NameIlbert De Lacy, 29G Grandfather
Birth1045, Lassy
Death1093, Pontefract, Yorkshire West Riding
Notes for Ilbert De Lacy
1st Baron Pontefract.
Particpated in the Norman Conquest and while there is evidence he fought at the Battle of Hastings, he is not one of the Proven Companions of William the Conqueror. A major particpant in the Harrying of the North.
Received a large fief in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
Built Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire.