Family
ClaimDetailEvidence
SpouseGisela de Luxembourg (e996-) 
Child +Gilbert de Gant (e1029-~1095) [S756] [S775:VII.672] [S3202]
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Attributes
ClaimDetailEvidence
GenderMale
NameRalph de Gant , Lord of Alost [S775:VII.672]
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NameRudolph I, of Aalst [S756]
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NameRudolph I, of Alost [S756]
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NameRalph of Gand [S756]
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NameRalph of Ghent [S756]
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NameRudolf van Gent [S905] [S927] [S3202]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birthest 995 (981-1001)
 
Birth 1031 - 1034France
He was flourishing in 1027
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Title 1036 to 1056Advocate of St. Peter of Ghent [S756]
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Title 1038 to 1056Lord of Aalst (Alost) [S756] [S775:VII.672]
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Living1051 [S3202]
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Deathaft 1057 [S756]
Cawley claims he died in 1052, but was apparently living in 1056.
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Sources
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[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).
[S927] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Luxembourg)" (2006-7 (v1.1 Updated 21 December 2006)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LUXEMBOURG.htm).
[S3202] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Flanders: Nobility)" (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLEMISH NOBILITY.htm).
Note
Aalst is Flemish for Alost.

His is likely descended by one generation from Ralph the Advocate who appeared in the abbey's records in 994. That Ralph was probably the son of Baldwin who occured as advocate there in 962.