defeated as the King of France, with a large army, roared to the defence of the Bretons; whereupon William departed thence, having lost there both men and horses, and many of his treasures'. This resulted in such great losses for King William, that he conceded defeat, and "with so great loss of men, horses, and money, that the next year he was glad to make peace with him; and thus ended the whole affair, in the year 1077". peace was made. In 1089, Ralph attested the judgment in a dispute between the monks of Redon Abbey and the chaplains of the Duke of Brittany. He also attested a charter of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, in favour of St. George's Abbey (on the site of the current Saint George Palace) at Rennes (1084–1096). William being dead, Ralph appears in Normandy c. 1093 as a witness in the record of a suit between the abbots of Lonlay-l'Abbaye and Saint-Florent de Besneville. Children Ralph and Emma's children were: William (Guillame) de Gael, succeeded his father as Seigneur de Gael. He claimed Breteuil after the death of his uncle William de Breteuil in 1103, but died shortly thereafter, according to Orderic Vitalis. Alain de Gael, who went with his parents on the First Crusade. Raoul II de Gael, seigneur of Gael and Montfort. Like his father, he was an extremely skilled warrior and fighter. He was the youngest, but inherited his father's estates. By 1119, he had obtained the honour of Breteuil in Normandy (his uncle William de Breteuil died 1103 without any legitimate issue). He had several children by his wife, including a daughter named Amice (Amicia). Amice was initially betrothed to Richard, a highly regarded son of Henry I by his mistress Ansfrida, but her betrothed died on the White Ship disaster in November 1120. She was then married, in 1121, to the King's ward, Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, second (twin) son of Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan. Raoul II's other descendants continued to hold his estates in Brittany. French sources state that his son, Guillame, inherited the barony of Montfort after the death of Raoul II, who died at his castle in Montfort in 1042., Guillame was of a more peaceful temperament than his father or grandfather. He married Alice de Porhoët, and lived peacefully at his castle. He strengthened the fortifications around Montfort Castle and