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Ranulph de Gernons was probably born about 1105. [1]
He was born about 1100 in Gernon Castle, Normandy. [2]
Ranulph de Germons, Knt, was the 5th Earl of Chester, lord of Eastham and Macclesfield, Chester, Coventry, Warwickshire, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire , and Greetham, Lincolnshire, etc; hereditary Vicomte of Avranches in Normandy, son and heir of Ranulph (nicknamed le Mescin), 4th Earl of Chester, hereditary Vicomte of Bayeux, by Lucy, widow of Ives de Ta\illeois and Roger Fitz Gerold, and heiress (and possibly daughter) of Thorold, Sheriff of Lincoln. [1]
Before 1135 he married Maud of Gloucester. She was the daughter of Robert FitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester, and his wife Mabel Fitz Robert. Robert FitzRoy was, in turn, a son of Henry I, King of England, by an unknow mistress, and grandson of William the Conqueror. [1]
He married Matilda de Caen. [2]
To the detriment of his half-brother, William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln, he appears to have held a large portion of the profits of the Earldom of Lincoln.
He was a distinguished soldier, both on the side of the Empress Maud and on that of King Stephen.
He was one of five Earls who witnessed the Charter to Salisbury in 1131, and also a witness to Stephen's second Charter of Liberties in 1136, and by Stephen he was made Constable of Lincoln. But he took part against the King at the battle of Lincoln 2 Feb 1141, when Stephen was taken prisoner, and Stephen retaliated against Earl Ranulph in 1146 by seizing him at Court at Northampton. Probably after the peace of 1151, the King granted him the Castle and city of Lincoln, but again having taken Stephen's side, he was consequently distrusted by both sides.
He died in Dec 1153, supposedly of poisoning by his wife and William Peverel of Nottingham.
Ranulph de Gernons, Earl of Chester, died at Gresley, Derbyshire 17 December 1153, and was buried at St. Werburg's (Chester Cathedral), Chester. [1]
Documented by Richardson and/or Cawley
Ranulph de Germons had two sons:
Suggested by Cotgreave and 16th century Pedigrees
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The following additional children are linked on WikiTree
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