Family:
Children:
- Benedict Of Chester
- (Unk Dau) Of Chester
Marriage:
Children:
- Ranulf De GERNON, Earl Of Chester, Vicomte D'Avranches Birth: Before 1100 in Castle Of Gernon, Normandy
Death: Abt 16 Dec 1153 in Gresley, Derbyshire
- Agnes Of Bayeux Birth: 1
- Adeliza Le MESCHIN Birth: 2
Death: After 1148
- Matilda Le MESCHIN
Bibliography
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Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
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Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
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Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
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Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
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Sources for birth and parent Information
- parents:
- [Ref: CP III p166, CP IV AppH p669, Farnham Pedigrees p11,
Keats-Rohan DD p228, Sanders Baronies p32, Watney WALLOP #230, Weis AR7
#132A],
- father:
- [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p5]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- 1-1128/29 [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p5]
- 1129 [Ref: CP IV AppH p669, Hart PresidentWives p120]
- 17 or 27 Jan 1128/9 [Ref: CP III p166 (with corr in XIV p170)]
- abt 1129 [Ref: CP III p30, Farnham Pedigrees p11, Sanders Baronies p18,
Sanders Baronies p32, Wagner PedigreeProgress #48, Watney WALLOP #230, Weis
AR7 #132A]
- before 1129 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p247]
- before 1129/30 pipe roll [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p228]
Sources for burial Information
- place:
- [Ref: CP III p166, Keats-Rohan DD p228, Weis AR7 #132A]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
- child:
- [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p159, Keats-Rohan DD p987]
Sources with Information about marriage to Lucia Of East Angies
- date:
- abt 1098 [Ref: Weis AR7 #132A]
- abt 1098, as third marriage of Lucy [Ref: CP VII AppJp744, Sanders
Baronies p18]
- abt 1099/1100, as third marriage of Lucy [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p247]
- second marriage of Lucy [Ref: CP III p166]
- third marriage of Lucy [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p40, Keats-Rohan DP p283,
Weis AR7 #246B],
- child:
- [Ref: CP III p166, CP IV AppH p669, CP VI p498, CP VII p673, CP VII
p677, Farnham Pedigrees p11, Hart PresidentWives p120, Holloway WENTWORTH p5,
Keats-Rohan DD p228, Keats-Rohan DD p247, Keats-Rohan DD p390, Keats-Rohan DD
p40, Keats-Rohan DD p942, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p148, Richardson RoyalAnc
v2p174, Wagner PedigreeProgress #48, Watney WALLOP #230, Weis AR7 #125, Weis
AR7 #132A, Weis AR7 #132D, Weis AR7 #246B]
Research Notes:
1st Earl of Chester, of Earldom cr 1121 [Ref: CP III p166]
Earl of Chester [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p174]
Vicount of Bayeux [Ref: ES III.4 #697]
Earl of Chester, Viscount of Bayeux, Commander of the Royal Forces in
Normandy [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p5]
1120: allowed by Henry I to succeed his cousin Richard as Earl of Chester
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p228]
inherited Barony of Chester from cousin in 1120 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p32]
Lord of Cumberland [Ref: Sanders Baronies p18, Sanders Baronies p32]
1st cousin and heir to last Earl of Chester, whom he succeeded as Vicomte
d'Avranches in Normandy [Ref: CP III p166]
Lord of Cumberland, vicomte of Bayeus in Normandy [Ref: Weis AR7 #132A]
often been wrongly described both as Earl of Carlisle and Earl of Cumberland,
which county he is said to have exchanged with the King for that of Chester.
[Ref: CP III p30]
old belief was that the Conqueror conferred the Earldom of Cumberland or
Carlisle on Randulf le Meschin in 1072. Corrected in 1847 [Ref: CP III
p30(a)]
gave Gilsland to his brother William at the start of the twelfth century;
he failed to hold the land [Ref: Sanders Baronies p124]
1120: became Earl of Chester following the death of first cousin Hugh
d'Avranches, Earl of Chester [Ref: Weis AR7 #132A]
1120: when he inherited the lordship of Chester, he surrendered his
control of the lands of his wife Lucy; main part of the lordship of
Bolingbroke passed to William de Roumare [Ref: Sanders Baronies p18]
1124: Commander of the Royal Forces in Normandy [Ref: Weis AR7 #132A]
Pedigree of Ranulph III De MESCHINES, Earl Of Chester
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Anschitil Vicomte Of The Bessin
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Ranulph I De MESCHINES, Vicomte De Bayeux
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Ranulph II De MESCHINES, Vicomte De Bayeux
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Ketil
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Hrolfr (Rollo) Duke Of Normandy
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William Longspee Duke Of Normandy
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Berenger Count Of Bayeux
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Poppa
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(Unk Dau)
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Richard I The Fearless Duke Of Normandy
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Espriota
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Richard II The Good Duke Of Normandy
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(Unk) Forquelar Of Cirques
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Gunnora
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Richard III Duke Of Normandy
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Adam I The Great Count Of Nantes And Vannes, Duke Of Brit
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Paskurtan Count Of Rennes
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Oreguen
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Judhael Count Of Rennes
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Berenger Count Of Rennes
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(Unk Dau) Heiress Of Rennes
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Conan I Duke Of Brittany
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Gerberge
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Judith Of Brittany
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Fulk Le Roux Count Of Anjou
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Fulk II The Good Count Of Anjou
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Roscilla
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Geoffrey I Grisgonelle Count Of Anjou
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Gausfred Count Of Nevers
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Gerberga Of Nevers
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Aba
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Ermengarde Of Anjou
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Herbert II Count Of Vermandois
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Robert Count Of Troyes
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Hildebrante/Liegarde/Adela
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Adele Of Troyes
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Giselbert Duke Of Burgandy
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Adelaide Of Burgundy
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Ermengarde Of Burgandy
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Alice Of Normandy
Ranulph III De MESCHINES, Earl Of Chester
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Ansfred The Dane Vicomte Of Hiesmer
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Ansfred Le Goz, Vicomte De Hiesmer
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Turstain De Goz, Vicount Of Hiemois
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Richard Le Goz, Vicomte D'Avranches
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Margaret Le Goz
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Emma
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