Ranulphe de Gernon

1099 - 1153  (54 years)

• Name	Ranulphe de Gernon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	1099	Château de Gernon, Basse-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Vicomte d'Avranches, Normandie, France
  Occupation	1129
  	Earl of Chester
  Occupation	8 Sep 1131
  	One of the 5 Earls who witnessed the Charter to Salisbury granted at the Northampton Council
  Occupation	1136
  	Made Constable of Lincoln by King Stephen
  Occupation	2 Feb 1141
  	Took part in the Battle of Lincoln against King Stephen who was taken prisoner
  Property	1151
  	Granted the city and castle of Chester by King Stephen
  Died	16 Dec 1153	Chester, Cheshire, England
  	Cause: Supposedly poisoned by his wife and William Peverell of Nottingham
  Buried	St. Werburgh's Abbey, Chester (Cathedral), Cheshire, England
  Person ID	I3946	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Ranulphe de Briquessart,   b. Abt 1065, Briquessart, Livry, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France ,   d. 1129, Chester, Cheshire, England  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Lucy of Chester,   b. Abt 1055, England ,   d. Aft 1130  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Abt 1098	Normandie, France
  Family ID	F4477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud FitzRobert de Gloucester,   b. Abt 1120, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 29 Jul 1189, Chester, Cheshire, England  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	1141	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  Children	1. Hugh de Kevelioc of Chester,   b. 1147, Kevelioc (Cyfeiliog), Monmouthshire, Wales ,   d. 30 Jun 1181, Leeke (Leek), Staffordshire, England  (Age 34 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F1993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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