- 1096
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| Name |
de Guader, Ralph [1] |
| Title |
Earl of Norfolk |
| Suffix |
II |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1096 [1] |
| Cause: on Crusade |
| Notes |
- [dunbar_tree.FTW]
De Guader or de Gael. Ralph was Norman Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and
Cambridge as well as Lord of Gael in his native land of Brittany. His
inheritance of Gael included more than 40 parishes - he resided in later
life there, though he died while on Crusade with the Duke of Normandy.
However, Encyclopedia Britannica (1956, 16:488) states that Ralph
"forfeited the earldom when he revolted against William in 1075." He is
"probably the son of Ralf, earl of Hereford (or earl of the East Angles),
and Getha, an English heiress, which Ralf was the son of Gode, sister of
Edward the Confessor, by her first husband, Dreu, count of Vexin, Pontoise,
Chaumont and Amiens. {-per M.J.Crispiin's "Falaise Roll," 1938, p. 74 -
this is the father shown for him as #565}. Ralph was a major field
commander for the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, for which he
received the earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk, and part of Cambridge.
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| Person ID |
I1135 |
Bratt Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
27 Sep 2015 |
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| Sources |
- [S9] Albert E. Myers, Dunbar family tree.
Date of Import: Mar 1, 2003
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