Walter deGaunt 
Walter was born in 1080 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. Walter's father was Gilbert deGant and his mother was Alice deMontfort. His paternal grandparents were Baldwin VI Count of Flanders & Artois and Richilda Countess of Hainault & Namur; his maternal grandparents were Hugh deMontfort and Alice deBeauffou. He had a sister named Emma. He was the younger of the two children. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Walter, Agne and Filia. He died at the age of 59 in 1139.General Notes
Walter was a person of great valour and piety, who at an advanced agecommanded a brave regiment of Flemings and Normans, in the celebratedconflicts with the Scots at North Allerton in Yorkshire, known in historyas the Battle of the Standard, "where" says Dugdale. "by his eloquentspeech and prudent conduct, the whole army received such encouragement asthat the Scots were utterly vanquished." He married Maud, daughter ofStephen, Earl of Brittany and Richmond, who brought him all of Swaledale.They had Gilbert, who had two daughters who died sine prole, Robert, andGeffrey.
Walter was a person of great valour and piety, who at an advanced age commanded a brave regiment of Flemings and Normans, in the celebrated conflicts with the Scots at North Allerton in Yorkshire, known in history as the Battle of the Standard, "where" says Dugdale. "by his eloquent speech and prudent conduct, the whole army received such encouragement as that the Scots were utterly vanquished." He married Maud, daughter of Stephen, Earl of Brittany and Richmond, who brought him all of Swaledale.They had Gilbert, who had two daughters who died sine prole, Robert, and Geffrey.
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- b.0970 d.30 Mar 0997
- b.0968 in Flanders, France d.30 May 1036 in Flanders, France
- b.0950 in Luxembourg d.26 Jan 1002/1003 in Gent, Belgium
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.0955 in Moselgau, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.1004 d.21 Feb 1029/1030 in Flanders, France
- b.0968 in Gleiberg, Germany d.UNKNOWN
- 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.0945 in Toulouse, France
- b.0973 in Toulouse, France d.1032 in Melun, France
- b.0948 in Anjou, France
- b.1059 in Flanders, France d.1131
- b.0892 d.0971
- b.0955 d.1013
- b.0929 d.1013
- b.0996 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0938 in Paris, Seine, France d.24 Oct 0996 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.0972 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0945 d.1004
- b.1033 d.15 Mar 1086/1087
- b.0992 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1017
- b.1080 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England d.1139
- b.0936 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0962 in Montfort, Sur Risle, France d.1023
- b.0979 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1030 in Montfort, Normandy, France
- b.1060 in Montfort, Normandy, France d.1133
- b.0990
- b.1016 in Beauffou, Normandy, France d.1081
- b.1040 d.1115
- b.0972 in Bayerex, Calvados, France
- b.1020 in Bayerex, Calvados, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.0970 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0996 d.UNKNOWN
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