Agnes De Gaunt 
Agnes was born about 1105 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England.1 Agnes' father was Walter De Gaunt and her mother was Matilda De Bretagne. She had a brother and a sister, named Robert De and Alice. She was the oldest of the three children.General Notes
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Agnes de Gaunt; m. William de Mohun, adult by 1131, d. i
n o r before 1155, Earl of Somerset, held barony of Dunster
, S o merset, son of Sir William de Mohun, d. after 1190, l
or d of Dunster, Somerset, Sheriff of Somerset 1084 & 1086
, b y his wife Adeliz. The proof of Agnes de Gaunt's identi
ty i s the manor of Whichford, co. Warwick, a Gaunt famil
y prope rty, which she received in her maritagium. Agnes an
d her hu sba nd William de Mohun later gave the church at W
hichfor d to B ridlington Priory, which priory was founde
d by Agnes ' fathe r, Walter de Gaunt. [Ancestral Roots]
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He [William de Moion] married Agnes, daughter of Walt
e r D E GANT. He d. probably in or before 1155. Stephen di
d n ot r ecognise his Earldom, and as Henry II did not gra
n t a new c harter to William or his son, the Earldom of So
me rset (so f ar as it existed) lapsed at or before his dea
th . [Complet e Peerage XII/1:37-9, (transcribed by Dave Ut
zin ger)]
They had a son named William III.
Family Notes
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Children
William III De Mohun
William III was born before 1121 in Dunster, Somersetshire, England.1 He died in 1176 in Bruton Priory, Somersetshire, England.1
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