Ranulph (4th Earl of Chester) De Blundeville
Aft 1172 - 1232 (~ 59 years)
1. Ranulph (4th Earl of Chester) De Blundeville was born after 1172 (son of Hugh (6th Earl of Chester) De Keveliock and Bertarde (D'evereux) De Montfort); died in 1232. Ranulph married Constance Duchess of Brittany on 3 Feb 1186-1187. Constance (daughter of Conan IV "La Petit" Duke of Brittany and Margaret (Countess of Hereford) of Huntingdon) was born about 1161; died on 5 Sep 1201 in Nantes, Brittany; was buried in Villeneuve Abbey, Nantes, Brittany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Hugh (6th Earl of Chester) De Keveliock (son of Ranulph (Earl of Chester) De Germon De Meschines and Maud Fitzrobert); died in 1181. Hugh + Bertarde (D'evereux) De Montfort. Bertarde (daughter of Simon 'Le Chauve' (Count of Evreux) De Montfort and Maud) was born about 1152; died on 12 Jul 1189. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Bertarde (D'evereux) De Montfort was born about 1152 (daughter of Simon 'Le Chauve' (Count of Evreux) De Montfort and Maud); died on 12 Jul 1189. Children:
- 1. Ranulph (4th Earl of Chester) De Blundeville was born after 1172; died in 1232.
- Matilda (of Chester) De Keveliock was born in 1171; died on 6 Jan 1232-1233.
- Agnes (Chartley) De Keveliock and died.
- Hawise (Countess Lincoln) De Keveliock died before 3 Mar 1243.
Generation: 3
4. Ranulph (Earl of Chester) De Germon De Meschines was born in 1099 (son of Ranulph (Earl of Chester)De Germons De Meschines and Lucy "The Countess" of Mercia); died in 1155. Ranulph married Maud Fitzrobert in 1141. Maud (daughter of Robert (De Mellent Earl of Gloucester) De Caen and Mabel Fitzahamon) died in 1189. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Maud Fitzrobert (daughter of Robert (De Mellent Earl of Gloucester) De Caen and Mabel Fitzahamon); died in 1189. Children:
- 2. Hugh (6th Earl of Chester) De Keveliock died in 1181.
- Beatrix De Meschines and died.
- Joanna De Meschines and died.
6. Simon 'Le Chauve' (Count of Evreux) De Montfort (son of Amaury (Count of Evreux) De Montfort and Agnes De Garlende); died on 13 Mar 1180-1181. Simon married Maud about 1150. was born about 1130; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Maud was born about 1130; and died. Children:
- Amaury V (Count of Evreux) De Montfort was born about 1151; died in 1182.
- 3. Bertarde (D'evereux) De Montfort was born about 1152; died on 12 Jul 1189.
- Simon (Comte D'evereux) De Montford was born about 1153; died before Jan 1188.
Generation: 4
8. Ranulph (Earl of Chester)De Germons De Meschines (son of Ranulf (Count of Bayeux) De Meschines and Maud D'avranches); died in Jan 1128-1129. Ranulph + Lucy "The Countess" of Mercia. Lucy (daughter of Aelfgar Earl of Mercia and Aelfgifu) died about 1163. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Lucy "The Countess" of Mercia (daughter of Aelfgar Earl of Mercia and Aelfgifu); died about 1163. Notes:
Lucy --
(1) According to TCP, which dedicates a whole Appendix to 'the CountessLucy" (Appendix J in Volume VII), her parentage "is one of the unsolvedpuzzles of genealogy". It reports an early chronicle as saying that "shewas a daughter of Aelfgar, Earl of Mercia, and niece or grandniece ofThorold, sometime Sheriff of co. Lincoln" with which what we show here isconsistent. HOWEVER, TCP also says "All that is certainly known is thatshe was niece of Robert Malet of Eye and of Alan of Lincoln, and thatThorold the Sheriff was a kinsman." TCP then reports the view that shewas daughter of Thorold, Sheriff of Lincolnshire. There appear to bearguments for both theories, both of which make reference to theinheritance of various lands. We provisionally show her here, rather thanleave her 'loose', but draw attention to the fact that at least some'serious' modern genealogists seem to lean towards the view that she wasdaughter of Sheriff Thorold (Turold of Bucknell), by a daughter (Beatrice?) of William de Malet, rather than what we show here.
(2) Some web sites show two generations of Lucy, often with the secondone being a daughter of Ivo Taillebois by the first one. TCP notes thisview but reports "Charter evidence, however, proves that there was onlyone Lucy."
From Stirnet Genealogy athttp://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/xyz/zzmisc03.htm#link2Children:
- 4. Ranulph (Earl of Chester) De Germon De Meschines was born in 1099; died in 1155.
- Adeliz De Keveliock and died.
- William (Lord Copeland) De Meschines was born about 1100; and died.
10. Robert (De Mellent Earl of Gloucester) De Caen was born about 1090 in Caen (son of Henry I Beauclerc King of England and Sybil (of Alcester) Corbet); died on 31 Oct 1147 in Bristol. Notes:
GENEALOGY.EU by Miroslav Marek shows his mother as Nesta Tewdwr, athttp://genealogy.euweb.cz/normandy/normandy.html
Robert + Mabel Fitzahamon. Mabel (daughter of Robert (Lord of Glamorgan) Fitzhamon and Sibyl De Montgomery) died in 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Mabel Fitzahamon (daughter of Robert (Lord of Glamorgan) Fitzhamon and Sibyl De Montgomery); died in 1157. Children:
- Roger (Bishop of Worcester) Fitzrobert and died.
- Hamon Fitzrobert and died.
- Philip Fitzrobert and died.
- Richard (Lord of Creully) Fitzrobert and died.
- 5. Maud Fitzrobert died in 1189.
- Mabel Fitzrobert and died.
- Richard Fitzrobert and died.
- Robert Fitzrobert and died.
- William (Earl of Gloucester) Fitzrobert was born in 23 Nov; died on 23 Nov 1183.
12. Amaury (Count of Evreux) De Montfort was born about 1070 (son of Simon I (L'amauray) Count De Montfort and Agnes D'evreux); died in 1137. Amaury married Agnes De Garlende in 1120. Agnes (daughter of Anselm De Garlende) was born about 1095; died in 1181. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Agnes De Garlende was born about 1095 (daughter of Anselm De Garlende); died in 1181. Children:
- 6. Simon 'Le Chauve' (Count of Evreux) De Montfort died on 13 Mar 1180-1181.
- Agnes De Montfort was born about 1123; died on 15 Dec 1181.
- Amaury (Count of Evreux) De Montfort died in 1140 in Dsp.