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Hugh of Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester was born 1147, at Kevelioc, Monmouth, Wales. He was the son of Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester and Maud of Gloucester, daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester. The Earldom of Chester is one of the few palatine earldoms in England. ...
This is about the Welsh town of Monmouth. ...
National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...
Ranulph de Gernon was 2nd Earl of Chester, Vicomte dAvranches in Normandy. ...
Robert of Gloucester also frequently refers to the historian Robert_of_Gloucester Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (~1090 - October 31, 1147) was an illegitimate son of Henry I of England, and one of the dominant figures of the English Anarchy period. ...
He was underage when his father's death in 1153 made him heir to his family's estates on both sides of the channel. He joined the baronial revolt of 1173 against King Henry II of England, and was influential in convincing Brittany to revolt. After being captured and imprisoned after the Battle of Alnwick, he finally got his estates restored in 1177, and served in King Henry's Irish campaigns. In 1169 he married Bertrada de Montfort-l'Amauri, daughter of Simon III de Montfort. She was the cousin of King Henry, who gave her away in marriage. Their children were: Henry II of England, depicted in Cassells History of England, Century Edition, published circa 1902 Henry II (March 5, 1133 â July 6, 1189) ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154â1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland...
- Ranulph de Meschines, 4th Earl of Chester
- Maud of Chester (1171-1233), married David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
- Mabel of Chester, married William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel
- Agnes of Chester (died November 2, 1247), married William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby
- Hawise of Chester (1180-1242), married Robert de Quincy
- A daughter, name unknown, who was briefly married to Llywelyn Fawr
He also had an illegitimate daughter, Amice of Chester, who married Ralph de Mainwaring. David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon (d. ...
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Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ( 1173–April 11, 1240) was a Prince of Gwynedd. ...
Hugh of Kevelioc died 30 June 1181 at Leeke, Staffordshire, England. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the Midlands of England. ...
Sources
- Chronicle of the Abbey of St. Werburg at Chester (Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society)
According to the new Oxford DNB Hugh de Kevelioc took his name from Cyfeiliog in Mereonithshire or Meirionydd, as a later writer says he was born in that district of Wales, and not Monmouth. Alex Stewart |