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

Birth Date: 1147

Birth Location: Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales

Death Date: 30 JUN 1181

Death Location: Leek, Staffordshire, England

Father: Ranulph Gernon

Mother: Maud Caen

Spouse(s): Bertrade Montfort

Children(s): Mabel Meschines, Hawise Lincoln

Hugh de Kevelioc 5th Earl of Chester was born in 1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales, the child of Ranulph De Gernon And Maud Fitzrobert De Caen. Hugh de Kevelioc 5th Earl of Chester married Bertrade De Montfort, and had children including Hawise De Chester 1St Countess Of Lincoln, Mabel De Meschines. Hugh de Kevelioc 5th Earl of Chester passed away in 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Hugh de Kevelioc 5th Earl of Chester was born in 1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales, the child of Ranulph De Gernon And Maud Fitzrobert De Caen.
  • Hugh de Kevelioc 5th Earl of Chester married Bertrade De Montfort, and had children including Hawise De Chester 1St Countess Of Lincoln, Mabel De Meschines.
  • Hugh de Kevelioc 5th Earl of Chester passed away in 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Hugh Chester's Ancestors

Self
Hugh Chester
1147–1181
Birth Place: Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales
Parents
Ranulph de Gernon
1099–1153
Guernon Castle, Normandy, France
Maud (FitzRobert de) Caen
1117–1189
Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Ranulf (le Meschin 3rd Earl of) Chester
1070–1128
Livry, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Lucy (of) Bolingbroke
1074–1144
Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Robert (de) Caen
1090–1147
Caen, Normandy, France
Maud FitzHamon
1094–1157
Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Ranulf Bessin
1050–1129
Maud Lupus
1054–1136
Ivo Taillebois
1036–1094
Lucia
1040–
Henry "Beauclerc"
1068–1135
Sibyl Corbet
1077–1157
Robert FitzHamon
1050–1106
Sybil Montgomery
1060–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ranulf Bessin
1021–1089
Alix Normandy
1021–1098
Richard Goz
1025–1066
Emma Conteville
1043–
Bertrade Montfort
1059–1117
Ælfgar III
1002–1059
Ælgifu
–1098
William England
1024–1087
Matilda
1031–1083
Roger II
1022–1094
Mabel d'Alencon
1026–1079

Hugh Chester's Descendants

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Hugh (de Kevelioc 5th Earl of) Chester (1147–30 JUN 1181) m. Bertrade (de) Montfort (1155–12 JUL 1189)
  1. 1. Mabel (de) Meschines 1172–1232 m. William d'Aubigny 1173–1220
    1. 1. Nicole d'Aubigny 1210–1240 m. Roger (de) Somery 1190–1273
      1. 1. Mabel (de) Somery 1227–1312 m. Walter (II de) Sully 1215–1285
        1. 1. Raymond (de) Sully 1245–1317
  2. 2. Hawise (de Chester 1st Countess of) Lincoln 1180–1242 m. Robert (de) Quincy 1186–1217
    1. 1. Margaret (de) Quincy 1206–1266 m. John (de Lacy 2nd Earl of) Lincoln 1192–1240
      1. 1. Maud (de) Lacy 1223–1289 m. Richard (de) Clare 1222–1262
        1. 1. Isabel (de) Clare 1240–1271 m. William (de) Braose 1230–1291
        2. 2. Rohese (de) Clare 1252–1316 m. Roger (de) Mowbray 1245–1296

Hugh Chester's Timeline

2 Records

1147
1147
Birth of Hugh de Kevelioc 5th Earl of Chester in Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales
Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales
1181
30 JUN 1181
Age 34
Death of Hugh de Kevelioc 5th Earl of Chester in Leek, Staffordshire, England
Leek, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St. Werburgs, Chester, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1147
    Event Place: Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales
    Record Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, Additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 125-28

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 JUN 1181
    Event Place: Leek, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 95
    [2] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, Additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 125-28

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