Walter de Gant

✓ Walter de Gant (d. 1139), lord of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, son of Gilbert de Gant (Domesday) and Alice de Montfort-sur-Risle; fought at the Battle of the Standard 1138; became a monk at Bardney. m. Maud, daughter of Stephen, Count of Brittany ('Walterus...duxit Matildam filiam comitis Stephani Britanniae', with Swaledale as dowry - Gant family genealogy). Father of Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln, and of the wife of William de Welle. Sources: Complete Peerage vol. XII pt. 2, pp. 436-441, article WELLES (pages supplied by Aynsley, 15 Oct 2026), citing the records named; Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), Brittany Nobility (Penthièvre). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 15 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]