Ralph Tailboys
Ralph Tailboys,[a] (fl. 1130–67)[1] Lord of Middleham was an Anglo-Breton knight from Yorkshire. He was a son of Ribald de Bretagne,[1] himself the bastard son of Odo, Count of Penthièvre,[citation needed] and Beatrice de Taillebois.
When Ribald became a monk, following the death of his wife, his lands were passed to Ralph.[2]
Ralph was a tenant of count Stephen. He married Agatha, daughter of William de Brus, Lord of Annandale and Christina.[1] He is known to have had two sons,[citation needed] Ribald and Robert.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Also known as Ralph fitz Ribald and Ralph de Taillebois.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c 'Parishes: Middleham', in A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1, ed. William Page (London, 1914), pp. 251-257. British History Online
- ^ The Castles and Abbeys of Yorkshire: A Historical and Descriptive Account of the Most Celebrated Ruins in the County, William Grange (1855), p.332