Margaret Gras

Female - Aft 1246


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  • Name Margaret Gras 
    Birth England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 1246  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I46974  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2017 

    Father William Gras   d. Bef 1219, (England) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother FNU Marshal,   b. ~ 1150 
    Marriage Y  [3
    Family ID F18234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sir Ralph Somery, Baron Dudley,   b. ~ 1151, Dudley in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~ 1211, North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1194  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Children 
     1. Joan Somery,   b. ~1191   d. 22 May 1276, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years)
     2. Sir Roger Somery, Knight, Lord Dudley,   b. ~30 Dec 1194, Dinas Castle, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 26 Aug 1273, Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
    Family ID F17251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

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  • Notes 
    • Margaret Gant formerly Gras aka Somery
      Born [date unknown] in England [uncertain]
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Daughter of William Gras and Unknown (Marshal) Gras
      [sibling(s) unknown]
      Wife of Ralph (Somery) de Somery — married before 1194 [location unknown]
      Wife of Maurice (Gant) de Gant — married 1221 in Worcestershire, England
      DESCENDANTS descendants
      Mother of Roger (Somery) de Somery Knt
      Died after 12 Jun 1247 in England

      Biography

      Margaret Le Gras, wife of (1) Ralph de Somery and (2) Sir Maurice Gant, is the daughter of ____(Unknown) Marshal and William Le Gras.[1]
      Father William le Gras, Seigneur de Soulangy, Seneschal of Mortain & Normandy[2] d. bt 1210 - 1219
      Margaret le Gras married Sir Ralph de Somery, Baron Dudley, son of Sir John de Someri and Hawise Paganel, before 1194.[1]
      They had 3 sons (Ralph; William Percival; & Sir Roger) & 2 daughters (Joan, wife of Thomas de Berkeley; & Isabel, wife of Sir Alan de Englefield).[3]
      Sir Ralph de Somery died shortly after Michaelmas 1210.[1]
      Margaret (le Gras) Somery married Sir Maurice de Gant, son of Robert FitzRobert and Avice de Gant, before 1220; No issue. [1]
      Sir Maurice de Gant died on the expedition to Poitou in the summer of 1230.[1]
      Margaret le Gras died after 14 June 1247.[1]
      Family 1
      Sir Ralph de Somery, Baron Dudley b. c 1151, d. c 1211
      Children
      Isabel de Somery b. c 1185
      Joane de Somery b. c 1196, d. 22 May 1276
      William Percival de Somery
      Ralph de Somery b. c 1199, d. b 1220
      Sir Roger de Somery b. c 1208, d. c 26 Aug 1273
      Family 2
      Sir Maurice de Gant (no issue)
      Research Notes

      She is not the daughter John Fitz Gerald The Marshal and his wife Sybilla Evreux.[1] They are her grandparents.[1]

      Please see the recent G2G question on her parentage.

      In the 2013 Royal Ancestry Vol. IV page 671, Richardson states this persons name was Margaret (or Margery) le Gras, daughter of William le Gras. Her maternal grandfather was John Fitz Gilbert, the Master Marshal.[4]

      Sources

      ? 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, by Douglas Richardson, Vol IV, page 39-40 and page 671
      ? Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 39-40
      ? Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 64-65.
      ? Royal Ancestry 2013 D. Richardson Vol. IV p. 671-674
      Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), volume IV, page 39 - 40 and volume IV page 671 #2
      Marlyn Lewis

      end of biography [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S10153] "Descendants of John (Marshal) FitzGilbert", abstracted, downloaded & published Friday, December 30th, 2016 by David A.

    2. [S11501] "Margaret (Gras) Gant", biography, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gras-53, retrieved, recorded & uploaded to the URL, www.

    3. [S11502] "Margaret Gras", pedigree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gras-53, retrieved, recorded & uploaded to the URL, www.TheHenn.

    4. [S11500] "Ralph (Somery) de Somery (abt. 1151 - abt. 1211)", biography, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Somery-4, retrieved, record.