founded Abbeys nearby, which he later retired to, in old age. The line of inheritance continued, (sometimes with a female heiress as Lord) acquiring Laval and Vitré in the 15th century with the marriage of the heiress of Montmorency-Laval. Crusade In September 1096, accompanied by his wife and son Alain, and in the army of Robert Corthose (second son of William I), he went on the First Crusade to the Holy Land. After wintering in Italy, crossed over to Epirus, where they joined Bohemond, and reached Nicaea early in June 1097, where Ralph was one of the Breton leaders who took part in the siege of Nicaea. After this, they joined Bohemund I of Antioch’s division of the army. Ralph is again mentioned as fighting at the Battle of Dorylaeum with his son Alan on 1 July 1097. Ralph and Emma died in the holy land, witnessing the capture of Jerusalem in 1099, but dying the following year on the road from Jerusalem. References Bibliography 1040s births 1097 deaths 11th-century English nobility People from Norfolk Anglo-Normans Earls of East Anglia People from Hereford 11th-century Breton people Norman warriors Year of birth unknown Christians of the First Crusade