Ilbert II de Lacy (died 1141),
Baron of Pontefract and
Lord of Bowland, was an English noble.
He was the eldest son of Robert de Lacy and Maud de Perche. Ilbert with his father, supported
Robert Curthose
Robert Curthose ( – February 1134, ), the eldest son of William the Conqueror, was Duke of Normandy as Robert II from 1087 to 1106.
Robert was also an unsuccessful pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of England. The epithet "Curthose" ...
against the claims of
Henry I to the English crown. Upon Henry’s succession, he dispossessed the Lacy’s of all their estates and banished Robert and Ilbert from England.
Robert and Ilbert were allowed to return after a few years of exile, with their lands and titles returned. He was a supporter of
King Stephen during
the Anarchy
The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Duchy of Normandy, Normandy between 1138 and 1153, which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order. The conflict was a war of succession precipitated by the accidental death of William Adel ...
. Ilbert was noted for his valour at the
Battle of the Standard
The Battle of the Standard, sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton, took place on 22 August 1138 on Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire, England. English forces under William of Aumale repelled a Scottish army led by King Davi ...
in 1138 and was captured at the
Battle of Lincoln in 1141. He disappears from records shortly afterwards, possibly dying in captivity or from wounds suffered during the battle. Ilbert died without issue and his brother Henry, succeeded to his titles. His widow Alice de Gant, daughter of
Walter de Gant
Walter de Gant (died 1139), Lord of Folkingham was an English nobleman.
Walter was a son of Gilbert de Gant and Alice, Dame de Montfort-sur-Risle. He inherited the English titles of his father, while his younger brother Hugh adopted his mother ...
and Mathilde de Penthièvre, remarried
Roger de Mowbray. Ilbert was buried at
Pontefract Priory, next to his mother.
References
*Farrer and Brownbill. ''The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 1''. London: Victoria County History - Constable & Co, 1906.
*Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. ''Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066-1166''. The Boydell Press, 2002.
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1141 deaths
12th-century English nobility
Year of birth unknown