Eustace de Montaut

Eustace de Montaut (or Monte Alto)
Eustace de Montaut (or Monte Alto)
	Hugh Lupus. Eustace may be seated on the right, second from front.
Successor	Hugh de Montaut
Born	c. 1010s–1030s; May have been Monthault, Ille-et-Vilaine, Duchy of Brittany
Died	Cheshire, England
Spouse	Unknown
Issue	Hugh, Roger, Ralph, possibly Peter

Eustace de Montaut, or Monte Alto, Montalt, Monhaut, or FitzNorman (c. 1027 – 1112), was a

Breton soldier, and later baron, who fought on the side of the Normans during the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and for his achievements was granted several manors by the new king, William the Conqueror

.

Biography

Eustace was born in the early to mid-11th century, possibly in

Hugh Lupus in his conflict with the Welsh.^[2]

Eustace united his forces with those of Hugh Lupus, and together succeeded in subduing the Welsh in the county of Flintshire. Hugh Lupus and Eustace shared the lands they gained, with Eustace receiving the manors of Montalt and Hawarden^[3]—both of which are still ruled by his descendants.^[4]

Eustace died at an unknown date and was succeeded by his eldest son, Hugh de Montaut.^{[citation needed]}

Family

The identity of any wife of Eustace has not been recorded. She bore Eustace at least three sons: Hugh, Roger and Ralph (or Ranulph). Some sources also mention another son, Peter, Seneschal of Chester.^[5]

Issue

Hugh (FitzNorman) de Monte Alto (c. 1045 – before 1130) married N.N.
- William de Monte Alto (c. 1075 – c. 1141) married Colobella Grant
  - Robert de Monte Alto (c. 1095 – ?)
Ralph (FitzNorman) de Montaut (c. 1050 – before c. 1141) married N.N.
- Robert de Mohaut (c. 1125 – c. 1162) married Leucha FitzNeel de Halton
  - Ralph de Mohaut (c. 1155 – c. 1200)
  - Roger de Mohaut (1160 – 1232)
  - Eustace de Mohaut (1160 – 1232)
  - Robert de Mohaut (c. 1162 – before c. 1132)
  - William de Mohaut
  - John de Mohaut
  - Matthew de Mohaut
- Simon de Mohaut (? – c. 1190) married N.N.
  - Richard de Montealt, Lord of Riddlesden (? – c. 1240)
  - Isabel de Montealt
Roger (FitzNorman) de Montaut (c. 1052 – ?)

References

^ Lodge, John (1789). The Peerage of Ireland: Or, a genealogical history of the present...Volume 7. J. Moore. p. 271. eustace de monte alto.
^ Burke, John (1835). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Univested with Heritable Honours. H. Colburn. pp. 84–.
^ Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine, Volume 5. 1834.
^ John Burke (1835). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. Henry Colburn. pp. 84–.
^ Caroline Sheridan Norton (1836). The English Annual for 1836. E. Bull. pp. 77–.

[Peerage-1] Lodge, John (1789). The Peerage of Ireland: Or, a genealogical history of the present...Volume 7. J. Moore. p. 271. eustace de monte alto.

[Burke1835-2] Burke, John (1835). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Univested with Heritable Honours. H. Colburn. pp. 84–.

[Court_Magazine-3] Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine, Volume 5. 1834.

[JohnBurke1835-4] John Burke (1835). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. Henry Colburn. pp. 84–.

[Norton1836-5] Caroline Sheridan Norton (1836). The English Annual for 1836. E. Bull. pp. 77–.

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