4th Earl Chester *Ranulf de Gernon de Meschines 
*Ranulf de Gernon was born in 1100 in Guernon Castle, Normandy FRA. *Ranulf de Gernon's father was 3rd Earl Of Chester * Ranulph De Meschines and his mother was Countess Of Chester * Lucia Taillebois. His paternal grandparents were * Ranulf De Meschin and * Maud D'Avranches; his maternal grandparents were * Ives Ivo De Taillebois and * Lucia Of Mercia. He had a sister named * Adeliza. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 53 on December 16th, 1153 in Chester ENG.General Notes
Ranulph IV, Gernones, Earl of Chester, De Gernon/Gernones/German.
born 1100 died 1163, married Maud. Their son was Hugh De Keveliock, 3rd Earl Chester. Ranulph was poisoned by William Peverel III, the grandson of Wiliam I's illegitimate son by the same name in 1153. The Peverel family had their seat at
Peveril Castle, Castleton, Derbyshire. As a result of this attempted murder, the Peveril's lost their lands and were forced into exile on the continent. It is noteworthy that William Smith gives Ranulph the title of Count [Earl] of Huntington.
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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.~ 1070 in Briquessart FRA d.Jan 1128 in Chester ENG
- b.1100 in Guernon Castle, Normandy FRA d.16 Dec 1153 in Chester ENG
- b.~ 1070 in Spalding, Lincolnshire ENG d.1136
- b.0968 d.1057
- b.1002 d.1059
- b.~ 0960
- b.0980 d.1067
- b.1040 in Mercia ENG
- b.0944 d.08 Jul 0975
- b.~ 0968 d.24 Apr 1016
- b.0997
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Children
*Hugh de Kevelioc
*Hugh was born in 1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouthshire WALES. He died at the age of 34 on June 30th, 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire ENG.
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