Harold, son of Ralph

Also known as Harold of Ewyas.

Harold founded the priory of Ewyas Harold in 1100.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1049.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bannister (p. 21) states that Harold attained his majority in or about 1070.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Ralph, earl of Hereford.

This relationship is given Keats-Rohan (p. 245) and by Sanders (p. 43).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Bannister (p. 21) conjectures that she was named Alveva. Tanner states that she was a daughter of Alvred of Marlborough.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from the Bannister.)

Robert de Ewyas married Sibyl.

Roger

John

Alexander

William

References

Bannister, A.T. The History of Ewias Harold (Hereford, 1902).

Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Volume 1: Domesday Book (The Boydell Press: 1999).

Sanders, Ivor John. English Baronies (Oxford: 1960).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).