Son od Dru, Grandson of Hamelin de Balun, who was an early Norman Baron and the first Lord of Baron Abergavenny and Lordship of Over Gwent and Abergavenny, granted shortly after the Norman Conquest of England and Wales by King William I of England, William the Conqueror, and he also served William Rufus. Hamelin de Balun , Hamelin de Balodun, Hameline de Ballon Hamelyn de Balon, Hamelin de Baalan. He was from Ballon (known as the 'Gateway to Maine'), a town in the Maine province of France, which had recently been invaded and conquered by Duke William in the early 1060's, just prior to his invasion of England. He was a son of Drogo de Balun/de Balodun and was accompanied in England by his brothers, Wynoc and Wynebold/Guinebaud de Balun. He was present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Hamelin de Balun was rewarded with land in Cornwall and in south east Wales, in what was to become the Welsh Marches, and charged with its speedy and successful conquest and management. He sited the early motte and bailey version of Abergavenny Castle and organised the early Norman protection of the settlement of what became the town of Abergavenny around 1075, founding the Benedictine Priory in the town and making it a defensible site. He married Agnes/ Agnetis de Balun. Children: #William de Balun # Hamelin # Dru # Matthew de Balun # Emeline # Eunice # Winebald But his sons predeceased him. He was succeeded in the title Baron Abergavenny by his nephew Brien FitzCount who was also lord of Grosmon
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