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Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester 1099–1153 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1099

Birth Location: Castle Gernon or Capelle-les-Grands, Eure, Upper Normandy, France

Death Date: 16 Dec 1153

Death Location: St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England

Father: Ranulph Chester

Mother: Lucy Chester

Spouse(s): Maud Chester

Children(s): Hugh Chester

The story of Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester began in 1099 in Castle Gernon or Capelle-les-Grands, Eure, Upper Normandy, France. Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester married Maud Fitzrobert Countess Of Chester, and had children including Hugh De Kevelioc 3Rd Earl Of Chester. Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester passed away in 1153 in St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England.

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  • The story of Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester began in 1099 in Castle Gernon or Capelle-les-Grands, Eure, Upper Normandy, France.
  • Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester married Maud Fitzrobert Countess Of Chester, and had children including Hugh De Kevelioc 3Rd Earl Of Chester.
  • Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester passed away in 1153 in St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England.

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Ranulf Chester's Ancestors

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Ranulf Chester
1099–1153
Birth Place: Castle Gernon or Capelle-les-Grands, Eure, Upper Normandy, France
Parents
Ranulph de Bayeux, III Vicomte de Bayeux, 1st Earl of Chester
1070–1129
Briquessart, Livry, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Lucy (Thoroldsdottir of Lincoln Countess of) Chester
1074–1136
Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
Ranulph (II ' le Meschin' de) Bayeux
1050–1129
Bayeux, Calvados, Normandie, France
Maud ((Margaret) d'Avranches Le) Goz
1054–1089
Avranches, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Thorold (Sheriff of) Lincoln
1030–1079
Coventry or Spalding, Mercia now Lincolnshire, England
daughter (of William) Malet
1045–1107
Graville St Honorine, Normandy, France
Great-Grandparents
Ranulph Bessin
1017–1047
Alix Normandie
1021–1098
Richard Avranches
1025–1066
Emma Conteville
1039–1066
Thorold Burkenhale
1005–
Guillaume Graville
1014–1071
Elise Crispin
1027–1086
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ancitel Bayeux
–1031
Poppa Senlis
–1026
Richard Normandy
1001–1027
Judith Brittany
–1017
Thurstan Avranches
–1041
Judith Montanolier
–1044
Gilbert Bec
–1045
Gunnora Courcy
1020–1047

Ranulf Chester's Descendants

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Ranulf (de Gernon, Earl of) Chester (1099–16 Dec 1153) m. Maud (FitzRobert Countess of) Chester (1120–29 Jul 1189)
  1. 1. Hugh (de Kevelioc 3rd Earl of) Chester 1147–1181 m. Bertrade (de Montfort Comtesse) d'Evreux 1155–1227 m. Bertrade (d'Evereux de) Montfort 1155–1227
    1. 1. Hawise (de Meschines Countess of) Lincoln 1180–1241 m. Robert ("the Elder" de Quincy of) Winchester 1172–1217
      1. 1. Margaret (de Quincy 2nd Countess of Lincoln suo) jure 1208–1266 m. Sir (John de Lacy 1st Earl of Lincoln, 7th Baron of Halton, Magna Carta) Surety 1192–1240
        1. 1. Maud (Matilda de Lacy Countess of) Gloucester 1223–1289 m. Richard (de Clare 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of) Gloucester 1222–1262
    2. 2. Mabel (de Kevelioc de Meschines Countess of) Sussex 1172–1233 m. William (d'Aubigny 3rd Earl of) Arundel 1173–1221
      1. 1. Lady (Nicole) d'Aubigny 1210–1240 m. Roger (de Somery Baron of) Dudley 1190–1273
        1. 1. Mabel (de) Somery 1227–1312 m. Walter (I de) Sully 1150–1215
        2. 2. Margaret (de Somery of) Dudley 1225–1293 m. Ralph (Bassett Lord of) Drayton 1215–1265
    3. 3. Matilda (of) Chester 1171–1233 m. David (Huntingdon 8th Earl of) Huntingdon 1152–1219
      1. 1. Margaret Huntingdon 1194–1233 m. Alan (mac Lochlan Lord of) Galloway 1175–1234
        1. 1. Devorguilla (Nic Alan of) Galloway 1218–1290 m. John (de Baliol I, 5th Baron of) Bywell 1208–1268

Ranulf Chester's Timeline

2 Records

1099
1099
Birth of Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester in Castle Gernon or Capelle-les-Grands, Eure, Upper Normandy, France
Castle Gernon or Capelle-les-Grands, Eure, Upper Normandy, France
1153
16 Dec 1153
Age 54
Death of Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester in St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England
St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1099
    Event Place: Castle Gernon or Capelle-les-Grands, Eure, Upper Normandy, France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Dec 1153
    Event Place: St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England

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