Gilbert deGant 
Gilbert was born in 1059 in Flanders, France. Gilbert's father was Count Baldwin VI deArtois and his mother was Richilda Countess of Hainault & Namur. His paternal grandparents were Count Baldwin V Count of Flanders and Princess Adela Capet Princess of France; his maternal grandparents were Rainer V Count of Hainault and Mathilde de Verdun. He had a brother named Baldwin II Count of. He was the younger of the two children. He had two half-brothers named Baldwin II Count of and Gilbert. He died at the age of 72 in 1131.General Notes
Gilbert accompanied his uncle, William the Conqueror, into England andparticipated in the triumph at Hastings, obtained a grant of the lands ofthe Danish proprietor, named Tour, with numerous lordships. Gilberthappened to be at York anno 1069 and had a narrow escape when the Danes,in great force, on behalf of Edgar the Aetheling (Prince of the Saxonsand brother of Margaret, wife of Malcolm, King of Scotland), entered themouth of the Humber, and marching on that city committed lamentabledestruction by fire and sword, there being more than 3,000 Normans slain.He married Alice de Montfort, daughter of Hugh de Montfort.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0940 in Flanders, France d.01 Nov 0992
- b.0970 d.30 Mar 0997
- b.0955 d.25 May 1008
- b.0968 in Flanders, France d.30 May 1036 in Flanders, France
- b.0910 in Italy d.06 Jul 0966 in Bamberg
- b.0950 in Luxembourg d.26 Jan 1002/1003 in Gent, Belgium
- b.0930 in Tuscany d. in Bamburg
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.0930 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0955 in Moselgau, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.1012
- b.1004 d.21 Feb 1029/1030 in Flanders, France
- b.0924 in Kinzig, Hessen, Germany d.UNKNOWN
- b.0968 in Gleiberg, Germany d.UNKNOWN
- b.0940 in Avalgau, Germany
- b.1032 d.1098
- b.0939 in Paris,Seine,France d.Aug 0996 in Paris,Isle de France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans,France d.20 Jul 1031 in Melun,France
- b.0952 in Germany d.1004
- b.1010 d.1079 in Monastere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.0921 d.1006
- b.0945 in Toulouse, France
- b.0923 d.0950
- b.0973 in Toulouse, France d.1032 in Melun, France
- b.0904 d.0961
- b.0948 in Anjou, France
- b.0913 d.0952
- b.1059 in Flanders, France d.1131
- b.0868 d.0932
- b.0892 d.0971
- b.0874
- b.0955 d.1013
- b.0904 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0929 d.1013
- b.0996 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0897 in Paris, France d.16 Jun 0956 in deurdan, Dourdan, France
- b.0938 in Paris, Seine, France d.24 Oct 0996 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.0922 d.10 May 0965 in Aachen, Rheinland, Germany
- b.0972 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0915 d.03 Apr 0963
- b.0945 d.1004
- b.0917 d.14 Oct 0962
- b.1033 d.15 Mar 1086/1087
- b.0992 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1017
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They had a son named Walter.
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Children
Walter deGaunt
Walter was born in 1080 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. He died at the age of 59 in 1139.
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