Eustace De Monte Alto

Eustace De Monte Alto (or Monhaut) (ca. 1045-1112) was a soldier who fought on the side of the Normans in Norman Conquest of 1066, and was granted various estates for his achievements by William The Conqueror.

Life
He was born in 1045 in France, the son of a Norman landlord and his wife. Eustace joined the Norman army of William The Conqueror in the mid 1060s, supporting "Palatine Earl of Chester, the potent Hugh Lupus" in the Norman Conquest in 1066. Due to his skill as a soldier, he was nicknamed "The Norman Hunter" by the English.

For his efforts in combat in Flintshire, Eustace was awarded lordship and estates in Montalt and Hawarden. A few years later, Eustace married an unknown daughter of a wealthy English lord, and had three sons: Hugh, Roger and Ralph. After his death, Eustace's wealth and land were inherited by his eldest son, Hugh De Monte Alto.

Family
His great-great-great-grandson was Roger de Montalt, 1st Baron Montalt, and through his sons, Roger and Ralph, he is an ancestor of many well known people. He is a maternal ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II and The British Royal Family, and is also an ancestor of people such as Abraham Lincoln, Sir Winston Churchill, Walt Disney and Sir Isaac Newton.