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- Hugh de Kevelioc, 6th Earl of Chester married Bertred, daughter of Simon, Earl of Evereux, in Normandy.
Hugh was a witness where Countess of Huntindon, Maud de Meschines daughter and in her issue co-heir of Hugh de Kevilioc, Earl of Chester. Hugh was the successor of Ranulph de Gernon, 5th Earl of Chester; Viscount of Avranches. He was born in 1147 at Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales. He was the son of Ranulph de Gernon, 5th Earl of Chester and Maud of Gloucester. Hugh was Viscount of Avranches at Normandy, France, between 1153 and 1181 and 6th Earl of Chester at England between 1153 and 1181.
Hugh associated with N. N. (?) circa 1167 either first wife or a mistress?He married Bertrade de Montfort, daughter of Simon III de Montfort, comte de Évreux and Maud, in 1169 at Montfort, Normandy, France.
The Great Rebellion: Henry II versus his heir, Henry "the Young King", his two older brothers, the Earl of Leicester, the King of Scots, the King of France, and the Count of Flanders.
Hugh joined in the rebellion of the Earl of Leicester and the King of Scots against King Henry II, and in support of the monarch's son, Prince Henry, and taken prisoner, along with the Earl, at Alnwick in 1172/73. He was deprived of his earldom between July 1174 and January 1177. He rebelled against the king yet again, and was again pardoned and restored to his lands in 1176/77. He was restored to his earldom in January 1177. He died in 1181 at midsummer, Leek, Staffordshire, England, at age 34 years.
Hugh was the predecessor of Ranulph de Blundevil, 7th Earl of Chester; Viscount of Avranches.
- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p376.htm#i6940
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