Hugh de Avranches le Gros Earl of Chester 
1 Hugh de Avranches le Gros' father was Richard le Goz Vct de Avranches & Eu and his mother was Emma de Conteville. His paternal grandparents were Toustien le Goz Vct de Avranches and Judith de Montanolier; his maternal grandparents were Herluin de Conteville Vct de Conteville and Herleva (Arlette) de Falaise. He had three sisters named Arbella Loup, Judith and Maud. He died on July 27th, 1101.1 General Notes
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The Palatine Earldom of Chester is now vested in the British Crrown, and is traditionally a title held by the Prince of Wales. In 1071, William the Conqueror made his nephew, Hugh Earl of Chester, giving him the whole of the county Palatine of Chester "...to hold as freely by the sword as he [the King] himself held the kingdom of England by the crown" As Count or Earl Palatine he had
extradordinary authority within his provinces - this was seen as necessary due to the need to defend the Marches from the incursions of the Welsh - and as such he had his own Court and hereditary barons who each had their own jurisdiction, and power of "life and death" - legend has it that the Barons of Malpas, (later the Egertons from whom the Wedgwoods of Harracles etc. descend) were particularly prone to sentence the latter. The hereditary Barons created by Hugh are as follows, after the reversion of the Earldom with the crown, these dignities became only titular.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0909 in , Normandy, France
- b.0935 in of Tillieres, Normandy, France d.0978
- b.0913 in , Normandy, France
- b.0963 in , Normandy, France d.> 1035
- b.0911
- b.0937 in of Tillieres, Normandy, France
- b.0989 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.> 1041
- b.0968 in , Normandy, France
- b.1025 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.1066 in Avranches, Normandy, France
- b.1004 in , Normandy, France
- b.BET. 1047 - 1050 d.27 Jul 1101
- b.0969 in of Conteville, France
- b.1001 in of Conteville, Normandy d.> 1087
- b.1033 in France
- b.0978 in of Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.1003 in France d.~ 1050
- b.0980 in of Falaise, France
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Details of Hugh de Avranches le Gros' family with Ermentrude de Clermont
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