Gilbert I de Gant: NH genealogy

Nielsen Hayden genealogy

Abt 1034 - Abt 1095 (~ 61 years)

Generation: 1

Gilbert I de Gant was born about 1034 in of Folkingham, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England (son of Ralph de Gand and Gisela of Luxembourg); died about 1095; was buried in Bardney Abbey, Yorkshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

Alternate birth: 1040, Ghent, Flanders

Notes:

Also called Gilbert de Ghent; Gilbert de Gaunt.

"He probably arrived in England in 1066. He was a commander in York in 1068, and was taken prisoner there by the Danes in 1069. He was a tenant-in-chief and one of the largest landholders in Lincolnshire in 1086." [Royal Ancestry]

Family/Spouse: Alice de Montfort. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Walter de Gant was born in of Folkingham, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1139 in Bardney Abbey, Yorkshire, England.
Emma de Gant died after 1140.

Generation: 2

Ralph de Gand died between 1052 and 1056.

Other Events and Attributes:

Alternate death: Aft 1058

Notes:

Also called Raoul; Ralph de Gant; Ralph of Gand; Ralph of Ghent; Rudolph of Aalst; Rudolph of Alost.

Seigneur d'Alost. Hereditary Advocate or Protector of St. Peter of Ghent.

Possibly son of an Adalbert, said to be a son of Arnulf of Ghent and Luitgard of Luxembourg, but the only source we see for this is Turton's unreliable 1968 Plantagenet Ancestry. No other sources known to us list an Adalbert among the offspring of Arnulf and Luitgard.

Ralph married Gisela of Luxembourg. Gisela (daughter of Frederick I of Luxembourg and (Unknown daughter of Heribert I)) died after 1058; was buried in Chapel of St. Lawrence, Ghent, Flanders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gisela of Luxembourg (daughter of Frederick I of Luxembourg and (Unknown daughter of Heribert I)); died after 1058; was buried in Chapel of St. Lawrence, Ghent, Flanders.

Notes:

According to Peter Stewart on SGM, 12 Feb 2020, her father may have been Frederick of Luxembourg as shown here, or it may have been his brother Giselbert, but in either case her grandparents were Siegfried of Luxembourg and his wife Hedwig.

Children:

1. Gilbert I de Gant was born about 1034 in of Folkingham, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died about 1095; was buried in Bardney Abbey, Yorkshire, England.

Generation: 3

Frederick I of Luxembourg was born in 965 (son of Siegfried of Luxembourg and Hedwig); died on 6 Oct 1019.

Notes:

Possibly Count of Salm & Luxembourg; possibly Count in Hessengau; neither confirmed. The Henry Project identifies him as Advocate of Stavelot-Malmedy, 1004.

Frederick married (Unknown daughter of Heribert I) before 995. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

(Unknown daughter of Heribert I) (daughter of Heribert I of Kinziggau and Ermentrude).

Notes:

Possibly named Ermentrude or Irmentrude.

Children:

3. Gisela of Luxembourg died after 1058; was buried in Chapel of St. Lawrence, Ghent, Flanders.
Imiza of Luxembourg was born about 1000; died after 2 Aug 1055.
Frederick of Luxembourg was born about 1003; died after 1035.
Giselbert of Luxembourg was born about 1007; died on 14 Aug 1059.

Generation: 4

12.

Siegfried of Luxembourg was born between 915 and 920 (son of Wigeric and Cunegonde); died about 998; was buried in Saint-Maximum, Trier, Germany.

Other Events and Attributes:

Alternate death: 28 Oct 998

Notes:

Generally called Count of Luxembourg. The Henry Project lists his actual titles as: Lay-abbot of Echternach 949/950-973; Advocate of Saint-Maximum 981; Count in Moselgau 982.

"He died 27 (or 28) October, probably c. 998." [Royal Ancestry]

Siegfried married Hedwig about 955. Hedwig was born between 935 and 940; died on 13 Dec 992; was buried in Saint-Maximum, Trier, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Hedwig was born between 935 and 940; died on 13 Dec 992; was buried in Saint-Maximum, Trier, Germany.

Other Events and Attributes:

Alternate death: Aft 993

Children:

Luitgard of Luxembourg died after 1005; was buried in Egmond Abbey, Bergen, North Holland.
Giselbert died after 18 May 1004.
6. Frederick I of Luxembourg was born in 965; died on 6 Oct 1019.

14. Heribert I of Kinziggau died in 992.
Notes:
Count in Kinziggau.

Heribert married Ermentrude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15.
Ermentrude (daughter of Megingoz of Avalgau and Gerberga of Alsace).
Notes:
Also called Imiza.

Children:

7. (Unknown daughter of Heribert I)