- Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester
Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd
Earl of Chester (1147 –June 30 ,1181 ) was the son ofRanulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester and Maud of Gloucester, daughter ofRobert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (otherwise known as Robert deCaen , theillegitimate son ofHenry I of England , making her Henry's granddaughter).He is thought by some to have taken his name from
Kevelioc inMonmouth as his birthplace, but others think that instead he was born in, and took the name of, thecwmwd ofCyfeiliog (in modernPowys ) in the southern part of theKingdom of Powys ,Wales .He was underage when his father's death in 1153 made him heir to his family's estates on both sides of the channel. He joined the baronial
Revolt of 1173-1174 against KingHenry II of England , and was influential in convincing the Bretons to revolt. After being captured and imprisoned after the Battle of Alnwick, he finally got his estates restored in 1177, and served in King Henry's Irish campaigns.In 1169 he married
Bertrade de Montfort of Evreux , daughter ofSimon III de Montfort . She was the cousin of King Henry, who gave her away in marriage. Their children were:# Ranulph de Blondeville de Meschines, 4th Earl of Chester
# Maud of Chester (1171-1233), marriedDavid of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
# Mabel of Chester, marriedWilliam d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel
# Agnes of Chester (diedNovember 2 ,1247 ), marriedWilliam de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby
# Hawise of Chester (1180-1242), marriedRobert II de Quincy
# A daughter, name unknown, who was briefly married toLlywelyn Fawr He also had an illegitimate daughter, Amice of Chester, who married Ralph de Mainwaring.Hugh of Kevelioc died 30 June 1181 at Leek,
Staffordshire , England.ources
*"Chronicle of the Abbey of St. Werburg at Chester" (Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society)
*"Chester, 3rd Earl, Hugh de Kevelioc", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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