"Ancestrees"

Lord William De Graville MALET ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

Lord Mallet is noted in English history as "one of the most imposing figures at the conquest of England in 1066 in Hastings." He was almost killed at Hastings but thanks to Sire de Montford and William de Vieuxpont, he was rescued and given the duty of guarding the defeated King Harold's body since he was the first cousin of Alditha, wife of King Harold. He and Gilbert deGand received large grants/ransom in Yorkshire for their duties. He was descended from Gerard, a Scandinavia Prince. His companion Rollo the Dane, 1st Duke of Normandy, gave his name Gerardville or Graville to their fief near Havre. He supposedly died while in the King's service in Gidestan, County Suffolk.
Called the "Grandson of Godiva", he is maternally descended from Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife Godiva who was famous for her ride through Coventry in the nude on a white horse. She rode through the streets nude to get her husband to drop his oppressive taxes of the townspeople. She had forewarned the townspeople to close their shutters and avert their eyes during her ride. She was a descendant of King Alfred.

Lord married Esilia D.Of GILBERT CRISPIN I, daughter of Gilbert CRISPIN I and Gonner D'AUNON.