Ranulph, Vicomte of Bessin I
1. Ranulph, Vicomte of Bessin I Notes:
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Ranulph found at the Battle of Val-ed-Dunes in 1047.I married Normandy, Alice of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Ranulph Vicomte de Bayeux died after Apr 1089.
Generation: 2
2. Ranulph Vicomte de Bayeux (1.I1) died after Apr 1089. married Maud, d'Avranches Margaret on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Meschin, Ranulph Le died in 1129.
Generation: 3
3. Meschin, Ranulph Le (2.2, 1.I1) died in 1129. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Earl of Chester
Notes:
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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.Ranulph married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Meschines, Adeliza died in 1128.
Generation: 4
4. Meschines, Adeliza (3.Ranulph3, 2.2, 1.I1) died in 1128. Family/Spouse: de Clare, Richard Fitz Gilbert Earl of Hertford. Richard (son of Clare, Gilbert de Earl Clare of Tunbridge and Clermont, Adelaide de) died on 15 Apr 1136 in near Abergavenny; was buried in Gloucester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Clare, Roger de Earl of Hertford died in 1173.