Ranulph le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester
Ranulph le Meschin (* 1074 ; † January 1129 ) was Earl of Chester in Cheshire and Vice-Count of Avranches in Normandy . He was the son of Ranulph, vice count of Bayeux, and Marguerite, daughter of Richard le Goz, vice count of Avranches.
Life
After the Norman conquest of England and the subsequent subjugation of the north, Ranulph le Meschin received large estates, including the fiefdom of Appleby and the city of Carlisle . He followed his cousin Richard d'Avranches in 1121 as Earl of Chester and Vice-Count of Avranches.
Ranulph also became the largest landowner in Lindsey through his marriage (around 1093) to a woman named Lucy (* around 1079, † 1138) . Lucy, whose relatives and marriages are controversial, was perhaps the daughter of Turold, Sheriff of Lincoln , but more likely the maternal granddaughter of Guillaume I. Malet , Lord of Graville ( House of Malet ).
progeny
- Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester (* 1100; † 1153)
- Adelize / Alice de Gernon (* 1102; † 1128), ⚭ 1116 Richard FitzGilbert de Clare .
Individual evidence
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 420
literature
- Cyril Hurt: William Malet and His Family . Anglo-Norman Studies XIX.
- Katharine Keats-Rohan : Antecessor Noster: The Parentage of Countess Lucy Made Plain . Prosopon, issue 2 .
Web links
- Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Richard d'Avranches |
Earl of Chester and Vice-Count of Avranches around 1121–1129 |
Ranulph de Gernon |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chester, Ranulph le Meschin 1st Earl of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Earl of Chester in Cheshire and Vice-Count of Avranches in Normandy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1074 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1129 |