Ranulf de Blundeville, 4th Earl of Chester

Abt 1172 - Abt 1232  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Ranulf de Blundeville, 4th Earl of Chester  [1]
  Suffix	4th Earl of Chester
  Born	Abt 1172	Oswestry, Shropshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 27 Oct 1232	Wallingford, Berkshire, England   [2]
  Buried	03 Nov 1232	Chester, Cheshire, England   [2]
  Notes	He married, firstly, Constance de Bretagne, Duchesse de Bretagne, daughter of Conan IV de Bretagne, Duc de Bretagne and Margaret of Scotland, Countess of Hereford, on 3 February 1187/88.3 He and Constance de Bretagne, Duchesse de Bretagne were divorced in 1199 after Constance deserted her husband. He married, secondly, Clemence de Fougeres, daughter of William de Fougeres and Agatha du Hommet, on 7 October 1200. He died circa 27 October 1232 at Wallingford, Berkshire, England, without issue. He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Chester [E., 1071] in 1181. He succeeded to the title of Vicomte d'Avranches [Normandy] in 1181. He was invested as a Knight on 1 January 1187/88 at Caen, Normandy, France. He was styled as Earl of Richmond between 1189 and 1199. He was styled as Duc de Bretagne between 1189 and 1199. He was Commander of the forces of King Richard I in 1194. He fought in the Wars with the Welsh between 1209 and 1214. He held the office of Governor of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1215. He held the office of Governor of the Peak Castle and Forest. He fought in the defeat of the rebels under the Count of Perche in April 1217, as Joint Commander of the Royal Army. He was created 1st Earl of Lincoln [England] on 23 May 1217. He held the office of Steward of the Honour of Lancashire. Between May 1218 and August 1220 he went on a crusade to the Holy Land. He fought in the Siege of Damietta circa 1219. He held the office of Sheriff of Shropshire. He held the office of Sheriff of Staffordshire. He held the office of Sheriff of Lancashire. In August 1220 he bagan building Beeston Castle, Cheshire, Cartley Castel, Staffordshire and the Abbey of Dieulacres, Staffordshire. In 1223 he was forced to surrender his castles. He was Chief Commander of the Royal troops in Britanny between October 1230 and July 1231. He was Joint Commissioner to treat with France in 1231. He resigned as Earldom of Lincoln between April 1231 and 1232. On his death, his Earldom lapsed back the Crown.
  Person ID	I1110	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Hugh of Kevelioc 5th Earl of Chester,   b. Abt 1147, Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales ,   d. 30 Jun 1181, Leek, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Bertrade de Montfort, of Evreux,   b. Abt 1155,   d. Abt 1227  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1169  [2]
  Family ID	F606	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S180] Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (Name: The Bodley Head; Location: London, U.K.; Date: 1999;). [S179] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed, G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, (Name: Alan Sutton Publishing; Location: Gloucester, U.K.; Date: 2000;).