Ralph III deToeni 
Ralph III was born in Flamstead,Herefordshire,England. Ralph III's father was Roger D'Espagne de Toeni and his mother was Godeheut Borrell de Barcelona. His paternal grandparents were Seigneur Ralph II de Toeni and deBayeux; his maternal grandparents were Count Raimund I Borrel de Barcelona and Ermesinde De Carcassonne. He had a brother and a sister, named Robert and Adeliza\Alice. He had a half-brother named Ralph III de Toeni. He was buried in ConCheshire,Seine-et-Marne,France.General Notes
He was banner-bearer of the Normans, and in 1050 was at the Duke's court. In 1054 he participated in the victory over the French at Mortemer, and was sentby William to alarm the King of France with the news. About 1060 he, Hugh de Grandmesnil and Ernald d'Echauffour were deprived of their inheritances and banished. In revenge he and Ernald burned the town of St. Evroul, but in 1063 theywere recalled and their lands restored. He was summoned to a council upon the death of Edward the Confessor and the coronation of Harold as King of England, and he fought at the Battle of Hastings.
He established his residence at Flamsted, Hertfordshire, but was given estates in many counties. About 1078 he supported Robert Curthose against the King, and in 1080 he went on pilgrimage to Spain, returning to give gifts to the abbey of St. Evroul. In 1081 he was with theKing at Winchester; after William's death in 1087 he was one of the Norman nobles who expelled royal garrisons from their castles. In 1088 he served in the war against Maine. When his wife angered her sister-in-law, the Count of Evreuxlaid seige against Conches; this was broken with the help of adherents of William Rufus. After the death of Rufus he and the Count of Evreux invaded the Countof Meulan's barony of Beaumont in August 1100, in retaliation for intrigues with the king against them. Complete Peerage by Cokayne
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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.0863 d.0912
- b.0890 in Calvacamp, Neustria d.UNKNOWN
- b.0955 in Tosni, Eure, France d.0975
- b.0970 in Toeni, Eure, France d.1045 in Belvoir, Leicestershire, England
- b.1015 in Guerny,Eure,Normandy,France d.31 May 1038 in ConCheshire,Eure,France
- b.~ 0970 in Bayeux,Calvados,Normandie,France
- b.Bet. 1025 - 1030 in Flamstead,Herefordshire,England d.24 Mar 1101/1102
- b.0972 d.25 Feb 1017/1018
- b.1010 d.1079
- b.~ 0972 in Barcelona,Spain d.1057
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They had a son named Ralph IV.
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Children
Ralph IV de Toeni
Ralph IV was born in 1078 in Flamstead,Hertfordshire,England. He died at the age of 48 in 1126 in Flamstead,Hertfordshire,England.
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