Earl Ralph (A.D. 1075)

Also known as: Earl Ralph / Ralph · Role: earl · First appears: A.D. 1074–1082

Life events

• 1075 · William married Earl Ralph to William Fitz-Osborne's daughter and gave Ralph the earldom of Norfolk and Suffolk.(A.D. 1074–1082 · 📍 Norwich)
  • With: William of Normandy William Fitz-Osborne
  • “This year King William gave Earl Ralph the daughter of William Fitz-Osborne to wife. This same Ralph was British on his mother's side; but his father, whose name was also Ralph, was English; and born in Norfolk. The king therefore gave his son the earldom of Norfolk and Suffolk; and he then led the bride to Norwich.”
• 1075 · Roger, Ralph, and Waltheof plotted to drive William from England.(A.D. 1074–1082 · 📍 Norwich)
  • With: Earl Roger (A.D. 1075) Waltheof
  • “There was Earl Roger, and Earl Waltheof, and bishops, and abbots; who there resolved, that they would drive the king out of the realm of England.”
• 1075 · Roger and Ralph enticed the Britons to join their plot and sought a Danish fleet to assist them.(A.D. 1074–1082)
  • With: Earl Roger (A.D. 1075)
  • “It was Earl Roger and Earl Ralph who were the authors of that plot; and who enticed the Britons to them, and sent eastward to Denmark after a fleet to assist them.”
• 1075 · Ralph escaped to ships at Norwich, and his wife later left England after peace was made with her.(A.D. 1074–1082 · 📍 Norwich)
  • “He escaped however to the ships at Norwich. And his wife was in the castle; which she held until peace was made with her; when she went out of England, with all her men who wished to join her.”

A.D. 1074–1082

• parent: Ralph (father of Earl Ralph) “but his father, whose name was also Ralph, was English; and born in Norfolk.”
• enemies with Earl Roger (A.D. 1075) “It was Earl Roger and Earl Ralph who were the authors of that plot; and who enticed the Britons to them, and sent eastward to Denmark after a fleet to assist them.”
• with William of Normandy (William gave Ralph a bride.) “This year King William gave Earl Ralph the daughter of William Fitz-Osborne to wife.”
• allies with Earl Roger (A.D. 1075) “It was Earl Roger and Earl Ralph who were the authors of that plot; and who enticed the Britons to them, and sent eastward to Denmark after a fleet to assist them.”
• allies with Waltheof (They resolved together to drive the king out.) “There was Earl Roger, and Earl Waltheof, and bishops, and abbots; who there resolved, that they would drive the king out of the realm of England.”
• enemies with William of Normandy “It was Earl Roger and Earl Ralph who were the authors of that plot; and who enticed the Britons to them, and sent eastward to Denmark after a fleet to assist them.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.