Meschin, Ranulph Le

Male - 1129


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  • Name Meschin, Ranulph Le  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Earl of Chester  [1
    Death 1129  [1
    Notes 
    • [dunbar_tree.FTW]

      Ranulph, also styled "de Briquessart," was Vicomte de Bayeux in Normandy;
      first cousin and heir to the last Earl (whom he succeeded as Vicomte
      d'Avranches, etc.); became Earl of Chester in 1120; Commander of Royal
      Forces in Normandy, 1124. {-"The Complete Peerage," London, Vol. 3, pp.
      164-5.} He was Vicomte of the Bessin and in 1121 Vicomte also of the
      Avranchin. He "held the new Cumbrian gains of the Norman house in a block
      of land stretching from Stainmore west to the sea and from Carlisle south
      to the Derwent" prior to his accession to the earldom of Chester {-"The
      Northerners," J. C. Holt (Oxford: Clarendon, 1961), p. 214}. He is buried
      in St. Werburg at Chester, England.
    Person ID I1131  Bratt Family Tree
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2015 

    Father Ranulph Vicomte de Bayeux   d. Aft Apr 1089 
    Mother Maud, d'Avranches Margaret 
    Marriage Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F556  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Marriage Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Meschines, Adeliza   d. 1128
    Family ID F519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2015 

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Albert E. Myers, Dunbar family tree.
      Date of Import: Mar 1, 2003