Family of Ranulph III 'le Meschine' de BRIQUESSART and Lucy of BOLINGBROKE
Husband: Ranulph III 'le Meschine' de BRIQUESSART
Name: |
Ranulph de BRIQUESSART |
Sex: |
Male |
Spouse: |
Maud FITZROBERT ( - ) |
Occupation |
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4th Earl of Chester, Vicomte d'Avranches |
Note on Husband: Ranulph III 'le Meschine' de BRIQUESSART
Ranulf fought in Normandy on behalf of Henry I, and served the English king as a kind of semi-independent governor in the far north-west, in Cumberland and Westmorland, founding Wetheral Priory. After the death of his cousin Richard d'Avranches in the White Ship Disaster of November 1120, Ranulf became earl of the county of Chester on the Anglo-Welsh marches. He held this position for the remainder of his life, and passed the title on to his son.