[Johnson.FTW]
[1144734.FTW]
Custom Field:<_FA#> Norman companion with the William the Conqueror.@@S005967@@li ne 132A pp 116-117living in 1031
Custom Field:<_FA#> Knight of the Swan.@@S0059 67@@line 132A pp 116-117living in 1031
REFN: 5134
[G675.ged]
Horace Round wri tes: " 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 fough t the Muselmans in Catalogne. Robert de
Toeni was on the list of companions o f William the Conqueror at Hastings
and was lord of Stafford with the possess ions of seven earls. His
brothers, Roger II and Beranger, also
had considera ble domains. The former (Roger II) was builder of Clifford
castle (Herefordsh ire). Their sister, Alice, married William, son of
Osborn. The following gene ration 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 t heir lands in Normandy.