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3 unusual facts about Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester


Greyfriars, Coventry

From later documents it is evident that Ranulf de Blondeville, Earl of Chester, permitted them to erect their house on his manor of Cheylesmore, on the south-west side of the city.

Repton Priory

The advoson had originally passed through the Chester family to Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester.

William II de Cantilupe

He became a retainer of Ranulph, Earl of Chester and served with him on King Henry's expedition to Brittany.


Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester

Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester (1147- 30 June 1181), married Bertrade de Montfort of Évreux, by whom he had five children, including Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, Maud of Chester, and Hawise of Chester, 1st Countess of Lincoln.

Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester

Ranulf's third sister Agnes (Alice) inherited, along with a share in other estates with her sisters, lands between the Ribble and the Mercy rivers, Powis Castle near Welshpool in Wales, Chartley Castle, Staffordshire, and land at Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire.


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