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Sir Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of Chester 1099–1153 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1099

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

Death Date: 16 Dec 1153

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

Father: Ranulph Knight

Mother: Lady Bolingbroke

Spouse(s): Lady Bolingbroke, Maud England

Children(s): Hugh Kevelioc

The story of Sir Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of Chester began in 1099 in Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Calvados, Basse-Normandie,. Sir Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of Chester married Lady Lucy Lucia De Taillebois Countess Of Avranches Bayeux Bolingbroke, Maud De Caen Founded Repton Priory In 1172 In Derbyshire England, and had children including Hugh De Kevelioc. Sir Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of Chester passed away in 1153 in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

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  • The story of Sir Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of Chester began in 1099 in Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Calvados, Basse-Normandie,.
  • Sir Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of Chester married Lady Lucy Lucia De Taillebois Countess Of Avranches Bayeux Bolingbroke, Maud De Caen Founded Repton Priory In 1172 In Derbyshire England, and had children including Hugh De Kevelioc.
  • Sir Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of Chester passed away in 1153 in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ranulph Knight
1070–1129
Birth Location: Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
RK
Lady Bolingbroke
1074–1136
Birth Location: Lincoln Castle, Spalding, Mercia, (Lincolnshire), England
LB

Spouses(s)

Lady Bolingbroke
1074–1136
Birth Location: Lincoln Castle, Spalding, Mercia, (Lincolnshire), England
LB
Maud England
1120–1189
Birth Location: Gloucester, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
ME

Children(s)

Hugh Kevelioc
1147–1181
Birth Location: Monmouthshire, Wales
HK

Sir Chester's Ancestors

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Sir Chester
1099–1153
Birth Place: Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Calvados, Basse-Normandie,
Parents
Ranulph II Ranulf de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, Vicomte of Avranches, Bayeux, and Brisequessart, Commander of The Royal Forces, Norman Knight
1070–1129
Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Lady (Lucy Lucia de Taillebois, Countess of Avranches, Bayeux,) Bolingbroke
1074–1136
Lincoln Castle, Spalding, Mercia, (Lincolnshire), England
Grandparents
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
Ivo (de Roumare de Taillebois, Plantagenet 1st Baron of Kentdale, The Earl of Holland &) Ratcliffe
1036–1114
Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Lucia (de Mercia, Countess) Lincolnshire
1040–1136
Spalding Castle, Mercia, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Ancitel Bayeux
–1031
Poppa DeBayeux
–1026
Richard Normandie
1000–1027
Adela Normandy
1009–1079
Geoffrey Plantagenets
1000–1046
Ermengarde Burgundy
1018–1076
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Balso Bayeux
Poppa Sulzbach
–1020
Adalind Gurvand
–1037
Richard Normandy
–1026
Judith Brittany)
–1017
Robert Franks
–1031
Constance Toulouse
–1032
Geoffrey Plantagenets
–1046
Beatrice Gastinais
–1005
Fulk of
–1040
Hildegarde Metz
–1046

Sir Chester's Descendants

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Sir (Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of) Chester (Abt. 1099–16 Dec 1153) m. Lady (Lucy Lucia de Taillebois, Countess of Avranches, Bayeux,) Bolingbroke (23 May 1074–28 Jun 1136) m. Maud (de Caen, founded Repton Priory in 1172 in Derbyshire,) England (1120–29 Jul 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
        1. 1. Robert (V "The Competitor" Bruce, 5th Earl of Annadale; justice & Constable of Scotland & England, a regent of) Scotland 1210–1295 m. Isabel (de Clare, of Gloucester and Hertford, Lady of Annandale and) Ireby 1226–1264
        2. 2. Bernard (de Brus, Lord of Connington and) Exton 1215–1268
        3. 3. Christiana (Bruce) (Fraser) 1210–1295 m. Patrick (III Dunbar, 6th Earl of) Dunbar 1213–1289
      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
        1. 1. Sir (Henry de Hastings, Knight of Lidgate, Cavendish, Gazeley, Little Udleley, Constable of Winchester) Castle 1235–1269 m. Joan (de) Cantalowe 1243–1271
        2. 2. Maud (de) Hastings, 1225–1265
      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
        1. 1. Joan (Margaret de Monmouth) (Neville) 1201–1247 m. Geoffrey (De) Neville, 1190–1242
      9. 9. Isabelle (de Aubigny () fitzAlan) 1195–1240 m. John (fitzAlan, Lord Stuart of) Oswestry 1165–1240
        1. 1. John (FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel, Lord) Stuart 1223–1267 m. Maud (Mathilde Butler de Verdun, Countess) Arundel 1225–1283
    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
        1. 1. Lady (Agnes de Ferrers,) Baroness 1224–1290 m. Sir (William de Vesci, Lord of) Alnwick 1205–1253
        2. 2. William (De) Ferrers 1240–1288 m. Anne (De) Ferrers 1248–1280 m. Eleanor (de) Lovaine 1250–1326
        3. 3. Jane (Ferrars (dau. of Earl of) Derby) 1255–1309 m. Thomas (de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, 2nd son, a peer, soldier and) diplomat 1245–1321
        4. 4. Elizabeth (de) Ferrers 1250–1300
      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
        1. 1. Sir (Robert de Stafford, Knight, Earl) Stafford 1216–1282 m. Alice (de Corbet, Countess) Stafford 1225–1267
    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

Sir Chester's Timeline

2 Records

1099
Abt. 1099
Birth of Sir Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of Chester in Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Calvados, Basse-Normandie,
Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Calvados, Basse-Normandie,
1153
16 Dec 1153
Age 54
Death of Sir Ranulph IV de Gernon de Meschines, Viscount of Avranches and Bayeux, 2nd Earl of Chester 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: Abt. 1099
    Event Place: Castle Gernon, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Calvados, Basse-Normandie,
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Dec 1153
    Event Place: Chester Castle, 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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