Sir Rohand (ou Roalt) de Warwick, Earl of Warwick

FROM BURKE'S COMMONERS:

This family boasts of Saxon blood, and claims distinction for a full century at least before the conquest.

ROHAND, the first of the Saxon Earls of Warwick, temp. ALFRED, the Great, left an only daughter and heiress, FELICIA, who espoused GUY, son of Siward Lord of Wallingford, and conveying the earldom to her husband he became Guy, EARL OF WARWICK, " the memory of whom, (saith Dugdale) for his great valour, hath ever since been, and yet is so famous, that the vulgar are of opinion that he was a man of more than ordinary stature, and the Welsh, taking notice of his brave exploits will needs have him to be descended from British parentage." The achievements of this chivalrous earl, true or fabulous, are so generally known, that it is almost unneccessary to refer to Dugdale's Warwickshire in which they are fully set forth.

Sources:

  1. Title: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, and Ireland Enjoying Terrirtorial Possessions or High Offical Rank; But Uninvested With Heritable Honours

     Abbrev: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners

     Author: John Burke

     Publication: Published for Henry Colburn, by R. Bentley

     Text: Original from Oxford University

     Digitized 19 May 2006 by GoogleBooks

     Date: 1835

     Date: 9 Jul 2008

     Page: vol 1, p 637 

Rohand I, jarl av Warwick

Også kalla Roalt

Han var av Saxon blod, og levde et helt århundre før erobringen av England. Rohand var den første av de angelsaksiske jarlene av Warwick, Han levde da kong Alfred den store regjerte i England. Rohand ga sin eneste datter og arving Felicia til Gay, sønn av Siward, Herren i Wallingford. Dermed dermed blir Gay jarl av Warwick.

Kilde: FROM BURKE'S COMMONERS: Page: vol 1, p 637