France. Hugh de Tosny, archbishop of Rouen, was
the source of their fortune. Roger I de Tosny fought the
Muselmans in Catalogne. Robert de Toeni was on the list of
companions of William the Conqueror at Hastings and was lord of
Stafford with the possessions of seven earls. His brothers,
Roger II and Beranger, also
had considerable domains. The former (Roger II) was builder of
Clifford castle (Herefordshire). Their sister, Alice, married
William, son of Osborn. The following generation Ralph III
married the daughter of Walthof, the sister of Baldwin, earl of
Boulogne. In 1204, the Tosnys, like the Bohons, supported John
and lost their lands in Normandy.