3rd Earl of Chester Ranulf Le Meschin
Abt 1068 - 1129 (~ 61 years)
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Name Ranulf Le Meschin Title 3rd Earl of Chester Born Abt 1068 Gender Male Name Ranulf de Briquessart Reference Number 9915 Died Jan 1129 Buried Chester, Cheshire, England 
- Chester Abbey
Person ID I9915 Thompson-Milligan Last Modified 12 Apr 2018
Father Ranulf De Briquessart, b. Abt 1042, d. Abt 1089 (Age ~ 47 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret D' Avranches, b. Abt 1046, d. Abt 1136 (Age ~ 90 years) Relationship natural Family ID F4951 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lucy of Bolingbroke, b. Abt 1066, d. Abt 1138 (Age ~ 72 years) Children 1. Ranulph De Gernon, b. 1099, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France , d. 16 Dec 1153, Cheshire, England (Age 54 years) [natural]2. Agnes Le Meschines, b. Abt 1099 [natural] 3. William Meschines, b. Abt 1101 [natural] 4. Alice De Gernon, b. Abt 1100, d. 1128 (Age ~ 28 years) [natural] Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 Family ID F4950 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Buried - - Chester, Cheshire, England 
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Notes - Ranulph "le Meschin", 4th Earl of Chester also called "de Briquessart" from the commune of Livry where the earthworks of his castle are still visible, also called Ranulph "the Young" from the Latin "Mischinus" and also called Randal was born circa 1068. He was the son of Ranulph II, vicomte de Bayeaux and Margaret d' Avranches.
Ranulph first married Maud de Vere, daughter of Aubrey de Vere I and Beatrice de Ghisnes, circa 1089. He then married Lucy "the Countess" of Lincoln, daughter of Turold of Bucknell, Sheriff of Lincoln and N. N. Malet, circa 1098. Ranulph was her 3rd husband.
Ranulphwas the successor of Richard, 3rd Earl of Chester; Viscount of Avranches. He was granted the title Earl of Chester following the death, without issue, of his cousin Richard, the son of his uncle, Hugh d'Avranches, on 26 November 1119. He was 4th Earl of Chester at England between 1121 and 1129 and Viscount of Avranches at Normandy, France, between 1121 and 1129.
He was commander of the Royal Forces in 1124 at Normandy, France. Viscount of Bayeaux at Normandy, France, in 1129. He was the predecessor of Ranulph de Gernon, 5th Earl of Chester, Viscount of Avranches.
Ranulphwas buried in Abbey of St. Werburg's, Chester, England. He died circa 1129.
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- Ranulph "le Meschin", 4th Earl of Chester also called "de Briquessart" from the commune of Livry where the earthworks of his castle are still visible, also called Ranulph "the Young" from the Latin "Mischinus" and also called Randal was born circa 1068. He was the son of Ranulph II, vicomte de Bayeaux and Margaret d' Avranches.
