Lord Walter de Lacy of Meath 
Walter was born in Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England. Walter's father was Baron Hugh de Lacy and his mother is Rohese de Monmouth. His paternal grandfather was Lord Gilbert de Lacy of Meath and his paternal grandmother is Agnes; his maternal grandparents were Badeion de Monmouth and Rohesia FitzGilbert de Clare of Monmouth. He was an only child. He died on February 24th, 1241 in Meath, Ireland.General Notes
HIST: IN THE 10TH YEAR OF RICHARD THE FIRST THE LIONHEART (1199), WALTER DE LACIE PAID 2000 MARKS FOR THE KINGS FAVOR AND TO HAVE LIVERY OVER HIS LANDS. THIS BEING THE LAST YEAR OF RICHARD'S REIGN, THE SUCCESSOR JOHN I 'LACKLAND', DEMANDED AN EXTRA
1000 POUNDS FOR SIMILIAR LIVERY. IN 1208, WALTER SECURED THE DOMINION OF MEATH IN WESTERN IRELAND TO BE HELD BY HIM AND HIS HEIRS FOR THE FEE OF 50 KNIGHTS SERVICE, IN ADDITION TO HIS FEES FOR FINGALL, IN THE VALLEY OF DUBLIN, WHICH WAS SEVEN
KNIGHTS. BUT THREE YEARS LATER, JOHN PASSED THROUGH IRELAND, IN SEARCH OF THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM DE BRAOSE (WALTER'S WIFE WAS A DAUGHTER), FORCED WALTER TO CONCEDE ALL OF HIS HOLDINGS. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BANISHED FROM ENGLAND, BUT RETURNED IN
1215 AND WAS ABLE TO RECLAIM HIS CASTLE OF LUDLOW. THE NEXT YEAR HE RECOVERED ALL HIS LANDS ,EXCEPT FOR DROGHEDA, BY PAYING 4000 MARKS IN FINES. AFTER THIS WE FIND HIM AS THE SHERRIFF OF HEREFORDSHIRE, JOINING IN 1217 WITH GEOFFREY DE MARISCO
(JUSTICE OF IRELAND) AND RICHARD DE BURGH IN SUBDUING THE KING OF CONNACHT, WHO HAD TAKEN UP ARMS TO EXPEL THE ENGLISH FROM HIS TERRITORIES.
HIST: WALTER CONFIRMED TO THE CANONS OF LATHONY ALL THOSE CHURCHES AND LANDS IN IRELAND, GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS FATHER HUGH DE LACIE, INCLUDING THE CHURCH OF DROGHEDA. HE FOUNDED THE ABBEY OF BAUBEE IN IRELAND AND IN NORMANDY THE ABBEY OF BEC.
HIST: IN 1241, WALTER THEN BEING BLIND AND INFIRM, DIED LEAVING HIS POSSESSIONS TO HIS DAUGHTERS. HIS SON GILBERT HAVING BEEN KILLED SEVEN YEARS EARLIER
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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.1020 in Badleslane, Bedfordshire, England d.1066
- b.1050 in Normandy, France
- b.1025/1030 in Linton, Hertfordshire, England
- b.1078/1086 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England d.1120
- b.~ 1022 in Gournay-En-Bray, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1093 in Liseux
- b.1058 in Gourney, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1025 in Evereux, Normandy, France
- b.1104 in Ewias Harold, Herefordshire, England d.1163
- b.ABT 1000/1018 in Laci (Lassy), Vire, Normandie, France
- b.1042 in Laci (Lassy), Vire, Normandie, France d.06 Apr 1085 in St. Guthlac, Herefordshire, England
- b.ABT 1000/1022 in Normandie, France
- b.1082 in Lacy, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1065
- b.ABT 1115/1120 in Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England d.25 Jul 1186 in Durrow, Ireland
- b.1104 in Ewyas Harold, Hereford, England
- b.ABT 1160/1172 in Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England d.24 Feb 1241 in Meath, Ireland
- b.1087 in Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.1112 in Monmouthshire, Wales d.1170
- b.1142
- b.ABT 0980/1000 in Normandy, France d.1040
- b.1024/1035 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France d.1090 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.1114/1117 in Clare, Tonebridge, Cardigan, Wales
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1085 in Thame, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.> 1133
- b.~ 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France d. in France
- b.ABT 1090/1110 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.1149 in England
- b.1010 in Clermont, Oise, France d.> 1098
- b.~ 1030 in Clermont, Oise, France d.1101 in Northamptonshire, England
- b.1010 in Clermont, Oise, France
- b.~ 1058 in Northamptonshire, England d. in England
- b.0998 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.1063
- b.~ 1045 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.~ 1110
- b.~ 1014 in Roucy, Aisne, France d.1063
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‌Walter and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony on November 19th, 1200. They had a son and a daughter, named Gilbert and Egidia.
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Children
Gilbert de Lacy
Gilbert was born about 1206 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. He died in 1234 in Llanthony, , Wales.
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