Gilbert de Gant - Greybeard's Ghosts

Commentary

Cockyne (VII, page 672) says "Gilbert, father of Walter, is said to have been 2nd son of Ralph de Gant, Lord of Alost, circa 1038-1056 (A. Duchesne, Maison de Gand, p.111). Phair and Sherman agree with Cockyne.

Weis places him as the son of Rudolph, Lord of Aalst, which is probably that same as Ralph.

Charles Cawley: "A manuscript genealogy of the Gant family names “Giselbertus de Gaunt, filius Baldwini comitis de Flandria” when recording that he accompanied “Willielmo conquestore avunculo suo” to England. Flemish primary sources do not confirm that Gilbert was the son of Baudouin Count of Flanders. However, it would be chronological consistent if he was the same person as Giselbert, son of Rudolf van Gent, although the primary source which confirms that this is correct has not yet been identified. "

Charles Cawley places him as the son of Ralph de Gent and Gisela de Luxembourg.

Charles Cawley does not list a daughter Agnes

G.A. Moriarty, 'The ancestry of Gilbert de Gant', The American Genealogist, 34:39-40 (1958).

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Father	Ralph de Gant, Lord of Alost (e995->1057) [S756] [S775:VII.672] [S3202]	research
Mother	Gisela de Luxembourg (e996-) [S756] [S3202]	research
Spouse	Alix de Montfort Dame de Montfort-sur-Risle (e1043-)
Child +	Walter de Gaunt (e1083-1139) [S775:VII.672] [S925] [S3153] [S3202]	research

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Male
Name	Gilbert de Gant [S756] [S775:VII.672]	research
Name	Gilbert de Gaunt [S756]	research
Name	Gilbert de Ghent [S756]	research
Name	Gilbert van Gent [S905] [S2611]	research
Name	Gilbert de Gand [S3153]	research
Name	Giselbert van Gent [S3202]	research
Father	Ralph de Gant, Lord of Alost (e995->1057) [S756] [S775:VII.672] [S3202]	research
Mother	Gisela de Luxembourg (e996-) [S756] [S3202]	research
Title	Lord of Folkingham [S905]	research

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Evidence
Birth	est 1029 (1023-1036)
Living	1056	[S3202]	research
Flourished	1066	[S756] probably arrived in England	research
Military	1068	Yorkshire, England [S756] [S775:VII.672] Commander in York	research
Military	1069	Yorkshire, England [S756] [S775:VII.672] was taken prisoner by the Danes	research
Flourished	1086	Lincolnshire, England [S756] was tenant-in-chief and one of the largest landholders	research
Flourished	1086	[S775:VII.672] was a tenant-in-chief and one of the largest landholders in Lincolnshire	research
Death	abt 1095	[S756] [S775:VII.672] [S905] [S3202]	research

Sources

Index	Title
[S756]	Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England before 1700, 7th Ed." (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999).
[S775]	George Cokayne, "Complete Peerage" (https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE83409).
[S905]	Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Normandy: Alencon, Evereux, Meulan, Perche)" (2006-7 (v1.1 Updated 02 March 2007)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMANDY NOBILITY.htm).
[S2611]	Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Normandy: Aumale, Rouen, Eu )" (v4.2 Updated 30 May 2018) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normacre.htm).
[S3153]	Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Brittany - Cornouaille, Penthievre )" (v4.3 Updated 17 Apr 2023) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/brittcope.htm).
[S3202]	Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Flanders: Nobility)" (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLEMISH NOBILITY.htm).