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Hugh de Montfort V



Preferred Parents:
Father: Gilbert van Gant Lord Of Folkingham, b. ABT 1040 in Aalst, East Flanders, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium   d. ABT 1095 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Mother: Alix de Montfort-sur-Risle, b. ABT 1050 in Montfort-Sur-Risle, Eure, Upper Normandy, France   d. ABT 1091 in Bardney, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Family 1: Adeline de Beaumont,    b. ABT 1097 in Beaumont, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France    d. ABT 1178 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  1. Thurstan de Montfort of Beaudesert, b. 1120 in Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK     d. 1190 in Beaudesert, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
  2. Alice de Montfort, b. 1127 in Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England     d. 1162 in Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England
Sources:
  1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLEMISH%20NOBILITY.htm#HuguesIVMontfortMAdelineBeaumontA;
    Note: HUGUES van Gent, son of GILBERT van Gent & his wife Alix de Montfort-sur-Risle (-after [1147]). Guillaume of Jumièges names “quartum Hugonem” as the son of “Giselbertus de Ganz” by his wife “secundum Hugonem...filiam”[1807]. He adopted his mother's name and succeeded her as Seigneur de Montfort-sur-Risle. He rebelled against Henry I King of England in Sep 1123, with his brothers-in-law Waléran de Meulan, Hugues de Châteauneuf and Guillaume Louvel. He rejected peace terms proposed by the king, was disinherited and imprisoned in England[1808]. "Hugo de Monteforti filius Gisleberti de Gant" donated property with the consent of "Gaufridi Normannorum ducis et filii eius Henrici…Haelina uxore mea et filiis meis Roberto et Valeranno" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated to [1145 or 1147], which also refers to donations by "Hugonis avi mei"[1809]. m ([1120]) ADELINE de Beaumont, daughter of ROBERT de Beaumont-le-Roger Comte de Meulan, Earl of Leicester & his wife Elisabeth de Vermandois [Capet]. Guillaume of Jumièges records that “quartum Hugonem” married “Adelinam filiam Roberti comitis Mellenti” by whom he had “filium suum primogenitum Robertum et alios”[1810]. Orderic Vitalis names her as one of the three sisters of Waleran Comte de Meulan, whom he married to Hugues de Montfort[1811]. "Hugo de Monteforti filius Gisleberti de Gant" donated property with the consent of "…Haelina uxore mea et filiis meis Roberto et Valeranno" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated to [1145 or 1147], which also refers to donations by "Hugonis avi mei"[1812]. Arnoul Bishop of Lisieux declared the donation of the church of Saint-Ymer to the abbey of Bec by undated charter which names "Hugo de Monteforti et Robertus filius eius et Adelina uxor eius"[1813]. Hugues [IV] & his wife had three children: 1. ROBERT de Montfort (-1178). Guillaume of Jumièges records that “quartum Hugonem” married “Adelinam filiam Roberti comitis Mellenti” by whom he had “filium suum primogenitum Robertum et alios”[1814]. "Hugo de Monteforti filius Gisleberti de Gant" donated property with the consent of "…Haelina uxore mea et filiis meis Roberto et Valeranno" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated to [1145 or 1147][1815]. Arnoul Bishop of Lisieux declared the donation of the church of Saint-Ymer to the abbey of Bec by undated charter which names "Hugo de Monteforti et Robertus filius eius et Adelina uxor eius"[1816]. "Robertus de Monteforti" confirmed the donations of his predecessors to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge on leaving for Jerusalem, by undated charter[1817]. "Robertus de Monteforti" confirmed donations of "Hugo pater meus" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated 1160[1818]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records enfeoffments in the duchy of Normandy in [1172], "Robertus de Monteforti" with five knights "de honore de Caucainville" and 33 knights in his own service[1819]. Robert of Torigny records the death in 1178 of "Robertus de Monte Forti" and the succession of "Hugo filius eius natu de sorore Radulfi de Fulgeriis"[1820]. m CLEMENCE de Fougères, daughter of HENRI Seigneur de Fougères & his wife Olive de Penthièvre (-1194 or after). Robert of Torigny records that "Robertus de Monte Forti" married "sorore Radulfi de Fulgeriis"[1821]. A charter dated 1189 records the right of the abbey of Bec-Hellouin to choose the priest for the church of Saint-Ymer "in die…sepulture Roberti iuvenis de Monteforti fratris Hugonis de Monteforti" at the request of "matris sue Clementie", naming "Robertus pater suus"[1822]. "Clemens de Monteforti" donated property to Saint-Ymer by charter dated 1194[1823]. Robert & his wife had two children: a) HUGUES de Montfort (-after 1189). Robert of Torigny records the death in 1178 of "Robertus de Monte Forti" and the succession of "Hugo filius eius natu de sorore Radulfi de Fulgeriis"[1824]. A charter dated 1189 records the right of the abbey of Bec-Hellouin to choose the priest for the church of Saint-Ymer "in die…sepulture Roberti iuvenis de Monteforti fratris Hugonis de Monteforti" at the request of "matris sue Clementie", naming "Robertus pater suus"[1825]. b) ROBERT de Montfort (-before 1189). A charter dated 1189 records the right of the abbey of Bec-Hellouin to choose the priest for the church of Saint-Ymer "in die…sepulture Roberti iuvenis de Monteforti fratris Hugonis de Monteforti" at the request of "matris sue Clementie", naming "Robertus pater suus"[1826]. 2. WALERAN de Montfort (-after [1147]). "Hugo de Monteforti filius Gisleberti de Gant" donated property with the consent of "…Haelina uxore mea et filiis meis Roberto et Valeranno" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated to [1145 or 1147][1827]. 3. --- de Montfort ([1125/40]-). Robert of Torigny records the death in 1175 of "Richardus filius comitis Gloecestriæ" and the succession of "Philippus filius eius natus ex sorore Roberti de Monte Forti"[1828]. m RICHARD of Gloucester, son of ROBERT Fitzroy Earl of Gloucester & his wife Mabel [Sibylle] FitzRobert ([1120/25]-1175). He succeeded his mother as Seigneur de Creully.
  2. Title: Lt-Col. W. H. Turton: "The Plantagenet Ancestry" Genealogic Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, 1993 (Orig 1928)
    Author: Genealogic Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, 1993 (Orig 1928)
    Note: relationships, dates
  3. Title: Hugues de Montfort-sur-Risle, Son of Gilbert de Gant and Alice de Montfort, Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_de_Gant;
  4. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Note: 1. HUGUES van Gent (-after [1147]). Guillaume of Jumièges names “quartum Hugonem” as the son of “Giselbertus de Ganz” by his wife “secundum Hugonem...filiam”[930]. He adopted his mother's name and succeeded her as Seigneur de Montfort-sur-Risle.

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