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unusual facts about Ralph Basset


Ralph Basset

Basset was a native of Montreuil-au-Houlme near Domfort in Normandy, and possibly came to the notice of King Henry while Henry was count of Domfort during the reign of Henry's older brother King William II of England (1087–1100).


John IV, Duke of Brittany

Joan of Brittany, Baroness of Drayton (1341 – aft. 20 October 1399), married before 21 October 1385 Ralph Basset, 4th Baron Basset de Drayton


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Joanna of Flanders

Joan of Brittany, Baroness of Drayton (1341 – aft. 20 October 1399), married before 21 October 1385 to Ralph Basset, 4th Baron Basset de Drayton - born at the onset of the Breton War of Succession

Richard Basset

Other sons were Ralph Basset, who held lands near Drayton, and William Basset, who held lands near Sapcote.