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William de Knightley 1075 – 1135 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1075

Birth Location: Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1135

Death Location: Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England

Father: Rainald Bailleul

Mother: Lady Bailleul,

Spouse(s): Adelise Knightley

Children(s): Nicholas Knightley

William de Knightley was born in 1075 in Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England, the child of Rainald de Bailleul and Lady Amiera de Montgomery de Bailleul,. William de Knightley married Adelise de Knightley, and had children including Nicholas de Knightley. William de Knightley passed away in 1135 in Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • William de Knightley was born in 1075 in Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England, the child of Rainald de Bailleul and Lady Amiera de Montgomery de Bailleul,.
  • William de Knightley married Adelise de Knightley, and had children including Nicholas de Knightley.
  • William de Knightley passed away in 1135 in Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rainald Bailleul
1040 – 1086
Birth Location: Bailleul, Departement de l'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
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Lady Bailleul,
1045 – 1095
Birth Location: Montgommery, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Lower Normandy, France
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Spouses(s)

Adelise Knightley
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
AK

Children(s)

Nicholas Knightley
1105 – 1189
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
NK

William Knightley's Ancestors

Self
William Knightley
1075 – 1135
Birth Place: Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Rainald de Bailleul
1040 – 1086
Bailleul, Departement de l'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Lady (Amiera de Montgomery de) Bailleul,
1045 – 1095
Montgommery, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Lower Normandy, France
Grandparents
Guy (de) Balliol
1015 – 1094
Mountgomerie, Normandy, France
Mabel (Talvas de) Bellême,
1030 – 1079
Alencon, Departement de l'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Roger (de) Montgomery,
1022 – 1094
St. Germain Castle, St. Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, Paris, Ville-de-Seine, Isle of France, France
Mabel (Talvas de) Bellême,
1030 – 1079
Alencon, Departement de l'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Great-Grandparents
Wydo Baliol
– 1015
Ameria Montgomery
1025 – 1094
William Bellême,
– 1065
Lady Talvas
– 1067
Roger Montgomery,
– 1034
Sibell Crepon
– 1046
William Bellême,
– 1065
Lady Talvas
– 1067
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Wilmunde Balliol
William Belleme,
– 1028
Mathilda Belleme
– 1033
Sir MontGummeri
– 1021
Elizabeth Tripon,
– 1026
William Belleme,
– 1028
Mathilda Belleme
– 1033

William Knightley's Descendants

1.
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William (de) Knightley (1075 – 1135) m. Adelise (de) Knightley
  1. 1. Nicholas (de) Knightley (1105 – 1189) m. Adeliza (de) Knightley
    1. 1. Robert (de) Knightley (1129 – 1199)
      1. 1. Sir (Jorden de) Knightley (1163 – 1220)
        1. 1. Sir (Robert de) Knightley, (1186 – 1256)
        2. 2. Ralph (fitzJorden de) Knightley (1190 – )
      2. 2. Sabine (de) Knightley (1164 – ) m. Robert (de) Dodington
        1. 1. Edith (de) Dodington m. Steven Mynors ( – 1272)
      3. 3. Roger (de) Knightley

William Knightley's Timeline

2 Records

1075
1075
Birth of William de Knightley in Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
1135
1135
Age 60
Death of William de Knightley in Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1075
    Event Place: Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1135
    Event Place: Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Gnosall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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