Spouse Unknown Died 1112 | Name Eustace Monte Successor Hugh De Monte Alto | |
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Issue Hugh De Monte Alto
Roger De Monte Alto
Ralph De Monte Alto
Ranulph De Monte Alto?
Peter De Monte Alto? Children Hugh De Monte Alto, Robert De Monte Alto, Ranulph De Monte Alto?, Peter De Monte Alto?, Roger De Monte Alto | ||
Eustace De Monte Alto (or Monhaut) (ca. 1027-1112) was a Norman soldier, and later baron, who fought on the side of the Normans in Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and was granted various estates for his achievements by the new King William The Conqueror.
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Biography
Eustace De Monte Alto was born in the early to mid 11th century, in Monthault, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne to unknown parents. It has been numerously documented that Eustace's family were originally the Lords of Monte Alto in Italy. Eustace came to England during the reign of William I, under "Palatine Earl of Chester, the potent Hugh Lupus" either during or shortly before Battle of Hastings. Due to his skill as a soldier, he was nicknamed "The Norman Hunter" by the English.
Shortly after Eustace's arrival, he united his forces with that of Hugh Lupus, subduing the Britons in the province of Flintshire, and sharing the lands he conquered with his ally. Among the lands Eustace conquered were the manors of Montalt and Hawarden, which were ruled by his descendants, the viscounts Hawarden and Barons of Montalt for several centuries. Eustace died in the early 12th century in Cheshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Hugh De Monte Alto.
Family
Eustace married an unknown daughter of a wealthy English lord, shortly after his arrival in Britain. She bore Eustace 3 sons: Hugh, Roger and Ralph. Some sources also mention two possible other sons: Ranulph and Peter, Seneschal of Chester. Through his son Ralph, Eustace is an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II, as well as the Viscounts Hawarden. He was the direct paternal great-great-great-great-grandfather of the brothers Roger de Montalt, 1st Baron Montalt and Robert de Montalt, 1st Baron Montalt.