Margaret d'Avranches

• Preferred Name: Margaret d'Avranches^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: Maud de Avranches
  
• Alternate Name: Margaret Des Meschines
  
• Alternate Name: Margaret Le Goz
  
• Gender: F
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Viscountess of Bayeux
  
• Death: 21 MAY 1136 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France at LATI: N9.2764 LONG: E0.7031
  
• Temple+Ordinances: with note: Description: Completed
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Countess of Bessin
  
• FSID: GD64-1XL
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Countess of Bayeux
  
• Alt. Burial: AFT 21 MAY 1136 in Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France at LATI: N9.1667 LONG: E0.5
  
• Birth: 1054 in Avranches, Normandy, France at LATI: N8.6867 LONG: E1.3619
  
• Burial: AFT 21 MAY 1136 in St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.1918 LONG: E2.8904
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Maud d'Avranches born about 1054 Avranches, Normandy, France
  
  Father: Richard d'Avranches Vicount d'Avranches, born ca 1025 Avranches, Normandy, France; died ca 1066
  
  Mother: Emma de Conteville; born ca 1029 Conteville, France
  
  Siblings:
  Judith (le Goz) d'Avranches born ca 1054, Avranches, Normandy, France
  Albreda d'Avranches born ca 1045 Oakhampton, Devonshire, England
  Hugh "Vras" "Le Gros" "Lupus" d'Avranches born about 1050 Avranches, Normandy, France; died 27 July 1101 St. Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England
  Arbella Loup d'Avranches born about 1055 Averanches, Normandy, France
  
  Spouse (1st):
  Ranulf de Briquessart, Viscount de Bayeux alias 'le Meschin'
  born about 1050 Normandy, France
  died 1129
  
  children (from 1st marriage):
  William de Briquessart born about 1072 Normandy, France
  Geoffrey de Briquessart born about 1074 Normandy, France
  Robert de Briquessart born about 1076 Normandy, France
  Ranulph de Briquessart "le Meschin" Earl of Chester
  born about 1070 Briquessart, Livry, France [le Meschin is a nickname and not a family name]
  died January 1128/29 Chester, Cheshire, England
  buried St. Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England
  
  Spouse (2nd):
  Harold Ewias de Sudeley Earl Hereford
  born about 1057 Sudeley Castle, Gloucester, England
  died after 1115
  
  children (from 2nd marriage)::
  Robert Fitz Harold de Ewyas
  born 1085 Sudeley, Gloucestershire, England
  died 1147 Sudeley, Gloucestershire, England
  Harold de Sudeley
  John de Sudeley
  
  biographical and/or anecdotal:
  
  notes or source:
  ancestry.com & LDS
  two different sources give two different spouses with equal confidence but don't mention the other. The births of the children are sequential and this is a strong indicator both are correct.
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#HuguesAvranchesdied1101A as of 4/5/2016
  
  MARGUERITE [Mathilde] d'Avranches (-after [1098]). She is named "Mathilda soror Hugonis comit
  
  === !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLON ===
  !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLONISTS WHO CAME TO NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 1623 AND 1650, 6TH EDITION, 1988, PG 195, LINE 235 #22
  
  === *Maud d'Avranches ===
  *Maud d'Avranches
  born about 1054 Avranches, Normandy, France
  
  father:
  *Richard d'Avranches Vicount d'Avranches
  born 1025 Avranches, Normandy, France
  died 1066
  
  mother:
  *Emma de Conteville
  born 1029 Conteville, France
  
  siblings:
  *Judith (le Goz) d'Avranches born Abt 1054 Of, Avranches, Normandy, France
  Albreda d'Avranches born about 1045 Oakhampton, Devonshire, England
  *Hugh "Vras" "Le Gros" "Lupus" d'Avranches
  born about 1050 Avranches, Normandy, France
  died 27 July 1101 St. Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England
  Arbella Loup d'Avranches born about 1055 Averanches, Normandy, France
  
  spouse (1st):
  *Ranulf de Meschines Viscount de Bayeux
  born about 1050 Normandy, France
  died 1129
  
  children (from 1st marriage):
  William de Meschines born about 1072 Normandy, France
  Geoffrey de Meschines born about 1074 Normandy, France
  Robert de Meschines born about 1076 Normandy, France
  *Ranulph "de Briquessart" le Meschin Earl of Chester
  born about 1070 Briquessart, Livry, France
  died January 1128/29 Chester, Cheshire, England
  buried St. Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England
  
  spouse (2nd):
  *Harold Ewias de Sudeley Earl Hereford
  born about 1057 Sudeley Castle, Gloucester, England
  died after 1115
  
  children (from 2nd marriage)::
  *Robert Fitz Harold de Ewyas
  born 1085 Sudeley, Gloucestershire, England
  died 1147 Sudeley, Gloucestershire, England
  Harold de Sudeley
  *John de Sudeley
  
  biographical and/or anecdotal:
  
  notes or source:
  ancestry.com & LDS
  two different sources give two different spouses with equal confidence but don't mention the other. The births of the children are sequential and this is a strong indicator both are correct.

• m. 1070 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France

1. Guillaume de Briquessart, b. ABT 1078 in Normandie, France     d. 1130 in Egremont, Cumberland, England
2. Ranulf Meschin, b. ABT 1070 in Normandie, France     d. JAN 1129 in Chester, Cheshire, England
3. Maud de Briquessart, b. environ 1069 in Normandie     d. in Cumberland, England

1. Title: The Register of the Wetheral Priory
   Author: The Register of Wetheral Priory, John Eustace Prescott, Publisher London, E. Stock, Kendal, T. Wilson, 1897
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/cu31924028281883/page/4/mode/2up?q=Orm;
   Note: The information about the ancestry of Ranulf's wife Lucia is inaccurate.
   Page: Appendix A. p 468
   
2. Title: Margaret d'Avranches, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TQRT : 17 December 2020), Margaret d'Avranches, ; Burial, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England, Chester Cathedral; citing record ID 85989968, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TQRT;
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy for the Comtes d'Avranches
   Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normabc.htm#MargueriteAvranchesMRanulfBessin;