Hugh de Lacy

Lace family crest

Hugh was born in 1005 in Laci, Normandy, France.  He died at the age of 45 in 1050.  He was buried on March 27th, 1085 in Hereford, England.

• General Notes

  Lord of Lassy / Lacy, Normandy, France.
  
  See https://www.geni.com/people/NN-possibly-Hugues-or-Hugh-de-Lacy/6000000003040104621
  This lists Hugh de Lacy's birth as 1005 in Laci, Normandy and his death as January 1050 at Wexford, Burrow, Ireland.
  
  Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lacy
  Hugh de Lacy is here listed as c.1020, lord of Lassy (Normandy) to 27 March 1085, Hereford.
  
  Wikipedia says that de Lacy (Laci, Lacie, Lascy, Lacey, Lassey) is the surname of an old Norman family which originated from Lassy, Calvados.  The family took part in the Norman conquest of England and the later Norman invasion of Ireland.  The name is first recorded for Hugh de Lacy (1020–1085).  His sons, Walter and Ilbert, left Normandy and travelled to England with William the Conqueror.  The awards of land by the Conqueror to the de Lacy sons led to two distinct branches of the family: the northern branch, centred on Blackburnshire and west Yorkshire was held by Ilbert's descendants; the southern branch of Marcher Lords, centred on Herefordshire and Shropshire, was held by Walter's descendants.
  
  Until 1361, the northern branch of the family held the great Lordship of Bowland before it passed through marriage to the Duchy of Lancaster.  They were also Barons of Pontefract and later Earls of Lincoln.
  
  The southern branch of the family became substantial landholders in the Lordship of Ireland and was linked to the Scottish royal family; Elizabeth de Burgh, great granddaughter of Walter de Lacy, married Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.

Details of Hugh's family with Emma de Bois-l'Évêque