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- Ranulph de Gernon, 5th Earl of Chester son of Ranulph "le Meschin", 4th Earl of Chester and Countess Lucy of Lincoln. He was born before 1100 at Castle of Gernon, Normandy, France.
Ranulph was the successor of Ranulph "le Meschin", 4th Earl of Chester, Viscount of Avranches. He was Viscount of Avranches at Normandy, France, between 1129 and 1153 and 5th Earl of Chester at England between 1129 and 16 December 1153.
Ranulph was one of the 5 Earls who witnessed the Charter to Salisbury granted at the Northampton Council of Henry I on 8 September 1131 at Northampton, England. He was made Constable of Lincoln by King Stephen in 1136.
He married Maud of Gloucester, daughter of Robert fitz Roy de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Mabel FitzHamon, circa 1141 at Gloucestershire, England.
King Stephen laid siege to Lincoln castle. Supporters of Maud defeat the besiegers and Stephen is captured. On 2 February 1140/41 at the Battle of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Ranulph took part in the Battle of Lincoln against King Stephen, who was taken prisoner there, on 2 February 1140/41. He distinguished himself as a soldier both on the side of the Empress Maud and of that of King Stephen, with the greatest impartiality. He was seized at court by King Stephen, who he previously had fought against on 29 August 1146 at Northampton, England.
He was granted the city and castle of Chester by King Stephen, probably after the pacification in 1151. He was the predecessor of Hugh de Kevelioc, 6th Earl of Chester.
Ranulph died on 16 December 1153 at England. He died, under excommunication, supposedly poisoned by his wife and William Peverell, Lord of Nottingham.
He was a witness where Lord of Nottingham William Peverel the Younger supposedly, "as men said," the one who poisoned Ranulf de Gernham, Earl of Chester, on 16 December 1153. He was buried in St. Werburg's, Chester, England.
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1099 - 1153 (54 years)
