Ranulph 'De Gernon' Le Maschines 
Ranulph 'De Gernon' was born in 1070 in Chester, Eng. Ranulph 'De Gernon''s father was Ranulph "De Briquessart" UNKNOWN and his mother was Maud (Margaret) D'avranches. His paternal grandparents are Ranulph I UNKNOWN and Alix (Alice) De Normandy; his maternal grandfather was Richard 'Le Goz' UNKNOWN and his maternal grandmother is Emma De Conteville. He had a sister named Agnes. He was the older of the two children. He had two half-brothers named Robert Fitzharold and John. He died at the age of 83 on December 16th, 1153.General Notes
"One of his first acts was to order all nearby Wirral farms andsettlemen
ts to be destroyed, the boundaries of the Wirral Hundred to be removed, a
nd the greater part of the Hundred to be planted out as a Royal forest. Ch
ester's population around 2,500."
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From: FESMIRE FAMILY TREE, rootsweb.com Worldcoonect
!Wallop, p. 198: also aka 'de Gernon', also Viscount Avranches; alternatea
ccount: d. 16 dec 1153, supposedly poisoned
PlantagEncy, 167: 5th earl Chester, a great magnate, one of baronswarri
ng vs. Stephen. 1141 helped Angevins capture both king & castle ofLincol
n, hoping to get back lands in Carlisle from Scottish king David I.1145, s
witched sides; but king turned on him, accuing him of treachery &taking h
is castles. 1149 leading supporter of Henry II. Acc. to Ralph ofDicet
o, he was poisoned by William de Peverel, a Notts. baron. Henry ofHuntingd
on said he was "audacious but lacking in judgement, aiming beyondhis reac
h; whatever he begins like a man he ends like a woman."2 SOUR S632
Becomes 3rd Earl of Chester after Richard, 2nd Earl of Chester, and wife M
aud de Blois drown at sea.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0885
- b.0930
- b.0992 in Bayeux, France d.1031
- b.1017 in Bayeux, France
- b.1050 in Normandy d.Apr 1089
- b.28 Aug 933 in Fecamp, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 996 in Seine-Inferieure, Fecamp, Normandy, France
- b.0958 in ,,Normandy, France d.23 Aug 1026 in ,Fecamp, France
- b.0936 in ,,Normandy, France d.1031
- b.1001 in Normandy, France d.06 Aug 1028 in Poisoned
- b.0957 in France d.27 Jun 992
- b.0982 in Bretange, Rennes, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.0962 in France d.Wft Est 948-1042
- b.1021
- b.1070 in Chester, Eng d.16 Dec 1153
- b.0935 in Thillieres, Normandy d.0978
- b.0970 in Normandy d.1035
- b.0940
- b.1000 d.1041
- b.1025 d.1082
- b.1004 in Normandy, France
- b.1052 in Avranches, Normandy d.1084
- b.0930
- b.0971
- b.1001 in Conteville, Normandy d.1066
- b.1031 in Conteville, France
- b.0970 in FALAISE, NORMANDY
- b.1010 in Falais, Normandy d.1050
- b.0977 in Falaise, France
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