Born about in Diest, Hertogdom Brabant, Heiloge Roomse Rijk
Ancestors 
Son of Arnold (Diest) of Diest
and Aleidis Hengebach
Brother of
Everard (Diest) of Diest and Arnold Diest
Husband of
Machteld (Diest) of Zelem
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Aleidis (Diest) of Zelem and Arnold (Diest) of Zelem
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Gerard Diest was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Biography
Mentioned in 1236 together with his brother Arnold.[1] Mentioned in 1258.In 1258. [2]
Sources
- ↑ A. Verkooren, Inventaire des chartes et cartulaires des duchés de Brabant et de Limbourg et des pays Outre Meuse. Deuxième partie. Cartulaires. Tome I, 1961, p. 80, Inventaris van het archief der Abdij Maagdendaal te Oplinter.; DELVAUX HENDRIK, nr. 15.
- ↑ Inventaris van het archief der Abdij Maagdendaal te Oplinter.; DELVAUX HENDRIK, nr. 39.
- Godfried Croenen, Familie en Macht, de familie Berthout en de Brabantse adel, Leuven, 2003, p. 313-317.
- John fitz Geoffrey, entry in the database Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2000-2017.
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