Ranulph 'De Gernon' Le Maschines 
Ranulph 'De Gernon' was born in 1070 in Chester, England. Ranulph 'De Gernon''s father was Ranulph De Mechines and his mother was Maud (Margaret) D'avranches. His paternal grandparents were Ranulph I UNKNOWN and Alix De Normandy; his maternal grandparents were Richard 'Le Goz' UNKNOWN and Emmaline [Maud] 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
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Iii;3Rd Earl Of Chester
"One of his first acts was to order all nearby Wirral farms and settlements to be destroyed, the boundaries of the Wirral Hundred to be removed, and the greater part of the Hundred to be planted out as a Royal forest. Chester'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; alternateaccount: d. 16 dec 1153, supposedly poisoned
PlantagEncy, 167: 5th earl Chester, a great magnate, one of baronswarring vs. Stephen. 1141 helped Angevins capture both king & castle ofLincoln, hoping to get back lands in Carlisle from Scottish king David I.1145, switched sides; but king turned on him, accuing him of treachery &taking his castles. 1149 leading supporter of Henry II. Acc. to Ralph ofDiceto, he was poisoned by William de Peverel, a Notts. baron. Henry ofHuntingdon said he was "audacious but lacking in judgement, aiming beyondhis reach; whatever he begins like a man he ends like a woman."@@S143@@
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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, France d.20 Nov 996 in Seine-Inferieure, Fecamp, Normandy, France
- b.0958 in Normandy, France d.23 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0936 in Normandy, France d.1031 in France
- b.1001 in Normandy, France d.06 Aug 1027 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. in St. Cybar, France
- b.1021 in Normandy, France
- b.0938 in Paris, Seine, France d.24 Oct 996 in Les Juif, Near Chatres, France
- b.27 Mar 972 in Orléans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Aquitaine, France
- b.0950 in Germany d.15 Jun 1006 in France
- b.1003 in Nevers, Nierre, France Contracted To Richard III Normandy, Not Married d.08 Jan 1079 in Messinemonastre, France
- b.0968 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France d.06 Apr 1028 in Avignon, France
- b.0973 in Toulouse, France d.25 Jul 1032 in Meulan, France
- b.~ 0948 in Anjou, France d.~ 0975 in Arles, Provence, France
- b.1070 in Chester, England 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.1001 in Conteville, Normandy d.1066
- b.1031 in Conteville, France d.< 1057
- b.0970 in Falaise, Normandy d.Between 1003-1060
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.0954 in Scotland; (Last Male Of The Macalpin Dynasty) d.25 Nov 1034 in Murdered At Glamis Castle, Tayside, Scotland
- b.0980 in Falais, Normandy d.Between 1003-1060
- b.~ 0962 in Scotland d.~ 0983
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They had two sons and two daughters, named William, Ranulph, Alice and Agnes.
Family Notes
CHAN13 Sep 2003
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Children
William Le Maschines Lord
William was born in 1090 in Gernon Castle, Normandy. He died at the age of 40 in 1130.
Alice De Meschines
Alice was born in 1094 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England.1 She died at the age of 34 in 1128 in England.1
Ranulph Le Maschines-Guernan
Ranulph was born in 1100 in Gernon Castle, Normandy. He died at the age of 53 on December 16th, 1153.
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