Individual Details
Walter de Riddlesford
(1150 - 1226)
According to Wikipedia:
Walter de Riddlesford (fl. 1150 - d. 1226) was an Anglo-Norman lord granted in Ireland the baronies of Bray, County Wicklow and Kilkea, County Kildare between 1171 and 1176.
De Riddlesford was born in Carriebenan, Kildare, Ireland. He married a daughter of Henry fitz Henry named Amabilis Fitzhenry.[1]
He built a motte and bailey fortress on the site of what is now Kilkea Castle in County Kildare in 1181.
He died in 1226 and was succeeded by his son Walter. His granddaughter, Emmeline, married Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster (as his second wife) and, then, Stephen Longespee, son of William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and grandson of Henry II of England (one of their daughters was Ela Longespee).[2][3][4]
References
An Hitherto Unnoted Descent from King Henry I, NEHGR, Vol. 116, Oct. 1962, p. 278-279
Eds, (1850) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Volume 4 Royal Irish Academy, pg 485
Adams, Arthur, et al (1964) The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America, 1607-1650 Genealogical Publishing Company, pg 116
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Lacy, Hugh de (d.1242?)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 379.
Walter de Riddlesford (fl. 1150 - d. 1226) was an Anglo-Norman lord granted in Ireland the baronies of Bray, County Wicklow and Kilkea, County Kildare between 1171 and 1176.
De Riddlesford was born in Carriebenan, Kildare, Ireland. He married a daughter of Henry fitz Henry named Amabilis Fitzhenry.[1]
He built a motte and bailey fortress on the site of what is now Kilkea Castle in County Kildare in 1181.
He died in 1226 and was succeeded by his son Walter. His granddaughter, Emmeline, married Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster (as his second wife) and, then, Stephen Longespee, son of William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and grandson of Henry II of England (one of their daughters was Ela Longespee).[2][3][4]
References
An Hitherto Unnoted Descent from King Henry I, NEHGR, Vol. 116, Oct. 1962, p. 278-279
Eds, (1850) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Volume 4 Royal Irish Academy, pg 485
Adams, Arthur, et al (1964) The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America, 1607-1650 Genealogical Publishing Company, pg 116
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Lacy, Hugh de (d.1242?)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 379.
Events
| Birth | 1150 | Carriebenan, Kildare, Ireland | |||
| Death | 1226 |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Emmeline de Riddlesford ( - ) |