Hugh Keveliok De Meschines 
Hugh Keveliok was born in 1147 in Kevelioc, Wales. Hugh Keveliok's father was Randulf IV De Meschines and his mother was Maud De Gloucester. His paternal grandparents were Ranulph III De Briquessart De Meschines and Lucia of Mercia; his maternal grandparents were Robert De Gloucester and Mabel FitzHamon. He had two sisters named Beatrix and Joanna. He was the youngest of the three children. He died at the age of 34 on June 30th, 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England.General Notes
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Between 1153 AND 1181 3rd Earl of Chester
He is thought by some to have taken his name from Kevelioc in Monmou
th as his birthplace, but others think that instead he was born in and to
ok the name of Cyfeiliog in Mereonithshire or Meirionydd.
He was underage when his father's death in 1153 made him heir to his famil
y's estates on both sides of the channel. He joined the baronial revo
lt of 1173 against King Henry II of England, and was influential in convin
cing Brittany to revolt. After being captured and imprisoned after the Bat
tle of Alnwick, he finally got his estates restored in 1177, and serv
ed in King Henry's Irish campaigns.
In 1169 he married Bertrada de Montfort-l'Amauri, daughter of Simon I
II de Montfort. She was the cousin of King Henry, who gave her away in mar
riage.
Hugh de Cyvelioc, Earl of Chester, married Bertrude, daughter of Sim
on de Montfort, Earl of Leicester and Evereaux. They had one son, Ranulp
h, who died sine prole 1232, and 5 daughters, and you are descended from a
ll five of them either through John Whitney or Robert Abell. The 1st daugh
ter, Matilda or Maud, married David, Earl of Huntingdon, of whom furthe
r. 2nd Hawise above married Robert de Quincey. 3rd Agnes married William F
errers, from whom both John Whitney and Robert Abell come. 4th Mabill marr
ied William de Albini, from whom John Whitney comes through Isabel de Albi
ni, who married John FitzAlan. 5th Amicia married Ralph Mainwaring, to Rob
ert Abell. She is the one who is claimed to have been an illegitimate daug
hter.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 271)
HUGH II, surnamed Keveliok because he was born in the commote or provin
ce of Cyveliok situate in that part of Wales anciently called Powys; succe
eded his father 1153; performed many valiant actions, but for some time w
as in rebellion against Henry II by whom he
was overcome and obliged to submit to the King who, however, restored to h
im all his lands; died at Leeke, in Staffordshire, and was buried at Chest
er 1181, 27 Henry II; his wife was Bertred (or Bertrade), daughter of Simo
n, Earl of Evereux, in Normandy.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 105)
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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. in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1017 in Bessin, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1043 in Bayeaux, Calvados, Normandy, France d.>Apr 1089 in Cumberland, England
- b.~ 0997 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.06 Aug 1027 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1021 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1070 in Briquessart, Bayeux, Normandy, France d.Jan 1129 in St Weburg's, Chester, England
- b.~ 1014 in Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France d.~ 1084
- b.~ 1048 in Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1009 in Conteville, Normandy, France d.> 1087
- b.~ 1029 in Conteville, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.1010 in Falasia, Normandy, France d.~ 1050
- b.1099 in Castle of Gernon, Normandy, France d.16 Dec 1153 in St Werberg, Chester, England
- b.~ 0955 in Mercia
- b.~ 1020 in Conventry, Lincolnshire, England d.< 1079 in Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 0908 in Denmark d.0987 in Denmark
- b.~ 0960 in Crepon, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0910 in Sweden
- b.~ 1070 in Crowland & Spalding, Lincolnshire, England d.1140
- b. in Graville, St Honorine, Normandy, France
- b.1023 in Graville, St Honorine, Normandy, France d.1071 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 0995 in Mercia
- b.~ 1040 in Granville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0989 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.Bet 1040 and 1054 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1020 in Tillieres, Maines-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.> 1086
- b.~ 0994 in Normandy, France
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1008 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1035 in Nice, Bithynia
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.08 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube, France
- b.1010 in Falasia, Normandy, France d.~ 1050
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1136 in St Denis-Ie-Fermont, Normandy, France
- b.< 1011 in Flanders, Holland d.01 Sep 1067
- b.1031 in Flanders, Belgium d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.1003 in France d.08 Jan 1079 in Monastaerie De L'Ordre De St Benoist, Messines, France
- b.1090 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1052 in Pays De Caus, Normandy, France d.1130 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England
- b.1077 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England d.1157
- b.~ 1112 in Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Jul 1189 in Chester, England
- b.~ 1037 in Calvedos, Normandy, France d.Mar 1107 in England
- b.~ 1090 in Gloucestershire, England d.1157 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0985 in Normandy, France d.> 1040 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.1022 in Normandy, France d.07 Jul 1094 in Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 0990 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1059 in Montgomery, Normandy, France
- b.1000 in Belleme, Perche, France d.1048
- b.~ 1025 in Alencson, Eure, France d.02 Dec 1079 in Chateau De Bures-Sur-Dive, France
- b.~ 1002
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They had a son and five daughters, named Ranulf, Maud, Amicia, Beatrix, Agnes and Hawise.
Family Notes
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REFNM12647
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Children
Maud De Meschines
Maud was born about 1163 in Chester, Cheshire, England. She died on January 6th, 1233.
Agnes De Meschines
Agnes was born in 1174 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England. She died at the age of 72 on November 2nd, 1246.
Hawise De Meschines
Hawise was born in 1180 in Chester, Chestershire, England. She died after June 6th, 1241 in England.
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