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Personal data Raoul "1st Earl of Norfolk， Ralph de Guarder， Ralph Waher，" de Gaël 1er seigneur de Gaël, Earl of Suffolk and Norfolk 

• Nickname is 1st Earl of Norfolk， Ralph de Guarder， Ralph Waher，.
• He was born about 1039 in Gael, Bretagne (now France).
• Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 3, 1994.
• Occupations:
• unknown in 1st Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge.
• Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, Lord of Gael.
• He died in the year 1096 in First crusade along with wife on road to Palestine.
• He is buried about 1096 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England.
• A child of Raoul "le Guader" de Gaël and NN Breton woman

Household of Raoul "1st Earl of Norfolk， Ralph de Guarder， Ralph Waher，" de Gaël 1er seigneur de Gaël, Earl of Suffolk and Norfolk

He is married to Emma FitzOsbern.

They got married in the year 1075Exning
Suffolk England.

Child(ren):

1. Raoul de Gaël  ± 1073-1143 

Notes about Raoul "1st Earl of Norfolk， Ralph de Guarder， Ralph Waher，" de Gaël 1er seigneur de Gaël, Earl of Suffolk and Norfolk

Source #1: Weis, p. 58 - see Complete Peerage IV 672-73 chart; V 736; VII 520, 527-30; IX 568-574 and note n 574. - 1st Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, Seigneur of Montford de Gael in Brittany.

Source #2: Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich, "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1988 reprint of 1941 edition), pp. 133-134

Name Suffix: Sgr Montfort

Name Suffix: Sgr Montfort

Ralph de Wayer, Guader, or de Waet, was constituted by William the Conqueror, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk. Some of our historians affirm that this nobleman was an Englishman by birth, born in Norfolk, but others, that he was a native of Brittany, which is the more probable as hewas the owner of the castle of Guader, in that province. Of this earlthere is nothing memorable beyond his conspiracy against his royal master, whom he sought to destroy or expel, and to that end drew into his plans Roger, Earl of Hereford, Waltheof, the great Earl of Northumberland, and other persons of distinction. He m. Emma, sister of the Earl of Hereford, and he took the opportunity of his wedding day to disclose to the conspirators, when they were elated with wine, the whole of his projects. As soon, however, as they had recovered the effect ofinebriation, the greater number refused to participate and the Earl of Hereford alone joined him in openly resorting to arms. The rebellion was quickly suppressed, however, by those stout and warlike prelates, Odo, bishop of Bayeux, and Geffrey, bishop of Worcester. The Earl of Norfolk fled into Brittany, leaving his followers to their fate in their encampment at Cambridge; of those, many were put to the sword and more were taken prisoner. The castle of Norwich was subsequently besieged and his countess obliged to surrender, but she was suffered to go beyond sea. In the end, this turbulent person assumed the cross andjoined an expedition to Jerusalem against the Turks under Robert Curthose where he afterwards became a pilgrim and died a great penitent. By the treason of alph de Wayer, his earldom became forfeited. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 571, Wayer, or Guader, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk]

Ralph de Wayer, Guader, or de Waet, was constituted by William the Conqueror, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk. Some of our historians affirm that this nobleman was an Englishman by birth, born in Norfolk, but others, that he was a native of Brittany, which is the more probable as hewas the owner of the castle of Guader, in that province. Of this earlthere is nothing memorable beyond his conspiracy against his royal master, whom he sought to destroy or expel, and to that end drew into his plans Roger, Earl of Hereford, Waltheof, the great Earl of Northumberland, and other persons of distinction. He m. Emma, sister of the Earl of Hereford, and he took the opportunity of his wedding day to disclose to the conspirators, when they were elated with wine, the whole of his projects. As soon, however, as they had recovered the effect ofinebriation, the greater number refused to participate and the Earl of Hereford alone joined him in openly resorting to arms. The rebellion was quickly suppressed, however, by those stout and warlike prelates, Odo, bishop of Bayeux, and Geffrey, bishop of Worcester. The Earl of Norfolk fled into Brittany, leaving his followers to their fate in their encampment at Cambridge; of those, many were put to the sword and more were taken prisoner. The castle of Norwich was subsequently besieged and his countess obliged to surrender, but she was suffered to go beyond sea. In the end, this turbulent person assumed the cross andjoined an expedition to Jerusalem against the Turks under Robert Curthose where he afterwards became a pilgrim and died a great penitent. By the treason of alph de Wayer, his earldom became forfeited. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 571, Wayer, or Guader, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk]

Ralph de Wayer, Guader, or de Waet, was constituted by William the Conqueror, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk. Some of our historians affirm that this nobleman was an Englishman by birth, born in Norfolk, but others, that he was a native of Brittany, which is the more probable as hewas the owner of the castle of Guader, in that province. Of this earlthere is nothing memorable beyond his conspiracy against his royal master, whom he sought to destroy or expel, and to that end drew into his plans Roger, Earl of Hereford, Waltheof, the great Earl of Northumberland, and other persons of distinction. He m. Emma, sister of the Earl of Hereford, and he took the opportunity of his wedding day to disclose to the conspirators, when they were elated with wine, the whole of his projects. As soon, however, as they had recovered the effect ofinebriation, the greater number refused to participate and the Earl of Hereford alone joined him in openly resorting to arms. The rebellion was quickly suppressed, however, by those stout and warlike prelates, Odo, bishop of Bayeux, and Geffrey, bishop of Worcester. The Earl of Norfolk fled into Brittany, leaving his followers to their fate in their encampment at Cambridge; of those, many were put to the sword and more were taken prisoner. The castle of Norwich was subsequently besieged and his countess obliged to surrender, but she was suffered to go beyond sea. In the end, this turbulent person assumed the cross andjoined an expedition to Jerusalem against the Turks under Robert Curthose where he afterwards became a pilgrim and died a great penitent. By the treason of alph de Wayer, his earldom became forfeited. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 571, Wayer, or Guader, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk]

Birth

He was probably born before 1040, as not later than 1060 he attested, in company with other Bretons, a notification at Angers as Ralph son of Ralph the Englishman, most probably in 1042 in Hereford.

[edit] Inheritances

He inherited the great Breton barony of Gael, which comprised more than forty parishes. In England, whether by inheritance or by grant from the Crown, he held large estates in Norfolk, as well as property in Suffolk, Essex, Hertford, and possibly other counties. In some of these estates he certainly succeeded his father, but it is doubtful whether he obtained the Earldom immediately on his father’s death.

[edit] Up to 1074

* In 1065 he was with Conan II, Duke of Brittany when he besieged Thiwallon, Lord of Dol, in the castle of Combour.
* In 1066 he fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings.
* In February or March 1068 he was present at William the Conqueror’s court with his father.
* In 1069 he routed a force of Norsemen which had invaded Norfolk and occupied Norwich. It may been in recognition of this exploit (or of services rendered at Hastings) that the Conqueror created him Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, or the East Angles, the Earldom being also styled, from its capital, of Norwich.
* It is presumably this Ralph who, on 13 April 1069 was with the King at Winchester and witnessed, as Earl Ralph, a diploma in favour of St.Denis of Paris and in the same year witnessed, as Earl Ralph, a grant in favour of the Bishop of Essex.
* 1074- It is possible that Ralph defended Dol when the Conqueror besieged it unsuccessfully in 1074.

Ralph built a church in Norwich, in the new town, and give it to his chaplains; but there is not record of religious benefactions by him in Brittany.

[edit] Marriage and revolt

Main article: Revolt of the Earls

He married, before 1080, Emma, daughter of William Fitzosbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and Adelissa de Tosny (Toeni).

In 1075 the king's refusal to sanction this marriage caused a revolt in his absence by Ralph, his new brother-in-law Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford and Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northumberland. The revolt was plagued by disaster. Waltheof lost heart and confessed the conspiracy to Lanfranc, who urged Earl Roger to return to his allegiance, and finally excommunicated him and his adherents - Waltheof was later executed by William. Ralph encountered a much superior force under the warrior bishops Odo of Bayeux and Geoffrey de Montbray (the latter ordered that all rebels should have their right foot cut off!) near Cambridge and retreated hurriedly to Norwich, hotly pursued by the royal army. Leaving his wife to defend Norwich Castle, he sailed for Denmark in search of help, and eventually returned to England with a fleet of 200 ships under Cnut and Hakon, which failed to do anything effective.

Meanwhile the Countess held out in Norwich until she obtained terms for herself and her followers, who were deprived of their lands, but were allowed forty days to leave the realm. Thereupon the Countess retired to her estate in Brittany, where she was rejoined by her husband. Ralph was deprived of all his lands and of his Earldom.

[edit] Baron of Britanny

For the rest of his life he remained a great baron of Brittany, with no interests in England. In 1076, having plotted against Duke Hoel of Brittany, he was besieged at Dol, and the Conqueror came to Hoel's aid; but Ralph finally made his peace.

In 1089 he attested the judgment in a dispute between the monks of Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine and the chaplains of the Duke of Brittany. He also attested a charter of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, in favour of St.Georges at Rennes (1084-1096). The Conqueror being dead, Ralph appears in Normandy c.1093 as a witness in the record of a suit between the abbots of Lonlay and St.Florent. There is, however, no record of religious benefactions by him in Brittany.

[edit] Crusade

In 1096, accompanied by his wife and under Robert Curthose, he went on Crusade. He was one of the Breton leaders who took part in the siege of Nicaea, after which he joined Bohemund I of Antioch’s division of the army.

Both Ralph and his wife Emma died on the road to Palestine in the course of the Crusade.

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Basic Life Information

Ralph de Guarder, 1st Earl of Norfolk

b abt 1059 Breteuil, Normandy, France
d on first crusade (along with wife) aft 1096 on road to Palestine

Parents: Ralph Earl of Hereford & Agatha

Spouse: Emma FitzOsborne m bef 1080
Child: Amice de Waiet m Sir Robert de Beaumont [Another generation to go for her]

<http://www.packrat-pro.com/stevens/to.htm>

Other Source

Ralph de Guader

Ralph de Guader (otherwise Radulf Waders or Ralph Wader) (before 1042-c.1096) was the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort (Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort).

Birth

He was born before 1042, most probably about 1040 in Hereford, as not later than 1060 he attested, in company with other Bretons, a notification at Angers as son of Ralph the Staller.

Inheritances

He inherited the great Breton barony of Gaël, which comprised more than forty parishes. In England, whether by inheritance or by grant from the Crown, he held large estates in Norfolk, as well as property in Suffolk, Essex, Hertford, and possibly other counties. In some of these estates he certainly succeeded his father, but it is not known whether he obtained the Earldom immediately on his father’s death.

Up to 1074

In 1065 he was with Conan II, Duke of Brittany when he besieged Thiwallon, Lord of Dol, in the castle of Combour.
In 1066 he fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings.
In February or March 1068 he was present at William the Conqueror’s court with his father.
In 1069 he routed a force of Norsemen which had invaded Norfolk and occupied Norwich. It may been in recognition of this exploit (or of services rendered at Hastings) that the Conqueror created him Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, or the East Angles, the Earldom being also styled, from its capital, of Norwich.
It is presumably this Ralph who, on 13 April 1069 was with the King at Winchester and witnessed, as Earl Ralph, a diploma in favour of St.Denis of Paris and in the same year witnessed, as Earl Ralph, a grant in favour of the Bishop of Essex.
1074- It is possible that Ralph defended Dol when the Conqueror besieged it unsuccessfully in 1074.
Ralph built a church in Norwich, in the new town, and give it to his chaplains; but there is not record of religious benefactions by him in Brittany.

Marriage and Revolt

He married, in or before 1075, Emma, daughter of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and Alice or Adelise (or Adelissa), daughter of Roger I of Tosny.

In 1075 the king's refusal to sanction this marriage caused a revolt in his absence by Ralph, his new brother-in-law Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford and Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northumberland. The revolt was plagued by disaster. Waltheof lost heart and confessed the conspiracy to Lanfranc, who urged Earl Roger to return to his allegiance, and finally excommunicated him and his adherents - Waltheof was later executed by William. Ralph encountered a much superior force under the warrior bishops Odo of Bayeux and Geoffrey de Montbray (the latter ordered that all rebels should have their right foot cut off!) near Cambridge and retreated hurriedly to Norwich, hotly pursued by the royal army. Leaving his wife to defend Norwich Castle, he sailed for Denmark in search of help, and eventually returned to England with a fleet of 200 ships under Cnut and Hakon, which failed to do anything effective.

Meanwhile the Countess held out in Norwich until she obtained terms for herself and her followers, who were deprived of their lands, but were allowed forty days to leave the realm. Thereupon the Countess retired to her estate in Brittany, where she was rejoined by her husband. Ralph was deprived of all his lands and of his Earldom.

At the time of his revolt, he was a land-holder in Whaddon, Cambridgeshire. This is according to the Domesday Book, which uses the name of Radulf[us] Waders.

Baron of Britanny

For the rest of his life he remained a great baron of Brittany, with no interests in England. In 1076, having plotted against Duke Hoel of Brittany, he was besieged at Dol, and the Conqueror came to Hoel's aid; but Ralph finally made his peace.

In 1089 he attested the judgment in a dispute between the monks of Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine and the chaplains of the Duke of Brittany. He also attested a charter of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, in favour of St.Georges at Rennes (1084-1096). The Conqueror being dead, Ralph appears in Normandy c.1093 as a witness in the record of a suit between the abbots of Lonlay and St.Florent. There is, however, no record of religious benefactions by him in Brittany.

Crusade

In 1096, accompanied by his wife and under Robert Curthose, he went on Crusade. He was one of the Breton leaders who took part in the siege of Nicaea, after which he joined Bohemund I of Antioch’s division of the army.

Both Ralph and his wife Emma died on the road to Palestine in the course of the Crusade.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_de_Guader>

Ralph the Staller
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ralph the Staller (or Radulf stalre (meaning Ralph the Constable), otherwise Ralph the Englishman) (c. 1011-1068), Earl of Norfolk was a landowner in both Anglo-Saxon and post-Conquest England.

He is said to have been born in Norfolk, of Breton parentage. He survived the Conquest of 1066 and rose in the favour of William the Conqueror, who made him Earl of Norfolk. He married and had several children, including his heir, Ralph de Guader.

Also suffolk and Cambridge, Seigneur of Montford de Gael in Brittany.

[Weis 58] Seigneur of Montford de Gael in Brittany.

[1867] WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 1090666

Human Family Project
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Husband Ralph III De Gael-[124701]

Born: Abt 1074 at: Of, Gael, Brittany, France
Christened: at:
Died: at:
Buried: at:

Father: Ralph II De Gael, Earl Of Norfolk-[133930] (1040-1096)
Mother: Emma Fitzosbern, De Bréteuil-[122844] (1056-1095)

Married: Place:

Wife Avisa-[187761]

Born: at:
Christened: at:
Died: at:
Buried: at:

Children 1 F Amica De Gael-[122842]

AKA: Amica D' Uta (Gael Waiet) De Montfort
Born: 1100-1108 at: Of, Norfolk, England
Christened: at:
Died: 1168 at:
Buried: at:

Spouse: Sir, Robert Or Bossu II De Beaumont-[122841] (1104-1168) Marr: After Nov 1120, Of, Leicestershire, England

Suffolk, other creations: Shortly after the Norman Conquest and Earldom conbining Norfolk and Suffolk was conferred on one Ralph the Staller [Staller was a functionary of some sort in the Saxon Royal Court]. At that time, and seemingly for nearly three centuries afterwards, no distinction was made between Norfolk and Suffolk for the purpose of conferring titles based on county names, the two areas being conflated as the land of the East Angles. In any case, with Ralph's death a few years after he was created Earl the title apparently passed back into the possession of the Crown, though within another year it seems to have been conferred on Ralph's son, called Ralph de Gael from a fief he held in Britanny. The second Ralph, Earl of this somewhat shadowy creation, rebelled against William I (The Conqueror) in 1075 and was stripped of his titles and lands. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2761]

Suffolk, other creations: Shortly after the Norman Conquest andEarldom conbining Norfolk and Suffolk was conferred on one Ralph theStaller [Staller was a functionary of some sort in the Saxon RoyalCourt]. At that time, and seemingly for nearly three centuriesafterwards, no distinction was made between Norfolk and Suffolk forthe purpose of conferring titles based on county names, the two areasbeing conflated as the land of the East Angles. In any case, withRalph's death a few years after he was created Earl the titleapparently passed back into the possession of the Crown, though withinanother year it seems to have been conferred on Ralph's son, calledRalph de Gael from a fief he held in Britanny. The second Ralph, Earlof this somewhat shadowy creation, rebelled against William I (TheConqueror) in 1075 and was stripped of his titles and lands. [Burke'sPeerage, p. 2761]

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Ralph de Gael, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, Seigneurof Montford de Gael in Brittany. [Ancestral Roots]

Note: I think Ralph was 2nd Earl of Norfolk, after his father.

Known as Earl Ralph of Hereford. Also known as Raoul de Gael (Ralph of Wales). He was the nephew of King Edward the Confessor.

[Descent from Battle of Hastings, Kenneth J. Hart] [AlanBWilson] see his
list of refs. under: de BEAUMONT, Roger born c 1022 of Pontaudemer,
Normandy.
Occupation: Seigneur of Montford de Gael in Brittany.

[AlanBWilson] see his list of refs. under: de BEAUMONT, Roger born c
1022 of Pontaudemer, Normandy.
I Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge. Seigneur of Montford de Gael
in Brittany.

{geni:about_me} Also called Ralph Waher and Ralph de Guarder. Born in England, son of Ralph the Staller, Earl of Hereford, and Agatha. First Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge. Responsible for beginning work on Norwich castle, which involved destroying many houses and 2 churches. Rebelled with Earl Roger of Breteuil and Hereford 1075 over the king's refusal to sanction his marriage to Roger's sister; subsequently his title and land were taken from him and the castle was taken over by the Crown. Domesday records his lost land as 'forfeited'. Ralph took refuge in Brittany with his wife, Emma, daughter of Earl William FitzOsbern; had three children, Amicia de Waher, Ralph de Gael de Montford and William de Breteuil. Died with his wife while travelling on the first Crusade.

(from Thomas Hinde, The Domesday Book, 1985)

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Ralph was also called Ralph "Gauder"; he was 1st Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk.

Ralph was Breton on his mother's side, and English on his father's (at least his father was born in England).

Ralph was recorded as living before 1066 in Brittany.

He fought on William the Conqueror's side at Hastings, in the company of Nigel of the Cotentin, on 14 October 1066.

Ralph succeeded his father, Ralph the Staller, to the earldom of East Anglia circa 1069. He was also Lord of Gaël (Guader) in Brittany. Ralph was created Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk by William the Conqueror in 1073.

Ralph married Emma of Hereford, daughter of William FitzOsbern, seigner de Bréteuil, Earl of Hereford and Adelise de Tosny, in 1075, in Exning, Suffolk.

Ralph entered into a conspiracy against King William with his brother-in-law, Roger, 2nd Earl of Hereford, in 1075. The conspiracy failed, and Ralph forfeited his titles in 1078. He escaped to Brittany circa 1078. He died in 1099 at Outremer in the Holy Land during the First Crusade.

See "My Lines"

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p355.htm#i7114 )

from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )
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LORD OF THE HONOUR OF GAEL IN BRITTANY; EARL OF NORFOLK 1070; DEPRIVED OF HIS
ENGLISH EARLDOM AFTER THE REBELLION OF 1075; DIED ON CRUSADE

1 NAME the Timid //
2 GIVN the Timid
2 SURN
2 NICK the Timid

[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: A. Roots 235-21, 250-21; Rice; Kraentzler 1370; Ayers, p324, 852. Roots calls him Earl of Hereford in one place and "of Sudeley and Toddingham, Gloucestershire, and Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire. Descendants in Roots Line 235: Son Harold de Sudeley, grandson John de Sudeley.

Rice: Earl Raoul the Timid of the Vexin. K: Ralph "the Timid", Earl of Hereford. Born about 1033. Of Nantes, Normandy. Died 21 Dec. 1057. Buried at Peterborough, Northamptonshire. Question: He died before 1066. Was he really in England before William the Conqueror? Ayers: Ralph, second son, held Sudeley and Toddington in Gloucestershire and Chivers Coton in Warwickshire. Died 1057.

He was Earl of Norfolk in 1070. He was deprived of his Earldom after the rebellion of 1075.

He was Earl of Norfolk in 1070. He was deprived of his Earldom after the rebellion of 1075.

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