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Ranulf II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of Chester 1070–1128 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1070

Birth Location: Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

Death Date: January 1128

Death Location: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

Father: Ranulf Briquessart

Mother: Margaret d'Avranches

Spouse(s): Lucy Bolingbroke

Children(s): Ranulf Gernons, Alice Meschines, Beatrix Middleham, Christiana Kendal, William Roumare

In 1070, Ranulf II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of Chester entered the world in Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France, born to Ranulf De Briquessart And Margaret D Avranches. Ranulf II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of Chester married Lucy Of Bolingbroke, and had children including Alice De Gernon De Meschines, Beatrix Of Middleham, Christiana De Kendal, Ranulf Of Gernons, William I De Roumare. Ranulf II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of Chester passed away in 1128 in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

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  • In 1070, Ranulf II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of Chester entered the world in Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France, born to Ranulf De Briquessart And Margaret D Avranches.
  • Ranulf II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of Chester married Lucy Of Bolingbroke, and had children including Alice De Gernon De Meschines, Beatrix Of Middleham, Christiana De Kendal, Ranulf Of Gernons, William I De Roumare.
  • Ranulf II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of Chester passed away in 1128 in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ranulf Briquessart
1050–1089
Birth Location: Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
RB
Margaret d'Avranches
1054–1136
Birth Location: Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Md

Spouses(s)

Lucy Bolingbroke
1074–1136
Birth Location: Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
LB

Children(s)

Ranulf Gernons
1100–1153
Birth Location: Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
RG
Alice Meschines
1094–1168
Birth Location: –
AM
Beatrix Middleham
–1122
Birth Location: Haute-Normandie, France
BM
Christiana Kendal
–1138
Birth Location: Cumbria, England
CK
William Roumare
1095–1161
Birth Location: England
WR

Ranulf Chester's Ancestors

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Ranulf Chester
1070–1128
Birth Place: Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Parents
Ranulf de Briquessart
1050–1089
Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Margaret d'Avranches
1054–1136
Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ranulf Chester's Descendants

1.
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Ranulf (II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of) Chester (1070–January 1128) m. Lucy (of) Bolingbroke (1074–1136)
  1. 1. Ranulf (of) Gernons 1100–1153 m. Maud (of) Gloscester 1120–1189
    1. 1. Hugh (de Kevelioc Earl of) Chester 1147–1181 m. Bertrade (D'EVREUX de) MONTFORT 1155–1227
      1. 1. Maud (of) Chester 1171–1233 m. David (of Scotland 8th Earl of) Huntingdon 1144–1219
        1. 1. Isobel (de) HUNTINGDON 1199–1251 m. Robert (IV de Brus 4th Lord of) Annandale. 1195–1233
        2. 2. Margaret (of Huntingdon) (Galloway) 1194–1233 m. Alan (de) GALLOWAY 1185–1234
        3. 3. John (Canmore Earl of) Chester 1207–1237
        4. 4. Robert (of Huntingdon Prince of) Scotland 1191–1221
        5. 5. David (of) Huntingdon 1195–1221
        6. 6. John HUNTINGDON 1207–1237 m. Helen (Verch LLEWELYN the) Elder 1206–1253
        7. 7. Margaret (HUNTINGDON of) Huntington 1194–1233 m. Alan (mac Lochlin Lord of) Galloway 1175–1234
      2. 2. Amice (Amicia de MESCHINES \ of) Chester 1167–1200 m. Ralph (Rafe MAINWARING Justice of) Chester 1155–1210
        1. 1. Roger (MAINWARING of) Warmincham 1185–1230
        2. 2. Bertrade (MAINWARING (de Audley) Baroness of) Audley 1196–1246 m. Henry (de) AUDLEY 1175–1246
      3. 3. Ranulf (de KEVELIOC de Blondeville 6th Earl of Chester, Magna Carta) Surety 1172–1232 m. Constance (of Brittany) (Plantagenet) 1166–1201
      4. 4. Mabel (of CHESTER de) Kevelioc 1170–1233 m. William (d'Albani de AUBIGNY 3rd Earl of) Arundel 1146–1221
        1. 1. Nicole (de AUBIGNY (De) Somery) 1210–1240 m. Roger (de SOMERY Baron of Dudley) Castle 1208–1273
      5. 5. Agnes (of Chester de) Kevelioc 1174–1247 m. William (de FERRERS) Ferrières 1172–1247
        1. 1. Bertha (de FERRERS (Furnival)) (Bigod) 1205–1279 m. Thomas FURNIVAL 1200–1238 m. Ralph BIGOD 1215–1260
        2. 2. William (III de FERRERS 5th Earl of Derby, Constable of Bolsover) Castle 1193–1254 m. Sibyl MARSHAL 1201–1245
      6. 6. Hawise (de CHESTER de Kevelioc aka Hawise de Meschines 1st Countess of) Lincoln 1180–1243 m. Robert (de) QUINCY 1186–1217
        1. 1. Margaret (de QUINCY 2nd Countess of) Lincoln 1206–1266 m. Walter (MARSHAL 5th Earl of Pembroke and) Striguil 1196–1245 m. John (de) LACY 1192–1240
  2. 2. Alice (de GERNON de) Meschines 1094–1168 m. Richard (Fitz Gilbert de) CLAIRE 1094–1136
    1. 1. Adeliza ((Alice) FitzGilbert de Clare Lady of) Tunbridge 1115–1150 m. Cadwaladr (ap) Gruffudd 1096–1172 m. William (de Percy 4th Baron of) Percy 1110–1175
      1. 1. Agnes (de PERCY (de) Percy) 1134–1205 m. Jocelin (de PERCY 4th Baron of) Percy 1123–1180
        1. 1. Henry (de) PERCY 1156–1198 m. Isabel (le BRUS) (Percy) 1160–1230
        2. 2. Eleanor (de) PERCY 1158–
        3. 3. Robert (de PERCY Lord of) Sutton 1162–
        4. 4. Alice (de) PERCY 1160–
        5. 5. Joscelaine (de) PERCY 1157–1239
        6. 6. Maud (de) PERCY 1168–1235
        7. 7. Lucy (de) PERCY 1169–
        8. 8. Richard (de PERCY 5th Baron of Percy, Surety of the Magna) Carta 1170–1244 m. Agnes (de) Neville 1221–1293
        9. 9. William (de) PERCY 1165–
      2. 2. Walter (de) Percy 1132–
      3. 3. Alan (de) Percy 1138–1166
      4. 4. Richard (de) Percy 1130–
      5. 5. William (de) Percy 1132–
      6. 6. Richard (ap) Cadwaladr 1147–1172
      7. 7. Ralph (ap) Cadwaladr 1150–1220
      8. 8. Cunedda (ap) Cadwaladr 1142–
    2. 2. Gilbert (FitzRichard de Clare Lord of Clare, 1st Earl of) Hertford 1115–1153
    3. 3. Roger (de CLARE Earl of) Hertford 1124–1173 m. Maud (\ Matilda Saint Hilary (de) Clare) 1132–1193
      1. 1. Richard (de) CLARE 1153–1217 m. Amice (FitzWilliam \ FitzRobert (de CLARE) of) Gloucester 1160–1225
        1. 1. Gilbert (de CLARE 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester, Surety of the Magna) Carta 1182–1230 m. Isabel (MARSHAL (de Clare) Countess of) Cornwall 1200–1240
      2. 2. Mabel (de) CLARE 1166–1203 m. Nele (Neil Nigel de MOWBRAY 3rd Baron de) Mowbray 1162–1190
        1. 1. William (de MOWBRAY Lord of Axholme, Surety of the Magna) Carta 1172–1233 m. Avice (de AUGIBNY (de) Mowbray) 1176–1215
        2. 2. Philip 1174–
        3. 3. Roger (de) Mowbray 1176–1266
        4. 4. Robert (de) Mowbray 1178–1223
      3. 3. Aveline (de) CLARE 1172–1225 m. Geoffrey (FitzPiers FitzPeter Earl of) Essex 1162–1213 m. William MUNCHENSY 1152–1204
        1. 1. John FITZGEOFFREY 1205–1258 m. Isabel BIGOD 1210–1239
        2. 2. Cecily (de BOHUN Countess of) Ballymadden 1206–1253
        3. 3. Hawise (FITZGEOFFREY of) Streatley 1210–1247
        4. 4. Warine (MUNCHENSY Lord of) Swanscombe 1192–1255
        5. 5. Alice MUNCHENSY 1196–
      4. 4. Roger (de) CLARE 1168–1241 m. Alix (Alice de Dammartin en) Goele 1170–1200
      5. 5. John (de) CLARE 1170–
      6. 6. Henry (de) CLARE 1172–
    4. 4. Robert (FitzRichard de) Clare 1119–1134
    5. 5. Rohese (Rose de) Clare –1175 m. Gilbert (De GAUNT) Gent 1120–1156
    6. 6. Adelizia (Lucy de CLARE de) Vernon-Reviers 1105–1155 m. Baldwin (de REDVERS Earl of) Devon 1090–1155
      1. 1. William (de) Redvers 1155–1217
      2. 2. Hawise Fitzrobert 1130–1215
  3. 3. Beatrix (of) Middleham –1122
  4. 4. Christiana (de) Kendal –1138
  5. 5. William (I de) Roumare 1095–1161

Ranulf Chester's Timeline

2 Records

1070
1070
Birth of Ranulf II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of Chester in Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
1128
January 1128
Age 58
Death of Ranulf II le Meschin \ de Gernon 3rd Earl of Chester in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1070
    Event Place: Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: January 1128
    Event Place: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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