GENERATION 1

Child of Pretextat and unknown
2......Parovius b 500

Child of Ragnomer and unknown
4......Ragnora b 505

See the Bigod branch here
Child of Tonantius II and Outeria
6......Ansbertus b 500 Moselle d 570

GENERATION 2

Child of Mr Pastor and Ragnora
8......Austragilde b 530

Children of Ansbertus and Blithilde
9......Arnoldus b 540 d 601
10....Erchenaude b abt 545

GENERATION 3

Child of Betton and Austragilde
11......Richemeres b 538 d 605

Child of Erchenaud and unknown
12......Leutherius b 560

GENERATION 4

Children of Richemeres and Garritrude
13......Gerbega b 564
14......Haldetrude b 585 Bourgogne d 618 Metz

Child of Leutherius and Gerbega
15......Erchembaldus b 590 d 658

GENERATION 5

Child of Erchembaldus and Leudelfindis
16......Lendisius b 620 d 680

Child of Erchembaldus and unknown
17......Sigrada b 615

GENERATION 6

Child of Lendisius and unknown
18......Adalric b 645 d 20 Feb 689

Child of Aldegisel and unknown
20......Radbod b 680 Denmark d 719 Belgium

GENERATION 7

Children of Adalric and Berswinde
21......Adalbert b abt 670 Strasbourg d 5 Dec 741 France
Note: Aldalbert became Duke of Alsace
22......Eticho b 673

Note: He is often considered the last independent ruler of Frisia (or Friesland) before Frankish domination.
While his father, Duke Aldegisel (or Eadgils, Aldgisl which can be translated as 'Old Whip'), had welcomed Christianity into his realm, Radbod attempted to extirpate the religion and free the Frisians from subjugation to the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks. In 689, Radbod was, however, defeated by Pippin of Herstal in the battle of Dorestad and compelled to cede West Frisia (Frisia Citerior, meaning Nearer Frisia, from the Scheldt to the Vlie) to the Franks.
Between 690 and 692, Utrecht fell into the hands of Pippin of Herstal. This gave the Franks control of important trade routes on the Rhine to the North Sea. Some sources say that, following this defeat, Radbod retreated, in 697, to the island of Heligoland, others say he retreated to the part of Holland that is still known as Friesland.
On Pippin's death in 714, Radbod took the initiative again. He forced Saint Willibrord and his monks to flee and advanced as far as Cologne, where he defeated Charles Martel, Pippin's natural son, in 716. Eventually, however, Charles prevailed and compelled the Frisians to submit. Radbod died in 719, but for some years his successors struggled against the Frankish power.
During the second journey of Saint Boniface to Rome, Willibrord tried to convert Radbod, but not succeeding he returned to Fontenelle. It is said that Radbod was nearly baptised, but refused when he was told that he would not be able to find any of his ancestors in Heaven after his death, since he preferred spending eternity in Hell with his pagan ancestors than in Heaven with strangers. This legend is also told with Willibrord being replaced with Wulfram (or Vulfran), a monk and ex-archbishop of Sens.

Children of Radbod and unknown
23......Aldegisel II ("Poppon") b abt 700 Belgium d after 734
24......Theodelinda m Grimoald "the Younger" DE NEUSTRIE Mayor of the Palace of Neustria (695-714)

GENERATION 8

Child of Eticho and unknown
25......Alberic b 698 Lower Alsace d 735

Child of Aldegisel II and unknown
26......Alfbard b abt 735 Belgium d 786

GENERATION 9

Child of Alberic and unknown
27......Eberhard b 730 d after 777

GENERATION 10

Child of Eberhard and Elizabeth
29......Meginhard b 772 d 844 Hamalant, Nordgau region
30......Alberich dob unknown

Child of Nordalah and unknown
31......Gerulf b abt 790 Belgium d after 834

GENERATION 11

Child of Meginhard and unknown
32......Eberhard b 802 Hamalant d 881

Child of Gerulf and unknown
33......Gerulf b abt 810 Belgium d after 839

GENERATION 12

Children of Eberhard and Evesna
34......Eberhard b 832 Hamalant d 910
35......Meginhard b 840 Hamalant d aft 898
36......Deitrich b 850 Hamalant

Note: Miss de Corbic was the daughter of Waldager de CORBIC and unknown.

Child of Gerulf and Miss de Corbic
37......Gerulf II b bef 839 d after 885

GENERATION 13

Child of Eberhard and Adelaide
38......Hugo b 870 d 940

Note: Gerulf II was among those counts who assassinated their Viking overlord Godfrith the Sea King at a place named Herespich (modern Spijk) in 885.

Child of Gerulf II and unknown
39......Dietrich (Dirk) b bef 885 Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid, Holland

GENERATION 14

Note: Geberge was the daughter of Meginhard II Von NORDGAU

Children of Dietrich and Gerbege
42......Wickmann b abt 920 Gand, East Vlaanderen, Belgium d aft 14 Dec 973 m Ledgarde de FLANDRES 955 Gand
43......Dietrich (Dirk) II b 938 Egmond-Binnen, Noord Holland, Netherlands d 6 May 988, Abdijkerk, Egmond Aan Den Hoef, Noord Holland

GENERATION 15

Children of Eberhard and Luitgarde
44......Hugo b 928
45......Edith Hedwig b 934 Longwy d 13 Dec 992
46......Gerhard b 946

Child of Eberhard and Berte
47......Adalbert b 962 d 1033

Note: Dietrich married Hildegard when she was a widow. She had prviously beeen marriad to Raoul II de CAMBRAI

Child of Dietrich and Hildegard
48......Arnulf b 961 Gand d 18 Sep 993 Slain At Egmond-Binnen, Netherlands

GENERATION 16

Children of Siegfried and Edith
49......Eva b 954 d 19 Apr 1020
50......Luitgarde b 963 d 995
51......Frederic b 965 d 6 Oct 1009
52......Judith b 970

Children of Nigel and Adela
54......Nigel IV b 1018 St. Martin d'Aubigny, Manche, Normandy
55......William b 1010 St. Martin d'Aubigny, Manche, Normandy
Note: William became the seigneur d'AUBIGNY
See the Bigod and D'Aubigny Branch here
56......Billeheude b 1012 St. Martin d'Aubigny, Manche, Normandy

Note: Lietgarde was the daughter of Siegfried VON LUXEMBURG Count of Luxemburg and Hedwig VON NORDGAU Countess in Nordgau

Children of Arnulf and Lietgarde
57......Adelaide b 986 Ghent m (a) Count Baudouin de BOULOGNE (b) Count Enguerrand de PONTHIEU
58......Adalbert b 994 Ghent d abt 1032
59......Dietrich (Dirk III) b 993 d 1038 m Othelindis Von NORDMARK
Note: Dirk III was a member of the Gerulfingian dynasty (house of Holland), an important family within Germany at that time. His mother was regent in West Friesland from 993-1005 and was the sister in law of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Prior to 1018, Count Dirk III was a powerless vasal of Henry II but his fiefdom was in a strategically important location. Utrecht, situated in the Rhine delta, was the largest trading town of the German kings and traders had to sail through the territories of Dirk III, via the Rhine and Vecht rivers, in order to reach the North Sea.
Dirk III built his stronghold in Vlaardingen. He was not permitted to hinder trade in any way but eventually he defied imperial rule by levying toll. Merchants from the town of Tiel sent alarmed messages to the kings about acts of violence against them by Dirk III's men. The German emperor decided to end Dirk III's reign and awarded his lands to the bishop of Utrecht. A large imperial army then headed for Vlaardingen. The imperial army failed and the Battle of Vlaardingen was a tremendous victory for Dirk III.
Following his victory, Dirk III was permitted to keep his realm and he continued to levy toll.
After Dirk III's death in 1039, the imperial army returned on a few occasions seeking to reclaim the lands held by the Frisian counts. The powerful Robert I, Count of Flanders helped Dirk V, great-grandson of Dirk III and his own stepson, to restore Frisia to the counts. It is thought that Dirk III went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

60......Gertrude b bef 1005 m Ludwig von BRAUNSCHWEIG

GENERATION 17

Children of Frederic and Ermentrude
61......Giselbert b 975 Ardennes
62......Irmtrud b 990 d 1055
63......Frederic b 995 Lorraine
64......Ogive b 996 Flanders d 21 Feb 1029
65......Gisele b 1018 Chateau de Salm, Luxembourge d 1058 Ghent

Children of Nigel and unknown
66......Ivo b abt 1023 Cotentin
67......Niel V (Eudes) b abt 1035 St Sauveur

Child of Nigel and Adela
68......Billihilde b 1060 St Sauveur

Children of Adalbert and Ermengarde
69......Folkard dob unknown m Landrade de LOUVAIN
Note: Landrade was the daughter of Cte Lambert II "Baudry" DE LOUVAIN and Princess Oda DE LORRAINE.
70......Ranaulf (Raoul) b 1022 Gand d aft 1058

Child of Adalbert and unknown
71......Reingot dob unknown

GENERATION 18

Children of Ivo and Emma
72......Nigel (Neel) b abt 1043 Bretagne
73......Odard b 1046 Dutton
74......Wolfaith b 1054 Hatton

Note: Gisele married as a widow. She had previously been married to Rodolphe de BOULOGNE

Children of Ranaulf and Gisele
75......Gilbert b abt 1048 Alost d 1094 Bardney, Lincolnshire
76......Badouin b 1042 Ghent m Ada
77......Isabel dob unknown

GENERATION 20

Child of Nigel and unknown
78......William I b 1058 Cotentin d bef 1130

GENERATION 19

Children of William and Adeliz
79......Albreda b 1080 Halton Castle, Runcorn
80......William II b abt 1085 Halton Castle, Runcorn
81......Matilda b abt 1088 Halton Castle, Runcorn
82......Agnes b abt 1094 Halton Castle, Runcorn

Children of Gilbert and Alice
83......Felia b 1070 Folkingham m Ivo de GRENTEMISNIL abt 1094
84......Emma b abt 1075 Folkingham m Alan de PERCY
85......Hugues b abt 1078 Folkingham m Adeline de BEAUMONT
86......Walter b 1080 Folkingham d 1139
87......Agnes b abt 1092 Folkingham

GENERATION 20

Child of Ralph and Emma
89......Emma b abt 1096
90......Robert b abt 1125 Mold, Holywell, Flintshire d abt 1162 Castle Montalt, Hawarden [Complete Peerage]

Child of William and Agnes
91......Robert b abt 1129 Halton Castle d 1183
92......Leucha b 1130 Halton, Cheshire m Aliva de GRESSENHALL (b abt 1130 Gressenhall

Children of Walter and Maud
93......Agnes b 1114 m William de MOHUN
94...... a girl - b abt 1117 m William de WELLE
95......Gilbert b 1120 Bridlington d 1156 Folkingham m Rohese de CLARE (b 1123 Tinbridge d aft 1175) aft 1155
See Rohese ancestors here
Note Gilbert became Sir Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln. He fought on the side of Stephen at the battle of Lincoln in February 1140/1, and was there taken prisoner by Ranulph II, Earl of Chester, who compelled him to marry his niece. In 1147 he claimed the honour of Pontefract against Henry de Lacy, and in the fighting which ensued the priory of Pontefract was burnt down, and Gilbert was excommunicated. Although William de ROUMARE had been created Earl of Lincoln circa 1141, and presumably was still in enjoyment of that earldom, Gilbert was created by Stephen EARL OF LINCOLN circa 1147-48, and in about 1148, as Earl of Lincoln, founded Rufford Abbey, Notts.
96......Robert b 1122 Folkingham d 1191 Bourne m Gunnor(a) d' AUBIGNY
97......Alice b 1127 m (a) B>Ilbert de LACY (b) Roger d'AUBIGNY

GENERATION 21

Note: Robert was Constable of Chester and hereditary senschal of the County of Chester and built Mold Castle about 1140. Leucha was the daughter of William FITZNEEL of Halton. Neston and other FitzNeel manors are found to have passed to the Mohaut family. Robert 'dapifer' was first witness for a charter by William II FitzNeel, Constable of Chester.
Robert was known as "le Blakestiward," or Sir Robert de Mohaut the Black Steward. he defeated the Welsh, who were over running Cheshire, 3 Sep 1146, at Nantwich, and received various grants from the Earls of Chester, including Hawarden, which became the caput of the barony. In 1160, he was one of the farmers of the Earl of Chester's land and accounted as such until 1162.

Children of Robert and Leucha
98......Eustace aka Ralph b abt 1155 Castle Montalt, Hawarden d abt 1200
99......Robert b abt 1161 Castle Montalt, Hawarden
100....Roger b abt 1163 Castle Montalt, Hawarden d 1231 Elford
101....William dob unknown
102....Ranulph dob unknown

GENERATION 22

Note: Between 1177 and 1182 Eustace (aka Ralph) gave to the abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester, the church of Neston for the souls of Robert his father and Leucha (living) his mother. It was part of her dower, and she consented, as did also Ralph's brother William. Their names appear on the Pipe Rolls of 1179, 1180, and 1189. Ralph attested a charter of Earl Randulph III between 1190 and 1207, perhaps as late as 1200.

Child of Ralph and Maud
103......Roger b abt 1195 Castle Montalt, Hawarden d 28 Jun 1260 Castle Rising, Norfolk
104......Beatrix b 1195 Chester

Child of Roger and Nichole
105......Leuca b 1190 d bef 1227 m Sir Philip de ORREBY
Note: Leuca was heiress of Elford

GENERATION 23

103 Roger de MOHAUT m Cicely d'AUBIGNY (b abt 1210 Arundel d after 1260)

Note: Roger was Lord of Hawarden and Cicely was heiress of Castle Rising
He made a grant to Basingwerk Abbey. By his marriage he and his descendants became tenants in chief and barons of the kingdom as well as of Chester. Twice in his time the castle of Mold was in the hands of the Welsh.
In August 1241, at Shrewsbury, he became surety for an agreement entered into by Senena, wife of Griffith son of Llewelyn, detained in prison by his brother David. He obtained a charter of free warren in Coventry in 1246.
He took the Cross in 1250, and sold timber and mortgaged lands to the monks of Coventry to provide funds for the expedition.
In 1253 he was summoned to attend the King in his expedition to Gascony, and he was there from December of that year till September 1254, when he became one of the sureties for the King's debts at Bordeaux. He was with the King in Paris in December, and returned to England by January 1254/5, being still in constant attendance in the Court. He accompanied Henry to Carlisle, and was one of his council upon the drastic change of ministers in Scotland, September 1255. In August 1257 he was commissioned to admit David son of Griffith to the King's peace.
He was justice of Chester, 1257-59, and at about this time was appointed one of the four councillors of Prince Edward, and then one of the 18 councillors of the King, and one of the 24 commissioners to reform the State. In 1259 he was one of the commissioners to arrange peace with Llewelyn of Wales.

Children of Roger and Cicely
106......Robert b abt 1235 Castle Rising d bef 16 Sep 1275
107......John b abt 1236 Castle Rising

GENERATION 24

Note: The castle of Hawarden was delivered to him as heir thereof in June 1265, but in 1267 he was a prisoner in the hands of Llewelyn, who released him on making peace with Henry III, but made it a condition that Robert should build no castle at Hawarden for thirty years. Joan was the daughter of Roger DE MOWBRAY by Maud and [eventually] coheir of Simon de Beauchamp, 1st daughter of William de Beauchamp, Baron of Bedford.

Children of Robert and Joan
108......Roger b 25 Mar 1262 Mold Castle d bef 2 Dec 1296 Castle Montalt
Note: In August 1282 the King gave Roger, while still under age, possession of Mold and Hawarden on condition that he should answer for the issues to Roger de Clifford the elder. By September 1284, then being of full age, he had possession of his share of the Arundel inheritance coming to him on the death of Isabel, widow of Earl Hugh.
Edward I was at Mold on 5 October, that year. In 1285, in the January of which year he was not yet a knight, he had acquittance of the common summons of the eyre, and in 1287 protection while on the King's service in Wales. He made a grant to the Franciscan friars of Coventry in1289, and in the same year confirmed his ancestors' grants to Basingwerk. In 1290 he joined in the Barons' letter to the Pope protesting against the appointment of foreigners to English benefices. In the same year, "in full Parliament," he consented to the "aid" on the marriage of the King's daughter.
In 1291 he was in joint charge of the arrangement of watches on the coast of Norfolk. He was summoned for service in Gascony in the summer of 1294, and again in 1295, but appears to have been serving in Wales in January 1294/5. He was summoned to Parliament on 24 June 1295, by writs directed Rogero de Monte Alto, whereby he is held to have become Lord MOHAUT.
He married Juliane, daughter of Roger DE CLIFFORD. She probably predeceased him, as there is no record of her dower. He died before 2 December 1296, when any hereditary Barony which may be held to have been created by his writ of summons became extinct.
109......Isabel b 1288 Castle Rising d bef Oct 1295 m Sir Robert, Baron Morley of Roydon
See the MORLEY Branch here
110......Robert b 25 Mar 1274 d 26 Dec 1329 bur at Shouldham Priory, Norfolk
Note: Robert held the Barony of Mohaut from 1299 to 1309
he was brother and heir of Roger, Lord Mohaut, After having done homage. he was ordered livery 7 February 1296/7. He was summoned (as from Norfolk) 30 March 1298, and (among the Barons) in the following September, for service in Scotland, with successive summonses for the like to the end of his life.
He was summoned to Parliament from 6 February 1298/9 to 13 June 1329, by writ directed Roberto de Monte Alto, or de Mohaut, whereby he is held to have become Lord Mohaut. He was present at the siege of Carlaveroc in July 1300, and was much engaged in the wars in Scotland and in Gascony. He served in Scotland in 1300, 1303, and 1310-11, but in 1305 falsely essoined himself in a plea on the ground that he was engaged in the King's service.
In 1298 he was ordered to raise 300 foot. soldiers from his demesnes, and similar orders were given in later years. As Robertus de Montealto dominus de Hawardyn, he joined in the Barons' letter to the Pope on 12 February 1300.
In January 1307/8 he was summoned to attend the King's Coronation, with a second summons in February to him and his consort; and was one of the three gentlemen appointed to meet the King and Queen Isabel at Dover, and to attend her and her sister to London. In 1309 he was going on a pilgrimage to Santiago.
He was a plaintiff at Chester in 1312, claiming as heir of his ancestor Roger I. In 1318 he was one of the guarantors of the treaty of Leek, between the King and Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. Though said to have been aggrieved by the Despensers, he appears to have joined the King's party, being requested in 1321 to abstain from the meeting at Doncaster of the "Good Peers" called together by the Earl of Lancaster, and in February 1321/2 was summoned to the muster at Coventry prepared to march against the rebels, who were defeated at Boroughbridge in the following month.
In 1324 he was one of the joint keepers of the ports and coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was summoned to the great Council of Magnates at Winchester in March 1324/5, but discharged from attendance, as he was about to set out for Gascony. In September he was again about to set out with Prince Edward. In January 1325/6 he was one of the supervisors of array in Norfolk. In this year, as son of Robert de Mohaut and brother and heir of Roger, he confirmed his predecessors' gifts to Basingwerk. After the return of the Queen in September 1326 and the flight of Edward II, he attended the council at Bristol 26 October, and joined in the election of Prince Edward (styled Duke of Aquitaine) as Regent and Custos of the Realm.
At the Coronation of Edward III he put forward his claim to do service as butler. In May 1327 he settled all his estates, Mold, Hawarden, Castle Rising, &c., on himself and his wife for life, and his own issue male, with remainder in default to Queen Isabel, her son John of Elthara and his heirs, and the King successively. The King paid him 10,000 marks. The custody of the lands of John de St. John, deceased, was granted to him in August 1329, during the minority of the heir.
He married (royal license 25 January 1300/1) Emma, widow of Sir Richard FITZJOHN [LORD FITZJOHN], who died s.p., shortly before 5 August 1297. See FITZJOHN. He died s.p., 26 December 1329, and was buried in Shouldham Priory, Norfolk, when any hereditary Barony which may be supposed to have been created by his writs of summons became extinct. On 3 December 1331 his widow surrendered to Queen Isabel her life interest in the lordships of Mold, Hawarden, &c., for an annuity of £400. She died 26 January 1331/2, and was buried in Stradsett church, Norfolk.

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