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 two sisters named Judith le Goz and Maud. He died on July 27th, 1101. He was buried in AKA Hugh Lupus..1 1 General Notes
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Alias:<ALIA> Hugh Lupus /Earl of Chester/
Custom Field:<_FA#> Made Palatine Co unt/Earl of Chester in 1071 by his uncle, the Conqueror.@@S005967@@
Custom Field :<_FA#> Told to hold Chester " as freely by the sword" as William did so re: En gland.@@S005967@@
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The Palatine Earldom of Chester is now vested in the British Crrown, and
is traditionally a title held by the Princ e of Wales. In 1071, William
the Conqueror made his nephew, Hugh Earl of Ches ter, giving him the whole
of the county Palatine of Chester "...to hold as fr eely 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 here ditary barons who
each had their own jurisdiction, and power of "life and dea th" - 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.0935 in of Tillieres, Normandy, France d.0978
- b.0970 in of Normandy, France d.> 1035
- b.0937 in of Tillieres, Normandy, France
- b.1000 in Normandy, France d.> 1041
- b.1025 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.> 1082
- b.1004 in of Normandy, France or Kent, England
- b.BET. 1047 - 1050 d.27 Jul 1101
- b.0969 in of Conteville, France
- b.1001 in of Conteville, Normandy d.> 1087
- b.BET. 1029 - 1033 in Conteville, France
- b.0978 in of Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Normandy 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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