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Earl Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of Chester 1147–1181 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1147

Birth Location: Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales

Death Date: 30 Jun 1181

Death Location: Leek, Staffordshire, England

Father: Earl Gernon

Mother: Lady Gloucester

Spouse(s): Lady Chester

Children(s): Lady Lincoln

The story of Earl Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of Chester began in 1147 in Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales. Earl Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of Chester married Lady Bertrade De Montfort Countess Chester, and had children including Lady Hawise De Gernon Countess Of Lincoln. Earl Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of Chester passed away in 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Earl Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of Chester began in 1147 in Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales.
  • Earl Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of Chester married Lady Bertrade De Montfort Countess Chester, and had children including Lady Hawise De Gernon Countess Of Lincoln.
  • Earl Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of Chester passed away in 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Earl Gernon
1100–1153
Birth Location: Gernon Castle, Normandy, France
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Lady Gloucester
1120–1189
Birth Location: Bristol, Gloucester, England
LG

Spouses(s)

Lady Chester
1155–1189
Birth Location: France
LC

Children(s)

Lady Lincoln
1180–1241
Birth Location: Chester, Cheshire, England
LL

Earl Chester's Ancestors

Self
Earl Chester
1147–1181
Birth Place: Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales
Parents
Earl Ranulph de Gernon
1100–1153
Gernon Castle, Normandy, France
Lady (Matilda Maud of) Gloucester
1120–1189
Bristol, Gloucester, England
Grandparents
Earl (Ranulf de) Meschines
1070–1129
Cheshire, England
Lady (Lucy of) Bolingbroke
1067–1138
Lincolnshire, England
Robert ("de Caen" FitzRoy 1st Earl of) Gloucester
1090–1147
Calvados, France
Lady (Mabel Fitz Robert Countess) Gloucester
1100–1157
Bristol, Gloucester, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Earl Chester's Descendants

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Earl (Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of) Chester (1147–30 Jun 1181) m. Lady (Bertrade de Montfort Countess) Chester (1155–12 Jul 1189)
  1. 1. Lady (Hawise de Gernon Countess of) Lincoln 1180–1241 m. Sir (Robert de) Quincy 1187–1217
    1. 1. Margaret (de) Quincy 1208–1258 m. John (de) Lacy 1192–1240
      1. 1. Maud (de) Lacy 1223–1288 m. Richard (de) Clare 1222–1262
        1. 1. Lady (Roese de Clare Baroness) Mowbray 1256– m. Roger (de Mowbray II 1st Baron of) Mowbray 1254–1297

Earl Chester's Timeline

2 Records

1147
1147
Birth of Earl Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of Chester in Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales
Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales
1181
30 Jun 1181
Age 34
Death of Earl Hugh "Kevelioc" de Gernon 5th Earl of Chester in Leek, Staffordshire, England
Leek, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1147
    Event Place: Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jun 1181
    Event Place: Leek, Staffordshire, England
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