William de Percy , Lord of Topcliffe, Sir 
William de was born in 1112 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England. William de's father was Alan "The Great Alan" de Percy , Sir and his mother was Emma de Gant. His paternal grandparents were William "Whiskers" de Percy , Sir and Emma de Port; his maternal grandparents were Gilbert de Gant , Lord of Folkingham and Alice Countess de Montfort. He had a brother named Walter de. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 62 in 1174 in Sallay, Craven, Yorkshire, England (dspml).General Notes
William; fought on King Stephen's side at the Battle of the Standard 1138 against the invading Scots under David I; founded Sallay Abbey Jan 1147/8, having presented the Abbey with lands for its upkeep and a site for its physical construction; probably founded also Stainfield Priory, Lincs, and made gifts to Byland and Fountains Abbeys, at the latter of which he was later buried; married 1st Alice or Adelaide de Tonbridge (died between 1148 and c1166), probably daughter of Richard FitzGilbert de (Lord of) Clare by Alice, sister of Ranulph, Earl of Chester; married 2nd c1166, as her 2nd of three husbands, Sibyl de Vaognes (died in or after 1212), widow of Robert de Ros, and dspml by Easter 1175. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1005 in Percy-en-Auge, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1030 in Percy-en-Auge, Calvados, Normandy, France d.1096 in Montjoie near Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.1069 in Percy-en-Auge, Calvados, Normandy, France d.<Dec 1135
- b.~ 1030 in Port-en-Bessin, Calvados, Normandy, France d.> 1066 in Seamer, Scarborough, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1049 in Seamer, Scarborough, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.1112 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England d.1174 in Sallay, Craven, Yorkshire, England (dspml)
- b.1022 in Ghent, Flanders now Belgium d.> 1058
- b.~ 1048 in Ghent, Flanders now Belgium d.~ 1095 in Folkingham, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1010 in Luxemburg d.> 1058 in Chapel of St Lawrence, Ghent, Flanders now Belgium
- b.~ 1075 in Folkingham, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England d.1135
- b.1020 in Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France d.~ 1066
- b.1050 in Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.1033 in Beauffou, Normandy, France
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William de and Sybil de were married in a religious ceremony about 1166 in 2nd husband 2nd wife.
William de and Adeliza de were married in a religious ceremony in 1st wife. They had a daughter named Agnes de.
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Children
Agnes de Percy
Agnes de was born in 1134 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England. She died before October 13th, 1204 in Petworth, Sussex, England.
William de and Mistress were married in a religious ceremony in No Marriage. They had a daughter named Emma de.
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