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Ralph de Chesney

Ralph was born about 1044 in La Quesnay, Normandy, France.¹ Ralph's father was Walter de Caen and his mother was <Unknown>. His paternal grandparents were Walter de Caen and <Unknown>. He was an only child. He died about 1086 in Rudham, Norfolk, England.¹

General Notes
- BIOGRAPHY: Fought in the battle of Hastings - 1066.
  
  Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
  Page: V:72 chart
  
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  This family probably originated in Quesnai, Normandy. In England the name was originally spelt de Chesney or de Chasney, being 'latinised' as de Caisneto, and later Cheyney or Cheney. In Scotland the name was commonly spelt Chen from the early 14th century and Cheyne from about 1600. Its progenitor, who came to England at the time of or shortly after the Conquest, was ... Ralf de Caisneto (a 1086) m. Maud (dau of William de Watville)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- 1st Duke of Normandy Rollo (The Strong, The Ganger) Rognvaldsson ^*
  - b.~  0872 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.~  0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria
  
  Walter Rolfsson
  - b.0922 in Caen, Calvados, Normandie, France
  
  Gisela de Pepin
  
  Walter de Caen
  - b.0942 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
  
  Walter de Caen
  - b.0990 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
  
  Gisela
  - b.0898 in France
  
  Walter de Caen
  - b.~  1025 in Caen, Calvados, France d. in Hereford, Norfolk, England
  
  Ralph de Chesney
  - b.~  1044 in La Quesnay, Normandy, France d.~  1086 in Rudham, Norfolk, England
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

Ralph's family with Maude de Waterville

They had four sons and a daughter, named Ralph, William, Roger, Philip and Sibyl.

Children
- Ralph de Cheney
  Ralph was born about 1069 in Sussex, England.²
  
  William de Chesney
  William was born about 1070 in Glentham & Caenby, Lincolnshire, England.¹
  
  Roger de Chesney
  Roger was born about 1073 in Bucks, Oxfordshire, England.² He died in 1109.³
  
  Philip de Caisneto
  Philip was born about 1075 in Addington, Surrey, England.²
  
  Sibyl de Chesney
  Sibyl was born about 1085 in Rudham, Norfolk, England.²

¹ http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I18044&style=TABLE
² http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I1146
³ http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I82043&style=TABLE