

A good introduction to current scholarship on this family is Who were the parents of Gilbert de Gant? by Raymond W. Phair (Jul. 1999).
Vital Statistics
Sources and Notes
Gilbert & his wife had [nine] children:
1. HUGUES van Gent (-after [1147]). Guillaume de Jumièges names "Hugues le quatrième" as son of "Gilbert de Ganz" & his wife[430]. He adopted his mother's name and succeeded her as Seigneur de Montfort-sur-Risle.
- SEIGNEURS de MONTFORT-sur-RISLE.
2. ROBERT . A manuscript genealogy of the Gant family names “Walterum et Robertum” as sons of “Giselbertus de Gaunt…[et] uxorem Aliciam de Montfort”[431]. Chancellor of Stephen King of England. Dean of York.
3. GILBERT (-before [1095]). The Stemma fundatoris of Bardney Abbey names “Giselbrictum et Walterum” as children of ”Gislebrictus de Gaunt” & his wife, adding that Gilbert predeceased his father[432].
4. WALTER (-1139). The Stemma fundatoris of Bardney Abbey names “Giselbrictum et Walterum” as children of ”Gislebrictus de Gaunt” & his wife[433]. ”Walterus de Gant, filius et hæres Gisilberti de Gant” restored Bardney Abbey in 1115, witnessed by “Roberto de ---, Willielmo nepote meo constabulario Cestriæ, Willielmo de Mandevill…”[434].
- ENGLISH NOBILITY, EARLS of LINCOLN.
5. HENRI . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.
6. RALPH . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.
7. [EMMA de Gant . A charter dated to [1190/95] confirmed a donation of property to the canons of Bridlington by “Emma de Gant…et Willelmus de Percy filius eius”[435]. The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. However, it is chronologically consistent for her to have been the daughter of Gilbert van Gent. It should be noted that "Alan de Percy…" was the first witness in a charter under which his supposed brother-in-law "Walter de Gaunt" founded Bridlington priory, with the assent of Henry I King of England[436]. m ALAN de Percy, son of WILLIAM de Percy & his wife Emma de Port (-[1130/Jul 1138]).]
----------------------------- He was the son of Raoul de Gand, seigneur d'Alost and Gisela von Lothringen.2,3,4 Gislebert I de Gand, seigneur de Folquingham said to have accompanied his uncle, William the Conqueror, into England, and participated in the triumph of Hastings, and obtained a grant of the lands of a Danish proprietor, named Tour, with many other holdings, but is not recorded as being at Hastings on 14 October 1066.9,10 He was in England when he and William Malet unsuccessfully defended York castle against the Danish invasion and local rebellion in 1069.11 He married Alice de Montfort-sur-Risle, daughter of Hugh II, comte de Montfort sur Risle and Alice de Beauffou.12 Gislebert I de Gand, seigneur de Folquingham witnessed a transaction, and described as having come from England as the brother of Baldwin of Ghent, in 1075 at Watten abbey, Nord, Flanders, France.
He was said to have accompanied his uncle, William the Conqueror, into England, and participated in the triumph of Hastings, and obtained a grant of the lands of a Danish proprietor, named Tour, with many other holdings; however, Gislebert is not recorded as being at Hastings on 14 October 1066.
He was in England when he and William Malet unsuccessfully defended York castle against the Danish invasion and local rebellion in 1069.
He was described as having come from England as the brother of Baldwin of Ghent, in 1075, at Watten abbey, Nord, Flanders, France.
Gislebert died between 1088 and 1100--during the reign of William Rufus.
See "My Lines"
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p352.htm#i18750 )
from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )
[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 950. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
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Gilbert de Ghent1
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Child of Gilbert de Ghent
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Citations
[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 950. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
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Aalst, East Flanders, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
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Age 22
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Normandy, France
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1071
Age 23
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Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
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Age 24
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Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
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Age 24
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Linesay, East Lothian, Scotland
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1074
Age 26
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Of, Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
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1075
Age 27
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Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
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1080
Age 32
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Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
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