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Ralph de Tosny was a Norman nobleman. He was the second son of another Ralph Tosny and a daughter of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford
. His elder brother, Roger de Tosny, died about 15 May 1091.
, Tosny
, Portes
and Acquigny
in Normandy and Clifford
with the honour of Flamstead
in England soon after his father's death in March 1102. In 1103 he married Alice Waltheof, the daughter of Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria and Huntington who had an income of £613 per annum. This made him one of the most powerful barons in England and Normandy.
at the key Battle of Tinchebray
.
of Clifford Castle
, while his baronies were inherited by his second son, Roger de Tosny.
William Fitzosbern, 1st Earl of Hereford
William FitzOsbern , Lord of Breteuil, in Normandy, was a relative and close counsellor of William the Conqueror and one of the great magnates of early Norman England...
. His elder brother, Roger de Tosny, died about 15 May 1091.
Inheritance
Ralph assumed his father's castles of ConchesConches
Conches may refer to:the plural of the Conch, a type of mollusk.Places:*Conches-sur-Gondoire, a village in the northern part of France*Conches-en-Ouche, another village in the northern part of France...
, Tosny
Tosny
Tosny is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France, some ten miles south of Rouen.-Population:...
, Portes
Portes
-In France:*Portes, Eure, in the Eure département*Portes, Gard, in the Gard département*Portes-en-Valdaine, in the Drôme département*Portes-lès-Valence, in the Drôme département*Les Portes-en-Ré, in the Charente-Maritime département...
and Acquigny
Acquigny
Acquigny is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...
in Normandy and Clifford
Clifford Castle
Clifford Castle is a castle in the village of Clifford which lies four miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England .-Early Norman castle and planned settlement:...
with the honour of Flamstead
Flamstead
Flamstead is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire, England, close to the junction of the A5 and the M1 motorway at junction 9. The name is thought by some historians to be a corruption of the original Verulamstead...
in England soon after his father's death in March 1102. In 1103 he married Alice Waltheof, the daughter of Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria and Huntington who had an income of £613 per annum. This made him one of the most powerful barons in England and Normandy.
Later life
He was a staunch royalist and on 28 September 1106 he fought for King Henry IHenry I of England
Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...
at the key Battle of Tinchebray
Battle of Tinchebray
The Battle of Tinchebray was fought 28 September 1106, in the town of Tinchebray , Normandy, between an invading force led by Henry I of England, and his older brother Robert Curthose, the Duke of Normandy...
.
Family
Ralph left at least three sons and two daughters. Margaret Isobel Tosny married Walter de CliffordWalter de Clifford
Walter I de Clifford was an Anglo-Norman marcher lord of Bronllys Castle on the Welsh border, and Clifford Castle , in Herefordshire...
of Clifford Castle
Clifford Castle
Clifford Castle is a castle in the village of Clifford which lies four miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England .-Early Norman castle and planned settlement:...
, while his baronies were inherited by his second son, Roger de Tosny.
Sources
- Remfry. P.M., Clifford Castle, 1066 to 1299 (ISBN 1-899376-04-6)