Blount - Barons Mountjoy - family

The origin of this most ancient and distinguished family is traced from the Counts of Guisnes, in Picardy, a race of nobles descended from the Scandinavian rulers of Denmark. Rodolph, 3rd Count of Guisnes, had three sons, by his wife Rosetta, daughter of the Count de St. Pol, all of whom accompanied WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR in his expedition against England, in 1066, and contributing to the triumph of their chief, shared amply in the spoils of conquest. One of the brothers returned to his native country; the other two adopted that which they had so gallantly helped to win, and abided there. Of these, Sir William le Blount, the younger, was a general of foot at Hastings, and was rewarded by grants of seven lordship, in Lincolnshire; his son was seated at Saxlingham, in Norfolk, and the great-granddaughter of that gentleman, sole heiress of her line, Maria le Blount, marrying, in the next century, Sir Stephen le Blount, the descendant and representative of her great-great-great-uncle, Sir Robert le Blount, united the families of the two brothers. .... more

Robert le Blount was commander of the Conqueror's fleet in 1066

• A1 ~ Godefrey the Dane, m. Gisela of Lorraine;
  • B1 ~ Siegfried the Dane, 1st Count of Guisnes, lvd:925/965, m. Elsrtude of Flanders;
    • C1 ~ Ardolph the Dane, 2nd Count of Guisnes, m. Matilda of Boulogne;
      • D1 ~ Rodolph the Dane, 3rd Count of Guisnes, d:1036, m. Rosetta St. Pol;
        • E1 ~ Sir William le Blount;
          • F1 ~ N. le Blount;
            • G1 ~ Sir William le Blount of Saxlington;
              • H1 ~ Sir William le Blount of Saxlington, lvd:1216;
                • I1 ~ Maria le Blount, m. Sir Stephan le Blount (* below);
        • E2 ~ Robert le Blount of Ixworth, lvd:1066, m. Gundreda de Ferrieres;  ==>  Ferrers family
          • F1 ~ Gilbert le Blount of Ixworth, m. Alice de Colekirke;
            • G1 ~ William le Blount of Ixworth, m. Sarah Monchenal;
              • H1 ~ Gilbert le Blount of Ixworth, lvd:1173, m. Agnes de Insula;
                • I1 ~ Sir Stephan le Blount, lvd:1198, m. Maria le Blount (* above);
                  • J1 ~ Sir Robert le Blount, lvd:1288, m. Isabel of Odinsels;
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  • K1 ~ Sir William le Blount, d:1316, m. Isabella de Beauchamp;  ==>  Beauchamp family
    • L1 ~ Sir Walter le Blount of The Rock, d:1322, m. Johanna de Sodington;
      • M1 ~ Sir John le Blount of Sodington, d:1358, m. Eleanor de Beauchamp;
        • N1 ~ Sir Walter Blount of Barton and Belton, d:1406, m. Sancha de Ayala;
          • O1 ~ Constance Blount, m. Sir John Sutton;  <==  Sutton family
          • O1 ~ Sir Thomas Blount, d:1378/1456, m. Margaret Gresley;
            • P1 ~ Sir Walter Blount, 1st Lord Mountjoy, d:1474, m. Ellen Byron;
              • Q1 ~ William Blount, d:1471, m. Margaret Echingham;  ==>  Echingham family
                • R1 ~ Elizabeth Blount, d:1471, m. Sir William Windsor;  <==  Windsor family