Maud of Gloucester

• Preferred Name: Maud of Gloucester ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}
  
• Alternate Name: Maud of Chester
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: L8BS-VB3
  
• Death: 29 JUL 1189 in Chester, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.1938 LONG: E2.8921
  
• LdsSealingToParents: 23 OCT 1936
  
• Birth: ABT 1120 in Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8842 LONG: E2.1446 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• LdsBaptism: 1 APR 1933
  
• Burial: 1189 in Chester Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.1918 LONG: E2.8904
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester (died 29 July 1189), also known as Matilda, was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and the daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, and Mabel, daughter and heiress of Robert Fitzhamon.[1] Her husband was Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester (died 16 December 1153).[2]
  
  Family
  Lady Maud was born on an unknown date, the daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester. She had seven siblings, including William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester and Roger, Bishop of Worcester. She also had an illegitimate half-brother, Richard, Bishop of Bayeux, whom her father sired with Isabel de Douvres.
  
  Her paternal grandparents were King Henry I of England and one of his mistresses, possibly Sybil Corbet or a daughter of Rainald Gay. Her maternal grandparents were Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester and Glamorgan; and Sybil de Montgomery, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Talvas of Bellême.
  
  Lincoln Castle where Maud was besieged by the forces of King Stephen in 1141
  Marriage and issue
  Sometime before 1141, possibly as early as 1135, Matilda married Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, and was accorded the title of Countess of Chester. Her husband had considerable autonomy in his palatine earldom.
  
  In January 1141, Earl Ranulf and Countess Matilda were at Lincoln Castle when it was besieged by the forces of King Stephen of England. The following month, a relief army loyal to Empress Matilda and led by her father Robert earl of Gloucester defeated and captured the king in the fierce fighting, later known as the First Battle of Lincoln. In return for his help in repelling the king's troops, the countess's father compelled her husband to swear fealty to Empress Matilda, who was Earl Robert's half-sister.
  
  On 29 August 1146, Earl Ranulf was seized by King Stephen at court in Northampton. Stephen later granted him the castle and city of Lincoln sometime after 1151.[3]
  
  Children
  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; Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon; and Hawise of Chester, 1st Countess of Lincoln
  possibly Richard of Chester (died 1170/1175), buried in Coventry
  Beatrice of Chester, married Raoul de Malpas
  possibly Ranulf of Chester; fought in the siege of Lisbon; granted the lordship of Azambuja by Afonso I of Portugal
  Alice, married Richard FitzGilbert de Clare (1190–1136)
  Ranulf had an illegitimate son, Robert FitzCount (died before 1166), by an unknown mistress. His date of birth was not recorded. Robert married Agnes fitz Neal; he was her second husband.
  
  One account contains an unsubstantiated rumor that Countess Maud poisoned her husband with the assistance of William Peverel of Nottingham, but there is no evidence that she did so. Earl Ranulf confirmed her grant to one of her servants, probably on his deathbed.[4] She served as her minor son's guardian for nine years.
  
  She was an important patron of Repton Priory in Derbyshire.[5] She also made grants to Belvoir Priory.
  
  The Rotuli de Dominabus of 1185 records property Wadinton de feodo comitis Cestrie, held by Maud, Countess of Chester.[3] Although she was said to be about 50 years of age in that document, she was probably closer to 60 in that year.
  
  Maud died on 29 July 1189, although the Annals of Tewkesbury records her death in 1190.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_of_Gloucester,_Countess_of_Chester
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#MaudFitzRobertdied1189 as of 5/29/2016
  
  MATILDA FitzRobert (-29 Jul 1190). Robert of Torigny refers to the wife of "Ranulf
  
  Memorial
  Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester (died 29 July 1190), also known as Maud FitzRobert, was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, and the daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, an illegitimate son of K
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  Maud FitzRobert1
  F, #104718, d. 29 July 1189
  Maud FitzRobert|d. 29 Jul 1189|p10472.htm#i104718|Robert de Mellent de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester|b. c 1090\nd. 31 Oct 1147|p10204.htm#i102035|Mabel FitzHamon|b. c 1085\nd. 1157|p10472.htm#i104713|Henry I 'Beauclerc', King of England|b. Sep 1068\nd. 1 Dec 1135|p10204.htm#i102033|Sybilla Corbet||p10470.htm#i104692|Robert FitzHamon, Earl of Gloucester|d. c Mar 1107|p10673.htm#i106726|Sybil de Montgomery||p381.htm#i3802|
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  Maud FitzRobert was the daughter of Robert de Mellent de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Mabel FitzHamon.1 She married Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester , son of Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester and Lucy (?) , circa 1141.1 She died on 29 July 1189.1
  In 1172 she founded Repton Priory, Derbyshire.1
  Child of Maud FitzRobert and Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester
  Hugh of Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester + b. c 1147, d. 30 Jun 11811
  Citations
  [S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 167. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  
  === Sources: Royal Descents; Norr; Kraentzle ===
  Sources: Royal Descents; Norr; Kraentzler 1143b, 1346; Ancestral Roots125, 132A. Roots: Maud of Gloucester. Descents: Maud of Gloucester. K: Maud de Caen or Maud FitzHamon. Also Maud, Countess of Gloucester. Possibly buried at Repton Priory, Derby, England.
  
  === Maud founded the Repton Priory in Derbys ===
  Maud founded the Repton Priory in Derbyshire in 1172. Cousin to the king.
  
  === Source: Please cite original sources. ===
  Source: Please cite original sources.
  Compiled by: J. K. Loren
  
  === The Complete Peerage G.E.C, Eng V. v 5p ===
  The Complete Peerage G.E.C, Eng V. v 5p 683-89, 736; PlantagenetAncestry Eng 116, p 99; Kings of England Eng. 175 p 30, 45-47; Bristoland Gloucs. Arch. Soc., Gloucs. Pub. A. v 32, p 204; Gen Hist 25 p 1 p100; Dist. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v 48, p 356-58; Espolin (GS#12462, pt 1 p 101).
  
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  !DEATH: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. by Frederick Lewis Weis. Seventh Edition. Page 114
  
  === Wikipedia Biography ===
  Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester (died 29 July 1189), also known as Matilda, was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and the daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England and Mabel, daughter of Robert fitz Hamon. Her husband was Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester (died 16 December 1153).
  
  Lady Maud FitzRobert was born on an unknown date, the daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Mabel FitzHamon of Gloucester. She had seven siblings including William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester and Roger, Bishop of Worcester. She also had an illegitimate half-brother, Richard, Bishop of Bayeux, whom her father sired by Isabel de Douvres.
  
  Her paternal grandparents were King Henry I of England and his mistress, Sybil Corbet. Her maternal grandparents were Robert FitzHamon, Lord of Gloucester and Glamorgan, and Sybil de Montgomery, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Talvas of Belleme.
  
  Sometime before 1141, possibly as early as 1135, Matilda married Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, and was accorded the title of Countess of Chester. Her husband had considerable autonomy in his palatine earldom.
  
  In January 1141, Earl Ranulf and Countess Matilda were at Lincoln Castle when it was besieged by the forces of King Stephen of England. The following month, a relief army loyal to Empress Matilda and led by her father Robert earl of Gloucester defeated and captured the king in the fierce fighting, later known as the First Battle of Lincoln. In return for his help in repelling the king's troops, the countess's father compelled her husband to swear fealty to Empress Matilda, who was Earl Robert's half-sister.
  On 29 August 1146, Earl Ranulf was seized by King Stephen at court in Northampton. Stephen later granted him the castle and city of Lincoln sometime after 1151.
  
  Children
  1. 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.
  2. possibly Richard of Chester (died 1170/1175), buried in Coventry.
  3. Beatrice of Chester, married Raoul de Malpas
  4. possibly Ranulf of Chester, fought in the siege of Lisbon, granted the lordship of Azambuja by Afonso I of Portugal.
  
  Ranulf had an illegitimate son, Robert FitzCount (died before 1166), by an unknown mistress. His date of birth was not recorded. Robert married Agnes fitz Neal as her second husband.
  
  One account contains an unsubstantiated rumor that Countess Maud poisoned her husband with the assistance of William Peverel of Nottingham, but there is no evidence that she did so; Earl Ranulf confirmed her grant to one of her servants, probably on his deathbed. She served as her minor son's guardian for nine years.
  
  She was an important patron of Repton Priory in Derbyshire. She also made grants to Belvoir Priory.
  The Rotuli de Dominabus of 1185 records property Wadinton de feodo comitis Cestrie, held by Maud, Countess of Chester. Although she was said to be about 50 years of age in that document, she was probably closer to 60 in that year.
  
  Maud died on 29 July 1189, although the Annals of Tewkesbury records her death in 1190.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_of_Gloucester,_Countess_of_Chester
  
  === [[Category:House of Normandie]] ===
  [[Category:House of Normandie]]
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  == Biography ==Maud was the granddaughter of the Norman King [[Normandie-45|Henry I]]via his 'natural' (i.e. illegitimate) son, [[FitzRoy-63|Robert ''the Consul'' FitzRoy]], 1st Earl of Gloucester, making her the great-granddaughter of [[Normandie-32|William the Conqueror]]. Her mother was Mabel FitzRobert, also sometimes referred to as Maud.
  She married Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester around 1141.[[#cokayne|Cokayne]], [https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo03coka#page/166/mode/2up p. 167][[#burke|Burke]], [https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalhi00burkgoog#page/n380/mode/2up p. 365][[#glover|Glover]], [https://archive.org/stream/visitationchesh01fellgoog#page/n24/mode/2up p. 4] (called 'Alice' for unknown reasons)[[#weis|Weis]], [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89062951181?urlappend=%3Bseq=114 p. 110]
  
  Issue:
  #Hugh of Kevelioc/Cyfeiliog
  #Richard
  #Beatrix, m. Ralph de Malpas
  She was alleged to have conspired with William Peverel to have poisoned to death her husband.[[#wylie|Wylie]],[https://books.google.com/books?id=NHcHAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA52&ots=FKTmEHCGSD&dq=peverel%20poison&pg=PA52 p. 52] After his death, Matilda witnessed a donation on his behalf to the Greenfield priory by her sonHugh in 1155.Stenton, F. M. 1920. [https://archive.org/stream/documentsillustr00stenuoft ''Documents illustrative of the social and economic history of the Danelaw, from various collections'']. London: Pub. for the British Academy by H. Milford, Oxford University Press. [https://archive.org/stream/documentsillustr00stenuoft#page/98/mode/2up p. 99] quoting 150 Harl. Chart. 52 A 13 and 151 Harl. Chart 52 A 14 Again with Hugh in 1172, they established the Repton priory."Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Repton, with the cell of Calke," in ''A History of the County of Derby'': Volume 2, ed. William Page(London: Victoria County History, 1907), 58-63. British History Online, accessed September 8, 2017, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/derbs/vol2/pp58-63.
  The ''Annals of Tewkesbury'' recorded on 17 November 1190, "Obiit Matildis comitissa Cestriæ iv. kal. Augusti"Luard, Henry Richards. 1864.''[https://books.google.com/books?id=It_zbKabxzUC Annales de Margan (a.d. 1066-1232). Annales de Theokesberia (a.d. 1066-1263). Annales deBurton (a.d. 1004-1263)]''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=It_zbKabxzUC&pg=GBS.PA54 p. 54]. that is Matilda, countess of Chester, died on the 4th day before Kalends (1st) of August, which was 29 July 1190, Cokayne and Weiss state Matilda died in 1189.
  
  == Sources ==
  
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  === Ancestral Roots, Weis, 7th edition, 1992 ===
  Ancestral Roots, Weis, 7th edition, 1992, Lines 125-27, 132A-27.
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “MAUD OF GLOUCESTER, married before 1135 RANULPH DE GERNONS, Knt., 5th Earl of Chester, lord of Eastham and Macclesfield, Cheshire, Coventry, Warwickshire, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, and Greetham, Lincolnshire, etc., hereditary Vicomte of Avranches in Normandy, son and heir of Ranulph (nicknamed le Meschin), 4th Earl of Chester, hereditary Vicomte of Bayeux, by Lucy, widow of Ives de Taillebois and Roger Fitz Gerold, and heiress (and possibly daughter) of Thorold, Sheriff of Lincoln. He was probably born about 1105. She had the manor of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire by the gift of her father. They had two sons, Hugh [6th Earl of Chester] and Richard. By an unknown mistress, he apparently had an illegitimate son, Robert Fitz Count. He was present at royal councils in Northampton, 1131, Westminster, 1132, and Windsor, 1132. He accepted King Stephen's accession in 1135, and attended the royal council at Westminster in 1136. In 1136 he witnessed the Oxford charter of liberties. In 1136 or 1137 he led a disastrous expedition into Wales from which he was one of the few to escape alive. In 1140 he attempted to capture Henry of Scotland and his wife on their return from King Stephen's court. The same year he surprised the city of Lincoln and manned it for the empress. The king's response was to visit Lincolnshire, where he peaceably renewed a pact with Ranulph. King Stephen left for London before Christmas, but made a surprise return during the festival to lay siege to Lincoln Castle. Ranulph managed to escape, obtained the armed assistance of his father-in-law, Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and other Angevin adherents, raised soldiers from Cheshire and Wales, and marched back to Lincoln, where his wife and half-brother were continuing to resist the siege. At the subsequent Battle of Lincoln 2 February 1141 the king was captured, and Ranulph followed up his victory with sack and slaughter in the city itself. At the Siege of Winchester in September 1141 he initially joined the queen's army, only to encounter such suspicion and hostility that he switched to the empress's camp. In 1144 he was besieged in Lincoln by the king. He met King Stephen at Stamford probably early in 1146, where he apparently renewed his fealty to the king. The king granted him royal manors in Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire, the towns of Newcastle under Lyme, and Derby, land in Grimsby, and the soke of Grantham, plus the honors of William d'Aubeny Brito (Belvoir), Roger de Bully (Tickhill), and Roger de Poitou (Lancaster, although that which lay north of the Ribble was under Scottish control). He was also confirmed in his tenure of Lincoln Castle. He duly helped Stephen to capture Bedford town and besiege Wallingford Castle in 1146, but the king and the royalist magnates remained deeply suspicious of his failure to restore revenues from royal lands and castles he had seized. He was again with the king at Northampton 29 August 1146, but his refusal to give hostages or restore royal property led to his sudden arrest and imprisonment He was released after agreeing to Stephen's terms and taking an oath not to resist the king in future, whereupon he set about trying to recover by force what he had been obliged to surrender. Subsequent campaigns led to armed confrontations with Stephen's son Eustache, and on at least two occasions, near Coventry (probably early in 1147) and Lincoln (1149), with the king himself. He did homage to David I, King of Scots at Carlisle in 1149, who granted him the honour of Lancaster (including lands north of the Ribble) in exchange for a renunciation of claims to Carlisle. In 1150, in alliance with Madog ap Maredudd, king of Powys, he prepared an attack on Owain Gwynedd, but the enterprise collapsed after defeat at Coleshill. Some time between 1149 and 1153, he made a formal agreement with Robert, Earl of Leicester, whereby each pledged to bring only twenty knights if obliged by his liege lord to fight against the other. Both earls joined the Angevin campaign in 1153. At Devizes in 1153, Henry, Duke of Normandy gave him lavish grants in the north midlands, including the estates of several royalist barons which the earl was effectively being invited to seize; Ranulph was also restored in his 'Norman inheritance,' which has been interpreted to include Breuil, the castle of Vire, and other holdings once associated with his family, together with comital status and extensive lordship in the Avranchin. During his lifetime, Ranulph founded four religious houses, including an abbey for Savignac monks at Basingwerk, Flintshire, in 1131, priories for Benedictine monks and nuns at Minting, Lincolnshire, and Chester respectively (both at uncertain dates), and, on his deathbed, a priory for Augustinian canons at Trentham, Staffordshire. RANULPH DE GERNONS, Earl of Chester, died at Gresley, Derbyshire 17 Dec. 1153, and was buried at St. Werburg's, Chester. Sometime in the period, 1153-59, his widow, Maud, with consent of her son, Hugh, gave the canons of Calke, then part of Ticknall, the church of St. Wiestan-in-Repton, Derbyshire. Probably in 1158 Queen Eleanor, wife of Henry II, gave confirmation to his widow, Maud, of her wapentake and hundred of Repton, Derbyshire. In 1172 she founded Repton Priory, Derbyshire. Maud, Countess of Chester, died 29 July 1189.
  Banks Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England 1 (1807): 215-216. Hanshall Hist. of the County Palatine of Chester (1823): 19-21, 28 (ped.), 284. Coll Top. et Gen. 2 (1835): 247-249. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 3 (1846): 217-218 (sub Spalding Monastery - Hugonis, primi Comitis Cestriæ et Lincolniæ.... prosapia: "... post quem successit Gernons filius ejus, qui moriens decimo sexto kalendas Januarii [17 December], jacet juxta patrem suum. successit Hugo filius ejus, qui moriens secundo kalendas Julii [30 June], jacet juxta pattern suum."); 4 (1823): (charter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester); 6(1) (1830): 410-411 (Ranulph, Earl of Chester, styled "uncle" [avunculi] by Richard Bacun), 430 ("Ranulphus dictus Gernons, comes Cestriæ, obiit xvii. kal. Januarii [16 Dec.], anno regis Stephani x-viii. Qui Ranulphus cepit Mathildem filiam Roberti comitis Gloverniæ; quæ quidem Mathildis prioratum de Repindon S. Trinitatis anno MCLXXII. decimo octavo Henrici secundi, qux Matildis obiit Augusti [29 July] anno MCLXXXIX."). Hibbert-Ware Ancient Parish Church of Manchester (1848): 16-18 (charter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester). Arch. Jour. 15 (1855): 242-246 (charter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester). Bigsby Hist. & Topog. Desc. of Repton (1854): 56-57 (charter of Maud, Countess of Chester), 57-58 (charter of Maud, Countess of Chester naming her parents, Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and Countess Mabel, and her grandfather, King Henry I), 58. Arch. Jour. 15 (1858): 242 (charter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester). Luard Annales Monastici 2 (Rolls Ser. 36) (1865): 235 Annals of Waverley sub A.D. 1153: "Rannulfus comes Cestrensis hoc anno obiit, cui successit Hugo filius ejus.'). Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 35 (1874): 7 (charter and letter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester). Ormerod Hist. of the County Palatine & City of Chester 1 (1882): 20-26 (Robert Malet styled "uncle" [avunculus] of Earl Ranulph's mother [Lucy] in charter of Henry, Duke of Normandy [afterwards King Henry II] dated c.1152). Cat. of a Selection from the Stowe MSS (1883) 10-11 (charter of Maud, Countess of Chester). Christie Annales Cestrienses, or, Chronicle of the Abbey of S. Werburg at Chester (Lancashire & Cheshire Rec. Soc. 14) (1887): 22-23 (sub A.D. 1153: "Obiit Ranulphus II. comes Cestrie."). Birch Cat. Of Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 380 (seal of Maud, Countess of Chester dated mid-12th Cent -Pointed oval. In tight-fitting dress and a long maunch, standing. Legend wanting.). Round Feudal England (1895). Prou & Vidier Recueil des Charles de l'Abbaye de Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire (1900-1907): 356-364 (charter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester 1147-53). C.P.R. 1399-1401 (1903): 296-297. Warner & Ellis Facsimiles of Royal & Other Charters in the British 1 (1903): #51 (charter of Hugh, Earl of Chester to his mother, Countess Maud, dated c.1162-7; charter names his father, Earl Ranulph), #52 (charter of Maud, Countess of Chester, dated c.1162-7, granted with consent of her son, Earl Hugh; charter names her aunt [amita], Empress Maud, her parents, Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and Countess Mabel, and her husband, Earl Ranulph). Jeayes Desc. Cat. of Derbyshire Charters (1906): 242-243 (charter of Maud, Countess of Chester, dated 1153-60 names her grandfather, King Henry I of England, and her parents, Robert, of Gloucester, and Countess Mabel), 244 (charter of Maud, Countess of Chester, dated c.1162-1167 names her parents, Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and Countess Mabel), 244 (Maud, Countess of Chester, styled "kinswoman" [cognata] by King Henry II of England in charter dated ?1175). Marx ed. Gesta Normannorum Ducum (1914): 331 (Guillaume de Jumièges: "Predictus autem Rannulfus comes accepit uxorem Mathildem, filiam Roberti comitis de Gloecestria, ex qua genuit duos filios, Hugonem et Ricardum.”). Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 195 (chart). Stenton Docs. illus. of the Social & Economic Hist. of the Danelaw (1920): 360-361. Farrer Honors & Knights' Fees 2 (1924)1., 34. Colls. Hist. Staffs. 1924 (1926): 30-31 (charter of Countess Maud and her son, Earl Hugh). Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 4 Ser. 20 (1937): 103-134 (biog. of Ranulf de Gernons, Earl of Chester: "The man was haughty and proud; touchy upon the point of honour, but faithless and utterly untrammelled by any scruple in the pursuit of his ends; determined as a spoilt child to gratify his desires and ambitions."). Hatton Book of Seals (1950): 356-357 (charter of Robert Fitz Count, Constable of Chester). C.P. 3 (1913): 166-167; 4 (1916): 670 (chart), 5 (1926): 686,
  
  === !The Complete Peerage G.E.C, Eng V. v 5p ===
  !The Complete Peerage G.E.C, Eng V. v 5p 683-89, 736; Plantagenet Ancestry Eng 116, p 99; Kings of England Eng. 175 p 30, 45-47; Bristol and Gloucs. Arch. Soc., Gloucs. Pub. A. v 32, p 204; Gen Hist 25 p 1 p 100; Dist. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v 48, p 356-58; Espolin (GS #12462, pt 1 p 101). !The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy by Cannon and Griffith. !NAME-PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILD:Gary Boyd Roberts, THE ROYAL DESCENTS OF 500 IMMIGRANTS;884-1952; publ 1993,Baltimore, Md. p 389; Listed as Maud of Gloucester.
  
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  === !Chart #444 ROYAL ANCESTORS by Michel Ca ===
  !Chart #444 ROYAL ANCESTORS by Michel Call

• m. 1143 in Gloucestershire, England

1. Hugh of Cyfeiliog 5th Earl of Chester, b. 1147 in Cyfeiliog, Powys, Wales     d. 30 JUN 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England

1. Title: Wikipedia: Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester
   Author: References Notes Complete Peerage, v. III, p. 167. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Earls of Chester 1120-1232 (Family of Ranulf "le Meschin") Cawley, Medieval Lands, Earls of Chester 1120-1232 (Family of Ranulf "le Meschin") Susan Johns, "Wives and Widows of the Earls of Chester, 1100-1252", Haskins Soc. Journal (1995), p. 125. "Maud fitz Robert". The Peerage. Retrieved 7 August 2019. General sources Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Earls of Chester 1120-1232 (Family of Ranulf "le Meschin") The Peerage: Maud fitz Robert
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_of_Gloucester,_Countess_of_Chester;
   Note: Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester (died 29 July 1189), also known as Matilda, was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and the daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, and Mabel, daughter and heiress of Robert Fitzhamon. Her husband was Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester (died 16 December 1153). Maud of Gloucester Countess of Chester Born Unknown Died 29 July 1189 Spouse(s) Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester Issue Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester Richard of Chester Beatrice of Chester Ranulf of Chester Father Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester Mother Mabel FitzRobert, Countess of Gloucester Family Lady Maud was born on an unknown date, the daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester. She had seven siblings, including William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester and Roger, Bishop of Worcester. She also had an illegitimate half-brother, Richard, Bishop of Bayeux, whom her father sired with Isabel de Douvres. Her paternal grandparents were King Henry I of England and one of his mistresses, possibly Sybil Corbet or a daughter of Rainald Gay. Her maternal grandparents were Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester and Glamorgan; and Sybil de Montgomery, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Talvas of Bellême. Marriage and issue Sometime before 1141, possibly as early as 1135, Matilda married Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, and was accorded the title of Countess of Chester. Her husband had considerable autonomy in his palatine earldom. In January 1141, Earl Ranulf and Countess Matilda were at Lincoln Castle when it was besieged by the forces of King Stephen of England. The following month, a relief army loyal to Empress Matilda and led by her father Robert earl of Gloucester defeated and captured the king in the fierce fighting, later known as the First Battle of Lincoln. In return for his help in repelling the king's troops, the countess's father compelled her husband to swear fealty to Empress Matilda, who was Earl Robert's half-sister. On 29 August 1146, Earl Ranulf was seized by King Stephen at court in Northampton. Stephen later granted him the castle and city of Lincoln sometime after 1151. Children 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; Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon; Hawise of Chester, 1st Countess of Lincoln; Richard of Chester (died 1170/1175), buried in Coventry Beatrice of Chester, married Raoul de Malpas Ranulf of Chester; fought in the siege of Lisbon; granted the lordship of Azambuja by Afonso I of Portugal Alice, married Richard FitzGilbert de Clare (1190–1136) Ranulf had an illegitimate son, Robert FitzCount (died before 1166), by an unknown mistress. His date of birth was not recorded. Robert married Agnes fitz Neal; he was her second husband. One account contains an unsubstantiated rumor that Countess Maud poisoned her husband with the assistance of William Peverel of Nottingham, but there is no evidence that she did so. Earl Ranulf confirmed her grant to one of her servants, probably on his deathbed. She served as her minor son's guardian for nine years. She was an important patron of Repton Priory in Derbyshire. She also made grants to Belvoir Priory. The Rotuli de Dominabus of 1185 records property Wadinton de feodo comitis Cestrie, held by Maud, Countess of Chester. Although she was said to be about 50 years of age in that document, she was probably closer to 60 in that year. Maud died on 29 July 1189, although the Annals of Tewkesbury records her death in 1190.
   
2. Title: Earls of Gloucester in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106879 [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106879;
   Note: Earls of Gloucester in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106879 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Earls of Gloucester in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106879 [See document in the Memories section]
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Sibyl Marshall, first wife of Wm de Ferrers
   Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#SibylMarshaldiedbefore1238;
   Note: SIBYL (-before 1238). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "quarta filia…Willihelmi Marescalli…Sibilla" married "Willielmo de Ferrers comiti Derbiæ"[1396]. m (before 14 May 1219) as his first wife, WILLIAM de Ferrers, son of WILLIAM de Ferrers Earl of Derby & his wife Agnes de Chester (-May 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). He succeeded his father in 1247 as Earl of Derby.
   Page: EARLS of CHESTER 1120-1232 in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106844 [See document in the Memories section]
   
4. Title: Ranulf le Meschin and Ranulf de Gernon, Earls of Chester, in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. II, pg. 223 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. II, pg. 223
   Note: Ranulf le Meschin and Ranulf de Gernon, Earls of Chester, in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. II, pg. 223 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Ranulf le Meschin and Ranulf de Gernon, Earls of Chester, in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. II, pg. 223 [See document in the Memories section]
   
5. Title: Ranulph de Meschines (de Gernon) in Burke's Dormant Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 365 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Burke's Dormant Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 365
   Note: Ranulph de Meschines (de Gernon) in Burke's Dormant Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 365 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Ranulph de Meschines (de Gernon) in Burke's Dormant Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 365 [See document in the Memories section]
   
6. Title: Pedigree of Ranulf le Meschin in the History of the Palatine County of Chester
   Author: History of the Palatine County of Chester, pg. 121
   Note: Pedigree of Ranulf le Meschin in the History of the Palatine County of Chester, pg. 121 [See document in the Memories dection]
   Page: Pedigree of Ranulf le Meschin in the History of the Palatine County of Chester, pg. 47 [See document in the Memories dection]
   
7. Title: Ranulf le Meschin and Lucy of Bolingbroke in Ancestral Roots of Certain Amercian Colonists
   Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain Amercian Colonists, Line 132A, Nos. 26-27
   Note: Ranulf le Meschin and Lucy de Bolingbroke in Ancestral Roots of Certain Amercian Colonists, Line 132A, Nos. 26-27 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Ranulf le Meschin and Lucy de Bolingbroke in Ancestral Roots of Certain Amercian Colonists, Line 132A, Nos. 26-27 [See document in the Memories section]
   
8. Title: Robert FitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester, in A New History of Gloucestershire, pg. 93-94, 621 and 739 [See document in the memories section]
   Author: A New History of Gloucestershire, pg. 93-94, 621 and 739
   Note: Robert FitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester, in A New History of Gloucestershire, pg. 93-94, 621 and 739 [See document in the memories section]
   Page: Robert FitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester, in A New History of Gloucestershire, pg. 93-94, 621 and 739 [See document in the memories section]
   
9. Title: Pedigree of Ranulf le Meschin in The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton
   Author: The History and Antiquitires of the County of Northampton, pg. 121
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/HistoryAndAntiquitiesOfTheCountyOfNorthamptonBakerVol1/page/n121/mode/2up;
   Note: Pedigree of Ranulf de Meschin in The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton
   Page: Pedigree of Ranulf de Meschines in The History and Antiquitires of the County of Northampton, pg. 121 [See document in the Memories section]
   
10. Title: Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester, in Wikepedia [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester, in Wikepedia
    Note: Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester, in Wikepedia [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester, in Wikepedia [See document in the Memories section]
    
11. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "MATILDA FitzRobert"
    Author: fmg.ac
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#MaudFitzRobertdied1189;
    Note: MATILDA FitzRobert (-29 Jul 1190). Robert of Torigny refers to the wife of "Ranulfus comes Cestriæ" as "filia Roberti comitis Gloecestriæ"[1878]. The Rotuli de Dominabus of 1185 records property “Wadinton de feodo comitis Cestrie” held by “Matillis comitissa Cestrie…filia Roberti comitis Gloecestrie, filii regis Henrici primi”[1879]. It was alleged that she and William Peverell of Nottingham poisoned her husband[1880]. "Hugo comes Cestrie" confirmed a donation of land in Thoresby donated by "Willelmus filius Othuer" to Greenfield priory, Lincolnshire, for the soul of "patris mei Randulfi", by charter dated to [1155] witnessed by "Matilla matre sua…"[1881]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death “IV Kal Aug” in 1190 of “Matildis comitissa Cestria”[1882]. m ([1141]) RANULF “de Gernon” Earl of Chester, son of RANULPH “le Meschin” Vicomte de Bayeux & his wife Lucy --- (Château de Gernon, Normandy before 1100-[murdered] 16 Dec 1153, bur Chester, Abbey of St Werburg). Earl Ranulf & his wife had two children: 1. HUGH "of Kevelioc" (Kevelioc, co. Monmouth 1147-Leek, Staffordshire 30 Jun 1181, bur Chester, Abbey of St Werburgh). 2. RICHARD (-[1170/75], bur Coventry). Earl Ranulf had one possible illegitimate child by an unknown mistress: 3. [ROBERT FitzCount (-before 1166). The Complete Peerage states that Robert FitzCount who “became Constable of Chester jure uxoris and d. in or before 1166” was “apparently an illeg. s. of an Earl of Chester”[175]. If that is correct, the dating of his marriage suggests his birth in the range [1115/35], suggesting in turn that he was the son of Ranulf Earl of Chester who died in 1153, born illegitimate long before Earl Ranulf’s marriage. m (after 1157) as her second husband, AGNES, widow of EUSTACE FitzJohn, daughter of WILLIAM FitzNeel Constable of Chester, Baron of Halton & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her parentage and two marriages has not yet been identified.]
    
12. Title: Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester, in The History of the Palatine County and City of Chester, Vol. 1, pf. 20-25 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The History of the Palatine County and City of Chester, Vol. 1, pf. 20-25
    Note: Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester, in The History of the Palatine County and City of Chester, Vol. 1, pf. 20-25 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Ranulf de Gernon, Earl of Chester, in The History of the Palatine County and City of Chester, Vol. 1, pf. 20-25 [See document in the Memories section]
    
13. Title: Maud de Caen, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TQRY : 11 June 2020), Maud de Caen, 1189; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TQRY;
    
14. Title: Geni
    Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Maud-FitzRobert-Countess-of-Chester/6000000000424645801;