RALPH (before 1040-on crusade after 1096). The Chronicon Centulense records a charter under which King William I confirmed donations to Saint-Riquier made by "le comte Raoul et Raoul son fils"[714]. King William I created him Earl of Norfolk in 1070[715]. Florence of Worcester records that "Herefordensis comes Rogerus filius Willelmi…East-Anglorum comiti Radulfo" conspired against King William in [1074][716]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that he escaped to Denmark in search of help, returning with 200 ships under Knud, son of King Svend, and Jarl Hakon but that they left for Flanders before joining battle[717]. Orderic Vitalis records that he was deprived of all his lands and his earldom in England and eventually retired to Brittany, where he was Seigneur de Gaël[718]. Florence of Worcester records that he and his wife accompanied Robert Duke of Normandy on the First Crusade, in the course of which they both died[719]. m (Exning, Cambridgeshire 1075717) EMMA of Hereford, daughter of WILLIAM FitzOsbern Earl of Hereford & his first wife Adelisa de Tosny (-after 1096). Orderic Vitalis says that Ralph de Gaël was a son-in-law of William FitzOsber n but does not name his wife[720]. Florence of Worcester records that her brother "Herefordensis comes Rogerus filius Willelmi" arranged her marriage to "East-Anglorum comiti Radulfo" against the wishes of King William in [1074][721]. She held her husband's castle during his rebellion in 1075, but was given safe conduct to leave England[722]. Florence of Worcester records that Ralph and his wife accompanied Robert Duke of Normandy on the First Crusade, in the course of which they both died[723]. Earl Ralph & his wife had three children