Le Maschines, Ranulph ‘De Gernon’ 1

Birth Name Le Maschines, Ranulph ‘De Gernon’
Gramps ID I582804389
Gender male
Age at Death 83 years, 11 months, 15 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1070 Chester, England  
 
Death 1153-12-16    
 
Nobility Title     Iii;3Rd Earl Of Chester
 
Unknown 1121 Chester, Cheshire Special
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father De Mechines, Ranulph [I582804393]
Mother D'avranches, Maud (Margaret) [I582804394]
         Le Maschines, Ranulph ‘De Gernon’ [I582804389]
    Sister     De Brichesart, Agnes [I582804395]
 
Stepfather D'ewyas, Harold [I582805412]
Mother D'avranches, Maud (Margaret) [I582804394]
    Half-brother     D'ewyas, Robert Fitzharold [I582808278]
    Half-brother     De Sudeley, John [I582808280]

Families

    Family of Le Maschines, Ranulph ‘De Gernon’ and Taillebois, Lucy [F533083016]
Unknown Partner Taillebois, Lucy [I582804390]
  Narrative

CHAN13 Sep 2003

  Children
  1. Le Maschines Lord, William [I582804391]
  2. De Meschines, Alice [I582804268]
  3. Le Maschines, Agnes [I582809258]
  4. Le Maschines-Guernan, Ranulph [I582804392]

Narrative

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@@

Pedigree

  1. De Mechines, Ranulph [I582804393]
    1. D'avranches, Maud (Margaret) [I582804394]
      1. Le Maschines, Ranulph 'De Gernon'
        1. Taillebois, Lucy [I582804390]
          1. De Meschines, Alice [I582804268]
          2. Le Maschines Lord, William [I582804391]
          3. Le Maschines, Agnes [I582809258]
          4. Le Maschines-Guernan, Ranulph [I582804392]
      2. De Brichesart, Agnes [I582804395]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. pemble [S545686325]