Maud, of Chester

Female 1171 - 1233  (62 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Maud, of Chester was born in 1171 (daughter of Hugh Earl of Chester and D'Evereux, Bertrade); died in 1233.

    of married David Earl of Huntingdon on 26 Aug 1190. (son of Huntingdon, Prince of Scotland Henry de and Warenne, Ada de) was born about 1144 in Jerdelay; died on 17 Jun 1219 in Yardley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Huntingdon, Isabel of died in 1252.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hugh Earl of Chester was born in 1147 in Kevelioc, co. Merioneth (son of Gernon, Earl of Chester Ranulph de and Gloucester, Maud of); died in 1181 in Leeke, Co. Stafford.

    Notes:

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    Hugh was sixth Earl of Chester and Vicomte of Avranchin and the Bessin
    (1153-81). He was in rebellion against King Henry II and taken prisoner at
    Alnwick 13 July 1174, but was restored in January, 1177.

    married D'Evereux, Bertrade in 1169. Bertrade (daughter of de Montfort, Count of Evreux Simon III and Beaumont, Maud de) was born in 1155; died in 1227. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  D'Evereux, Bertrade was born in 1155 (daughter of de Montfort, Count of Evreux Simon III and Beaumont, Maud de); died in 1227.
    Children:
    1. 1. Maud, of Chester was born in 1171; died in 1233.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Gernon, Earl of Chester Ranulph de was born in 1100 (son of Taillebois, Ivo and Malet, Lucia); died on 16 Dec 1153; was buried in Chester.

    Notes:

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    Ranulph was born by 1100. He was the Earl of Chester and also the Vicomte
    d'Avranches, etc. in Normandy. Held the Castle of Lincoln. As an
    opportunist, he switched sides several times in the wars for the Crown and
    some say was poisoned by his wife and William Peverell of Nottingham.
    {ref."The Complete Peerage," London: St. Catherine Press, Vol. 3, pp.
    164-5.} Tradition is that he died by poison administered by his wife.

    Ranulph married Gloucester, Maud of about 1141. Maud (daughter of Henry, Robert Fitz and Hammond, Mabel Fitz) was born in de Caen; died on 29 Jul 1189. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Gloucester, Maud of was born in de Caen (daughter of Henry, Robert Fitz and Hammond, Mabel Fitz); died on 29 Jul 1189.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Cousin of the King

    Notes:

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    Maud founded the Repton Priory in Derbyshire in 1172.

    Children:
    1. 2. Hugh Earl of Chester was born in 1147 in Kevelioc, co. Merioneth; died in 1181 in Leeke, Co. Stafford.

  3. 6.  de Montfort, Count of Evreux Simon III (son of Montfort, Count of Evreux Amauri de and Garland, Agnes de); died on 12 Mar 1181.

    Notes:

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    Simon became Earl of Leicester via marriage with Amicia de Beaumont. His
    grandson, Simon V de Montfort, b. ca. 1208, played a major role in 13th
    century England (see Thomas B. Costain, "The Magnificent Century"
    [Doubleday & Co., 1951, pp.152ff.]), and married Eleanor, sister of King
    Henry III. Simon III was Seigneur of Montfort-l'Amaury (near Paris).

    Simon married Beaumont, Maud de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Beaumont, Maud de (daughter of de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester Robert and Grantmesnil, Petronella ("Pernel") de).

    Notes:

    Beaumont heiress

    Children:
    1. 3. D'Evereux, Bertrade was born in 1155; died in 1227.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Taillebois, Ivo died in 1114.

    Notes:

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    Ivo was made a "Marcher Baron" by William II ("Rufus"), "enfeoffed...of the
    whole of Ewecross wapentake, the later lordship of Burton in Lonsdale, and
    of the later barony of Kendal along with the south-western portion of
    Cumberland which came to be described as the barony of Copeland." {-"The
    Northerners," J.C.Holye (Oxford: Clarendon, 1961), p.214. "The Rainsford
    Family," by Emily A. Buckland (Worcester: Phillips & Probert, Ltd.,
    1932-33), p. 38, gives a chart "compiled Nov. 1932 by Alfred Ransford"
    which "shews the ancestors of that historical person Ivo le-Tailibois, (who
    figures as the principal character in Charles Kingsley's famous novel,
    `Hereward the Wake.')" - Ivo is said to have died in 1093 and his wife is
    Lucy (died 1138, "dau. of Thorold, Sheriff of Lincoln"; her 3rd husband is
    Ranulph, Earl of Chester, who died in 1129; here Ivo's father is given as
    Reinfrid, soldier and first prior of Whitby Abbey (b. ca. 1020, d. ca.
    1083, bur. at Hackness, Yorkshire, son of Reinfrid Talibois of Normandy).}
    He was employed in the siege of Ely in 1071, and took part in
    the settlement of the liberties of Ely circa 1080. He was Sheriff of
    co. Lincoln in or before 1086, and had the custody of the lands of the
    See of Durham on the expulsion of the Bishop in 1088 for taking the part
    of Duke Robert. He is described as dapifer in 1091, about which time
    the King gave him the lordship of Kendal. He attested numerous charters
    on both sides of the Channel. The family is Angevin.
    Re: the death date of Ivo de Taillebois. He died 1094. See:
    Davis, Regesta. nos. 408,409. By these charters the King orders the men
    of Spalding to pay their dues to the monks as they had done in the time
    Ives (Ivo), &c.

    Ivo married Malet, Lucia on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Malet, Lucia (daughter of Malet, William I and Crispin, Esilia ("Elsie")).

    Notes:

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    Lucy (or Lucia) is identified as daughter of William Malet in the LDS Church's unverified Pedigree Resource File (CD 16, Pin 189380). Lucy married Roger FitzGerold and by him had William de Roumare, later Earl of Lincoln (although the profits of this
    Earldom ofen seem to have gone to Ranulph, the half-brother); as a widow Lucy confirmed the grant of Manor of Spalding to the monks there, and paid 500 marks to King Henry "for license to remain unmarried for 5 years." Lucy is said to be the
    granddaughter of William, Lord Malet {-"Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959}. Also see "The Complete Peerage", VII:743. The Countess Lucy was married three times. Lucy married (1) Ivo de Taillebois (2) Roger
    Fitzgerold, Seigneur, of Roumare. He died 1095. Lucy married (3) Ranulph (de Brisquesard) called 'le Meschines' third Earl of Chester. There is an article about her and her supposed parents in The Genealogist, Vol. 5, pages 131-144 and pages
    153-173. See also "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700," Frederick Lewis Weis, Seventh Edition (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992), Line 246B (p. 213).

    Children:
    1. 4. Gernon, Earl of Chester Ranulph de was born in 1100; died on 16 Dec 1153; was buried in Chester.

  3. 10.  Henry, Robert Fitz was born in 1090 (son of Henry, King of England I); died on 31 Oct 1147.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Earl of Gloucester

    Notes:

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    Robert "of Caen" was also called Robert the Consul; Earl of Gloucester in
    1122, founder of the Margam Abbey; his mother is either the king's
    mistress, Sibyl Corbet (daughter of Robert Corbet, Burgess of Caen), or
    Nesta of Wales, who became wife of Gerald of Windsor.{ref. "Royal
    Ancestors...," Collins, p.58} His granddaughter Avisa was the first wife of
    King John. The family's story is told by Thomas B. Costain, "The
    Conquering Family" (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949).

    Robert married Hammond, Mabel Fitz about 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Hammond, Mabel Fitz (daughter of Fitzhammond, Lord of Tewkesbury Robert and Montgomery, Sybil).

    Notes:

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    Mabel became a ward of the crown on the death of her father, when his lordship
    in Glamorgan was taken by Henry I.

    Children:
    1. Robert, Earl of Gloucester William Fitz died on 23 Nov 1183.
    2. 5. Gloucester, Maud of was born in de Caen; died on 29 Jul 1189.

  5. 12.  Montfort, Count of Evreux Amauri de (son of L'Amaury, Baron of Montfort Simon de Montfort and Agnes Heiress of Evreux); died on 18 Apr 1137.

    Amauri + Garland, Agnes de. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Garland, Agnes de (daughter of Garland, Count of Rochefort Anselm de and Rouge, Le).

    Notes:

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    Agnes was Countess of Rochefort and niece of Stephen de Garlande.

    Notes:

    Married:
    his second wife

    Children:
    1. 6. de Montfort, Count of Evreux Simon III died on 12 Mar 1181.

  7. 14.  de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester Robert (son of Beaumont, Robert de and de Waer, Amice de Montfort); died on 31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo, Greece.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Crusader

    Notes:

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    Robert was 3rd Earl of Leicester, Lord of Hinckley, Breteuil and Paci, and
    was on the 2nd Crusade in 1179. He died in Greece on his way home from a
    pilgrimage. He was also Stewart of England.

    Robert married Grantmesnil, Petronella ("Pernel") de about 1155. Petronella (daughter of Grantmesnil, Hugh de II) died on 1 Apr 1212. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Grantmesnil, Petronella ("Pernel") de (daughter of Grantmesnil, Hugh de II); died on 1 Apr 1212.
    Children:
    1. 7. Beaumont, Maud de