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Birth:          ABT 1126 of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
Death:          1156 
Burial:         Priory, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_de_Gant,_Earl_of_Lincoln
Gilbert de Gant,[1] 1st Earl of Lincoln (c. 1126 – 1156) was an English nobleman who 
fought for King Stephen during The Anarchy.

He was the son of Walter de Gant (a son of the Domesday magnate Gilbert de Gant, 
Gant being another name for Ghent in Flanders) and Maud of Brittany,[2] a daughter of 
Stephen, Count of Tréguier. Gilbert was thus a nephew of Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, 
one of King Stephen's commanders. Another uncle, Robert de Gant, was Lord 
Chancellor for King Stephen.[3]

While still fairly young, Gilbert fought on the side of King Stephen at the Battle of 
Lincoln in 1141, where he was captured along with the king.[4] He was then 
compelled to marry Rohese de Clare, daughter of Richard de Clare and Adeliza de 
Meschines, and a niece of Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester.

In 1149 or 1150 the king created him Earl of Lincoln as a rival to William de Roumare, 
who had gone over to the side of Empress Matilda.[5] Evidence suggests that in the 
period 1149-1151, Stephen almost lost control of Yorkshire and that the only magnates 
in Yorkshire who openly supported him at the time were Gilbert de Gant and his 
brother Robert.[6]

He and Rohese had only one child, a daughter, Alice de Gant, who married Simon III 
de Senlis, son of Simon II de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton.[7]

He founded Rufford Abbey c. 1148 in Nottinghamshire, England.

Parents
DE GAUNT Walter (ABT 1080 - 1139)
DE BRITTANY Maud (Matilda) (ABT 1092 - )

Siblings
DE GAUNT Alice (ABT 1112 - )
DE GAUNT ----- (ABT 1120 - )
DE GAUNT Robert (ABT 1122 - 1191)
DE GAUNT Gilbert (ABT 1126 - 1156)

Marriage To DE CLARE Rohese (1120 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE CLARE Richard Fitz Gilbert (ABT 1084 - 15 Apr 1136)
LE MESCHIN Alice (Adeliza) (ABT 1094 - AFT 1142)

Children by DE CLARE Rohese 1120 - 
DE GAUNT Alice (ABT 1140 - 1185)

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