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Birth:          ABT 1048 of Alost, Flanders
Death:          1094 
Burial:         Bardney Abbey, Lincolnshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_de_Gant
Gilbert de Gaunt (de Gant, deGent, de Ghent etc.) c.1040 – 1095 was the son of 
Ralph, Lord of Aalst near Ghent, and Gisele of Luxembourg who had an older brother 
(in law) named Baldwin, and another named Ralph. This Gilbert de Ghent was a 
kinsman of William the Conqueror the first King of England of the House of Normandy, 
who defeated the native Harold II at The Battle of Hastings in 1066. Gilbert of Ghent 
is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 having been given titles of 172 English 
manors (most in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire) but also within 14 shires where 
there were estates including York, Derby, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire and 
Cambridgeshire. There are none named Gilbert in England before the conquest 
mentioned in the Domesday book.[1]

Gilbert de Gaunt was a commander (with William Malet) at the 'firing' (the part-
destruction by fire of that city) of York on September 19, 1069.[2] Gilbert de Gaunt 
was based at his home at Folkingham (Castle) and died about 1095 being buried at 
Bardney Abbey near Lincoln City. He was married to Alice de Montford sur Risle in 
about 1071 and had numerous children amongst whom were (Sir) Walter de Gant (who 
had connections with the Lindsey family of Scotland and was the father of Gilbert, Earl 
of Lincoln)[a]; Gilbert, Hugh, Robert (Lord Chancellor), Ralph, Henry, Emma and 
Agnes.

It is from this line that a Gilbert, whose father was Jocelyn (an Anglo-Norman landlord 
under Gilbert de Gaunt),[3] became St. Gilbert of Sempringham, canonised by the 
Roman Catholic Church and Pope Innocent III in 1202, the founder of the only English 
monastic order (for men and for women) in 1148. There were 26 Gilbertarian 'houses' 
throughout England.

Gilbert de Gaunt's mother Gisele of Luxembourg had an older brother also called 
Gilbert and it seems that the name may have derived from her side of the family 
(Gislebertus, Gylberd, Gylbard etc.).

Parents
DE GAND Ralph (ABT 1030 - )
OF LUXEMBOURG Gisele (ABT 1030 - )

Siblings
DE GAND Gilbert (ABT 1048 - 1094)

Marriage To DE MONTFORT Alice (ABT 1050 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE MONTFORT Hugh (ABT 1030 - AFT 1088)
DE BEAUFOUR Alice (ABT 1030 - )

Children by DE MONTFORT Alice ABT 1050 - 
DE MONTFORT Hugh (ABT 1067 - )
DE GAUNT Felia (ABT 1070 - )
DE GAUNT (GANT) Emma (ABT 1071 - BEF 1135)
DE GAUNT Walter (ABT 1080 - 1139)
DE MONTFORD Piers (Peter) (ABT 1085 - )
DE GAND Agnes (ABT 1092 - )

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