Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln
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Gilbert de Gant,[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 Gant and Maud of Brittany.[2] An 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, 1st Earl of Hertford and Adeliza de Meschines, and a niece of Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester.
In 1149 or 1150 the king made him Earl of Lincoln as a rival to William de Roumare, who had gone over to the side of Empress Matilda.[5]
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.[6]
He founded Rufford Abbey c. 1148 in Nottinghamshire, England.
[edit] Notes
- ^ variously, Gand, Gaunt or Ghent
- ^ Cawley
- ^ Crouch 2000, p. 160
- ^ Davis p. 50
- ^ Davis p. 135
- ^ Cawley
[edit] References
- Crouch, David (2000). The Reign of King Stephen: 1135-1154. Harlow, Essex: Longman Pearson. ISBN 0-582-22657-0.
- Dalton, Paul (2002). Conquest, anarchy, and lordship : Yorkshire, 1066-1154. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521524643.
- 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. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#GilbertGandLincolndied1156. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
