One
possible interpretation of the source of the GANT surname. I haven't personally
verified any of the facts on this page, though there is likely to be at least
some truth in the descendancy from Arnoul Count De GAND to Gilbert De GANT, Earl
of Lincoln. It's interesting to note that the De GAND family appeared to settle
in Lincolnshire some 150 years before Gilbert's birth, which may account for the
fact that the GANT surname is far more common even today in the eastern counties
of England than it is anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
First Generation
1.
Arnoul Count De GAND was born about 984 in Gand, Flanders, Belgium. (Ghent,
Belgium)
Arnoul
married Lietgarde De CLEVES about 1003 in Gand, Flanders, Belgium. Lietgarde
was born about 987 in Cleves, Germany.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 2 M i. Adalbert De GAND was
born about 1004 in Gand, Flanders, Belgium.
3 F ii. Gertrude De GAND was born about 1006 in Gand, Flanders,
Belgium.
Gertrude
married Count Liudolf OF BRUNSWICK Margrave in Friesland . Liudolf was
born about 1016 in Brunswick, Germany and died on 23 Apr 1038, about age 22.
Second Generation
2.
Adalbert De GAND was born about 1004 in Gand, Flanders,
Belgium.
Adalbert
married Ermengarde De FLANDERS about 1021 in Gand, Flanders, Belgium.
Ermengarde was born about 1005 in Flanders, Belgium.
Children from this marriage were:
4 M i. RALPH II D'ALOST (SEIGNEUR) was born about 1009 in
Normandy, France and died before 1056.
RALPH
married GISELLE OF FLANDERS about 1047 in Alost, Flanders, Belgium. GISELLE
was born about 1009 in Flanders, Belgium and died after 1056.
+ 5 M ii. Ralph De GAND was
born about 1022 in Gand, Flanders, Belgium.
Third Generation
5.
Ralph De GAND was born about 1022 in Gand, Flanders,
Belgium.
Ralph
married Gisele about 1047 in Alost, Flanders, Belgium. Gisele was born
about 1028 in Flanders, Belgium.
Children from this marriage were:
6 M i. Son De GANT was born about 1040 in France.
+ 7 M ii. Gilbert De GANT was
born about 1048 in Alost, Flanders, Belgium, died in 1094, about age 46, and was
buried in Bardney, Lincolnshire.
8 M iii. Baudouin De GAND was born about 1050 in Alost, Flanders,
Belgium.
Fourth Generation
7.
Gilbert De GANT was born about 1048 in Alost, Flanders,
Belgium, died in 1094, about age 46, and was buried in Bardney, Lincolnshire.
Gilbert
married Alice De MONTFORT about 1071 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire. Alice
was born about 1050 in Montfort-Sur-Risle, France.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 9 F i. Felia De GANT was born
about 1070 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire.
10 M ii. Henry De GANT was born about 1072 in Folkingham,
Lincolnshire.
11 M iii. Ralph De GANT was born about 1074 in Folkingham,
Lincolnshire.
12 M iv. Seigneur Hugh IV De MONTFORT was born about 1078
in Folkingham, Lincolnshire.
Hugh
married Adeline De MEULLENT .
Hugh
next married Adeline (Gundrea) De BEAUMONT in Leicestershire. Adeline
was born about 1152 in Cornwall.
13 M v. Geoffrey De GANT was born about 1080 in Folkingham,
Lincolnshire.
14 M vi. Robert De GANT was born about 1084 in Folkingham,
Lincolnshire and died in 1153, about age 69.
Robert
married Alice PAGNEL about 1108 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire.
Robert
next married Gunnora De GOUREY about 1112 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire.
15 M vii. Gilbert De GANT was born about 1086 in Folkingham,
Lincolnshire and died before 1094.
16 F viii. Alice De GANT was born about 1088 in Folkingham,
Lincolnshire.
+ 17 M ix. Walter De GANT was
born about 1092 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire and died in 1139, about age 47.
18 F x. Emma De GANT was born about 1071 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire
and was buried before 1135.
Emma
married Algernon De PERCY about 1087 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire.
19 F xi. Matilda De GANT was born about 1082 in Folkingham,
Lincolnshire.
Matilda
married Robert De LATHAM .
Fifth Generation
9.
Felia De GANT was born about 1070 in Folkingham,
Lincolnshire.
Felia
married Ivo De GRENTEMESNIL about 1090 in Leicestershire. Ivo was born
about 1064 in Grentemesnil, Calvados, France and died in 1118, about age 54.
Children from this marriage were:
20 M i. Ivo De GRENTMESNIL was born about 1090 in Hinckley,
Leicestershire.
21 M ii. Baron Hugh De GRENTEMESNIL of Hinkley was born about
1092 in Hinckley, Leicestershire .
Hugh
married Alice BEAUMONT in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Alice was born about
1105 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, died in Reims, France, and was buried in St
Ebruf, Utica.
Hugh
next married Miss. De STUTEVILLE about 1128 in Leicestershire.
17.
Walter De GANT was born about 1092 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire and died
in 1139, about age 47.
Walter
married Maud De BRITTANY in Folkingham, Lincolnshire.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 22 M i. Gilbert De GANT was
born in 1126 and died in 1156, at age 30.
23 M ii. Robert De GANT .
Sixth Generation
(See
also Odds and Ends - Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire)
22.
Gilbert De GANT was born in 1126 and died in 1156,
at age 30.
Gilbert
married Rohese De CLARE , daughter of Richard FITZGILBERT Lord of
Clare and Adeliza De MESCHINES .
Gilbert
next married Hawyse De ROUMARE .
Children from this marriage were:
24 F i. Alice (Adeliz, Adelicia) De GANT .
Alice
married Simon 7th Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton .
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