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Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight 1070–1129 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Jun 1070

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

Death Date: 28 Jan 1129

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

Father: Ranulph Hastings

Mother: Alix Bayeux

Spouse(s): Lady Bolingbroke, Lady Chester

Children(s): Adeliza Condet, Sir Chester, Sir Craven, Geoffrey Meschines

The story of Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight began in 1070 in Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight married Lady Lucy Lucia De Taillebois Countess Of Avranches Bayeux Bolingbroke, Lady Margaret Marguerite Maud D Avranches Heiress Of Chester, and had children including Adeliza Alice De Meschines Countess Of Clare And Hertford Baroness Clare And Condet, Geoffrey De Meschines, Sir Ranulph Iv De Gernon De Meschines Viscount Of Avranches And Bayeux 2Nd Earl Of Chester, Sir William I De Meschines Earl Of Skipton Baron Meschines Of Craven. Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight passed away in 1129 in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

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  • The story of Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight began in 1070 in Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
  • Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight married Lady Lucy Lucia De Taillebois Countess Of Avranches Bayeux Bolingbroke, Lady Margaret Marguerite Maud D Avranches Heiress Of Chester, and had children including Adeliza Alice De Meschines Countess Of Clare And Hertford Baroness Clare And Condet, Geoffrey De Meschines, Sir Ranulph Iv De Gernon De Meschines Viscount Of Avranches And Bayeux 2Nd Earl Of Chester, Sir William I De Meschines Earl Of Skipton Baron Meschines Of Craven.
  • Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight passed away in 1129 in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ranulph Hastings
1017–1089
Birth Location: Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
RH
Alix Bayeux
1021–1098
Birth Location: Falais, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
AB

Spouses(s)

Lady Bolingbroke
1074–1136
Birth Location: Lincoln Castle, Spalding, Mercia, (Lincolnshire), England
LB
Lady Chester
1054–1146
Birth Location: Avranches, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
LC

Children(s)

Adeliza Condet
1096–1142
Birth Location: Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
AC
Sir Chester
1099–1153
Birth Location: Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Calvados, Basse-Normandie,
SC
Sir Craven
1072–1131
Birth Location: Gernon Castle, Normandie, France
SC
Geoffrey Meschines
1074–
Birth Location: Normandy, France
GM

Ranulph Knight's Ancestors

Self
Ranulph Knight
1070–1129
Birth Place: Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Parents
Ranulph "The Rich" de Bayeux, Vicomte De Bayeux, Battle of Hastings
1017–1089
Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Alix (de Normandie, Countess De) Bayeux
1021–1098
Falais, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Grandparents
Ancitel (de Bayeux, Viscomte de) Bayeux
–1031
Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Poppa (de Senlis, Countess) DeBayeux
–1026
Senlis, Oise, Picardie, France
Richard (III de) Normandie
1000–1027
Normandië, France
Adela (Adèle Capet, Countess of Flanders, Duchess of) Normandy
1009–1079
Toulouse, France
Great-Grandparents
Balso Bayeux
Poppa Sulzbach
–1020
Adalind Gurvand
–1037
Richard Normandy
–1026
Judith Brittany)
–1017
Robert Franks
–1031
Constance Toulouse
–1032
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ralph d'Ivrey
–1015
Erneburge Ivry
–1011
Richard Rouen
Gunnora Normandy
–1033
Conan Abbey
–1027
Ermengarde-Gerberga D'angoulême
–1033
Hugues Franks
Adelais Consort
–1006
William monk
Adelais Anjou
–1026

Ranulph Knight's Descendants

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Ranulph (II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman) Knight (26 Jun 1070–28 Jan 1129) m. Lady (Lucy Lucia de Taillebois, Countess of Avranches, Bayeux,) Bolingbroke (23 May 1074–28 Jun 1136) m. Lady (Margaret Marguerite Maud d'Avranches, Heiress of) Chester (19 Aug 1054–abt 1146)
  1. 1. Adeliza ('Alice' de Meschines, Countess of Clare and Hertford, Baroness Clare and) Condet 1096–1142 m. Richard (Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of) Clare 1090–1136 m. Hasculf (de St Hilary, given name (Harscoit) was of Breton origin, but was Normanized as) "Hasculf" 1090–1130
    1. 1. Roger (de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford, 5th Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and) Cardigan 1117–1173 m. Maud (de Saint) Hilaire 1132–1193
      1. 1. Richard (de Clare, 3rd Earl of) Hertford 1153–1218 m. Armice (FitzWilliam, 4th Countess of) Gloucester 1158–1225
        1. 1. Gilbert (de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 1st Earl of) Gloucester 1182–1230 m. Isabell (Marshall (de) Clare) 1200–1240
        2. 2. Mathilde (de) Clare 1185–1213 m. William (IV de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, 11th Lord) Abergavenny 1172–1210 m. Rhys (Gryg ap) Rhys 1165–1234
      2. 2. Avelina (( Eveline) de) Clare –1225 m. Geoffrey (Fitz Peter (fitzPiers), 1st Earl of Essex, Chief Justiciar of England, Sheriff of) Northamptonshire 1162–1213
        1. 1. Sir (John Fitzgeoffrey (fitzJohn), Lord of Shere, Justiciar of Ireland,) knight 1205–1258 m. Isabel Bigod 1212–1250
    2. 2. Rohese (Fitzrichard de) Clare 1120– m. Gilbert (de Gant (Gaunt), Earl of) Lincoln 1126–1156
      1. 1. Alice (de) Gaunt –1185
    3. 3. Adeliza (de) Clare 1115–1163
    4. 4. James (de St.) Hilary 1105–1154
      1. 1. Maud (de Saint) Hilaire 1132–1193 m. Roger (de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford, 5th Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and) Cardigan 1117–1173
    5. 5. Isabel (de) Clare 1084–1121 m. William (de Mortaigne) FitzRichard 1060–1140
      1. 1. Aldhelm (de) Mortaigne 1085–1157 m. Agnes (de) Burgh 1087–1108
        1. 1. William (de Burgh) fitzAldelm 1108–1198 m. Juliana Daisnel 1112–1133
  2. 2. Sir (Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of) Chester 1099–1153 m. Lady (Lucy Lucia de Taillebois, Countess of Avranches, Bayeux,) Bolingbroke 1074–1136 m. Maud (de Caen, founded Repton Priory in 1172 in Derbyshire,) England 1120–1189
    1. 1. Hugh (de) Kevelioc 1147–1181 m. Bertrade (de Montfort de Meschines, Countess of) Evreux 1155–1189
      1. 1. Matilda (Maud Mabel de Meschines, Countess of Huntingdon,) Anglo-Norman 1171–1233 m. Sir (David " Robin Hood?" Canmore, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, Prince of Scotland; 3rd Crusade with King Richard I & 500 men to the Holy Land & imprisoned by) Egyptian 1144–1219 m. William (D'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of) Arundel 1175–1221
        1. 1. Lady (Isabella Isobel Canmore of) Huntington 1199–1251 m. Robert (III Bruce, 4th Earl of) Annandale 1195–1233
        2. 2. Lady (Ada Huntingdon, Baroness) Hastings 1211–1250 m. Sir (Henry de Hastings, Knight of Ashill, Norfolk, of Blunham, Bedfordshire, of Nailestone and Wistow, Leicestershire, of Yardley Hastings,) Northamptons 1205–1250
        3. 3. John (Canmore of Scotland, 9th Earl of) Huntingdon 1207–1237 m. Ellen (ferch Llywelyn (House of Aberffraw), Countess of Huntingdon and) Chester 1218–1253
        4. 4. Nicole (D) Aubigny 1210–1240
        5. 5. Maud D'Aubigny 1196–1248
        6. 6. Robert ("Robin Hood?" Canmore family, Earl de) Huntingdon 1191–1221
        7. 7. William (D'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel; never married, no) issue 1203–1224
        8. 8. Maud (de) Huntingdon 1186–1228 m. John (de Monmouth, lord of Monmouth, an Anglo-Norman feudal lord of Breton) ancestry 1182–1257
        9. 9. Isabelle (de Aubigny () fitzAlan) 1195–1240 m. John (fitzAlan, Lord Stuart of) Oswestry 1165–1240
      2. 2. Agnès (de Kevelioc\ de) Meschines 1174–1247 m. William (De Ferrers, 4th Earl of) Derby 1168–1247
        1. 1. William (de Ferrers, 5th Earl of) Derby 1193–1254 m. Sibyl Marshal 1201–1245 m. Margaret (de) Quincy 1210–1281
        2. 2. Bertha (de) Ferrers 1218–1267
        3. 3. Sibyl (de) Ferrers 1195–
        4. 4. Petronilla (de Ferrers, Lady) Stafford 1195–1237 m. Henry (Hervey de Stafford, Lord of) Stafford 1183–1237
      3. 3. Hawise (de) Chester 1167–1241 m. Sir (Rafe de Mainwaring, Knight, Justice of Chester, Member of) Parliament 1155–1200
        1. 1. Roger (de) Mainwaring 1185–1230
  3. 3. Sir (William I de Meschines, Earl of Skipton, Baron Meschines of) Craven 1072–1131
  4. 4. Geoffrey (de) Meschines 1074–

Ranulph Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1070
26 Jun 1070
Birth of Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight in Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
1129
28 Jan 1129
Age 59
Death of Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight in Chester Castle, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Chester Castle, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Jun 1070
    Event Place: Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jan 1129
    Event Place: Chester Castle, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] 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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