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William FitzWalter de Welles 1115 – 1198 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1115

Birth Location: Well, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 1198

Death Location: Spilsby, Lincolnshire, , England

Father: Walter Welles

Mother: Amaranth Lincoln

Spouse(s): Isabel Gaunt

Children(s): Robert Welles

William FitzWalter de Welles was born in 1115 in Well, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Walter fitz Ragemer de Welles and Amaranth de Lincoln. William FitzWalter de Welles married Isabel "Elizabeth" de Gaunt, and had children including Robert FitzWilliam de Welles. William FitzWalter de Welles passed away in 1198 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, , England.

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Biography

  • William FitzWalter de Welles was born in 1115 in Well, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Walter fitz Ragemer de Welles and Amaranth de Lincoln.
  • William FitzWalter de Welles married Isabel "Elizabeth" de Gaunt, and had children including Robert FitzWilliam de Welles.
  • William FitzWalter de Welles passed away in 1198 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, , England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Walter Welles
1087 – 1118
Birth Location: Well, Lincolnshire, England
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Amaranth Lincoln
1083 –
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Isabel Gaunt
1114 –
Birth Location: Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
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Children(s)

Robert Welles
1144 – 1206
Birth Location: Warwick Castle, Warwichshire, England
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William Welles's Ancestors

Self
William Welles
1115 – 1198
Birth Place: Well, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Walter fitz Ragemer de Welles
1087 – 1118
Well, Lincolnshire, England
Amaranth (de) Lincoln
1083 –
Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
Ragemer (de) Welles
1057 – 1118
Lincolnshire, England
Meredith (Verch) Myrrdin
1057 – 1093
Well, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Anghard Welles
1038 – 1093
Meredith Myrrdin
1038 – 1093
2nd-Great-Grandparents
de Welles
1013 –

William Welles's Descendants

1.
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William (FitzWalter de) Welles (Abt. 1115 – 1198) m. Isabel ("Elizabeth" de) Gaunt (Abt. 1114 – )
  1. 1. Robert (FitzWilliam de) Welles (Abt. 1144 – Abt. 1206) m. Maud (1165 – 1218)
    1. 1. Sir (William de) Welles (1187 – Abt. 1241) m. Emma (de) Grainsby (1196 – 30 Sep 1226)
      1. 1. Sir (Robert de) Welles (Abt. 1226 – Abt. 1265) m. Isabel (de) Periton (Abt. 1235 – Bef. 5 Jan 1315)
        1. 1. Lord (Adam de) Welle (1260 – 1 Sep 1311) m. Joan d'Engayne (1279 – 1 Jun 1315)

William Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1115
Abt. 1115
Birth of William FitzWalter de Welles in Well, Lincolnshire, England
Well, Lincolnshire, England
1198
1198
Age 83
Death of William FitzWalter de Welles in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, , England
Spilsby, Lincolnshire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1115
    Event Place: Well, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1198
    Event Place: Spilsby, Lincolnshire, , England
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