William LE ZOUCHE 
William was born in 1214. William's father was Sheriff Roger Of Devonshire LE ZOUCHE and his mother was Margaret DE BEAUMONT. His paternal grandparents were Earl Alan Of Brittany LE ZOUCHE and Alice DE BELMEIS. He had a brother and a sister, named Alan II Of the Northampton Castle and Loretta.General Notes
in 1136, Gruffydd ap Rhys, under attack in Gower, hurried intoNorth wales to obtain assistance from his brothers-in-law. Hiswife, meanwhile, "Like an Amazon and a second Penthesilea",Commanded his followers in the south. She was slain in battle byMaurice of London, Lord of Kidwelly. Morgan, one of her youthfulsons, perished with her, and the second, Maelgwn, was takenprisoner. But Owain and Cadwaladr, sons of Gruffydd Ap Cynan,now came down from the north, destroyed Aberstwith Castle, andin the second week of Oct. they fought along with Gruffydd ApRhys a great battle near Aberteivi(Cardigan), in which thry wona decided victory over Stephen, constable of Aberteivi and "Allthe Flemings, all the marchers, and all the French from Aberneddto Aberteivi"
Daughter of the royal house of Gwynedd and the royal house ofthe Scandinavians of Dublin.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1056 d.1094
- b.1087 in Rohan, Brittanny, France
- b.1112 in Rohan, Brittanny, France
- b.1070 d.1148
- b.1094 in Bretagne, Indre, France
- b.1072
- b.1136 in Harringworth, Northamptonshire d.1190
- b.1030
- b.1112
- b.1036
- b.1116
- b.1043 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1109 in Anjou, France
- b.1078
- b.1060
- b.1166
- b.1140
- b.1070 d.~ 1128
- b.1072 in Gernon Castle, France d.1130
- b.1074 d.1130
- b.1095 in Gernon Castle, France
- b.1056
- b.1078 d.1154
- b.1214
- b.1179
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