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| Name |
Gilbert de Gant |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Earl of Lincoln |
| Birth |
1126 [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1156 [2] |
| Person ID |
I48145 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
23 Oct 2019 |
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| Notes |
- Gilbert de Ghent,[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 Ghent Now de Lindsay, Baron of Scotland under King David. (a 3rd son of the Domesday magnate Gilbert de Ghent, Gant being another name for Ghent in Flanders) and Maud of Brittany,[2] a daughter of Stephen, Count of Trâeguier. 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.
Notes
variously, Gand, Gaunt or Ghent
Cawley
Crouch 2000, p. 160
Davis p. 50
Davis p. 135
Dalton, Paul (1994). Conquest, anarchy and lordship : Yorkshire, 1066-1154 (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 175. ISBN 0521450985.
Cawley
References
Crouch, David (2000). The Reign of King Stephen: 1135–1154. Harlow, Essex: Longman Pearson. ISBN 0-582-22657-0.
Davis, R. H. C. (1990). King Stephen, 3rd Edition.
Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands Project: England, Earls created 1138–1143 (v1.2 edition)". Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved 2008-01-21. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher
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