Hamelin de Ballon
Hamelin de Ballon or Balun († 1089 ) was a Norman nobleman. Towards the end of the 11th century he conquered the Abergavenny region in south-east Wales.
Life
Hamelin probably came from the northern French village of Ballon . Together with his brothers Wynoc and Wynebald, he came to England in 1066 in the wake of William the Conqueror . and received the rule of Much Marcle in Herefordshire . Under King Wilhelm Rufus he conquered the upper Gwent and built Abergavenny Castle to protect his conquests and as the center of his new rule . In 1087 he founded the Benedictine Priory St Mary, the church of which is today's parish church of St Mary in Abergavenny.
Since Hamelin left no male offspring, Abergavenny fell to his nephew Brian FitzCount after his death . His daughter Emmelind inherited the rule Much Marcle and married Reginald de Breteuil, a son of Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford , who took the name de Balun. An illegitimate daughter of Hamelin married Dyfnwal, the Welsh prince of Upper Gwent, her son was the prince Seisyll ap Dyfnwal .
Individual evidence
- ^ Judith A. Green: Aristocracy of Norman England . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002, ISBN 978-0-521-52465-0 , p. 279
- ↑ Baalun, John de . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 2: Annesley - Baird. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1885, pp. 303 - 304 (English).
- ^ The History of St Mary's Parish Church, St Mary's Priory, Abergavenny. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 2, 2013 ; accessed on March 17, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Hamelin de Ballon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamelin de Balun; Hamelin de Baloun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norman nobleman and conqueror of Upper Gwent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1089 |