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Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester

Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester [1]

Male 1070 - 1128  (~ 58 years)

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  • Name Ranulph le Meschin  [2, 3
    Suffix 1st Earl of Chester  
    Birth Abt. 1070  Briquessart, Livry, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Jan 1128  Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I392348499125  Cole Durand
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2022 

    Father Ranulf II de Bayeux, Vicomte de Bessin,   b. Abt. 1050, Bayeux, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1120 (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Margaret d'Avranches,   b. Abt. 1054, Avranches, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2653  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy (?),   b. Abt. 1079   d. Abt. 1138 (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester,   b. Bef. 1100, Castle of Gernon, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1153 (Age ~ 54 years)
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F3700  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1519572605] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Source number: 1145.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: KBB.

    2. [S1519021860] Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors., The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, : , 2000., (Alan Sutton Publishing), volume VI, page 498.

    3. [S1519572154] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda, (Sutton Publishing), page 53.