Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester^[1]

Abt 1047 - 1101  (54 years)

• Name	Hugh d'Avranches  [2]
  Suffix	Earl of Chester
  Birth	Abt 1047  [3]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	TL2X-WS
  Name	Hugh "le Gros" d'Avranches  [4]
  Name	Hugh "Lupus" d'Avranches  [4]
  Name	Hugh "Vras" d'Avranches  [4]
  UID	12E18DE09A674B4189A231707770E3890CC8
  Death	27 Jul 1101	Saint Werberghs Abbey, Chester, Cheshire, England   [5]
  Burial	Saint Werberghs Abbey, Chester, Cheshire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I22958	Master
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2015

  
  

  Family	Ermentrude of Clermont   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 27 Jul 1101 - Saint Werberghs Abbey, Chester, Cheshire, England Burial - - Saint Werberghs Abbey, Chester, Cheshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  IDENTIFIER: Styled "Vras", or "le Gros", or "Lupus". KINSHIP: Son and heir. BIRTH: Date Approximated> At the utmost, he would have been but 19 years in 1066, (year of the battle of Hastings). MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Generally supposed to have fought at the battle of Hastings (1066), when at most, he would have been but 19 years of age. CHURCH: Founded the Abbey of St. Sever in Normandy. CHURCH: Founded the Abbey of St. Werburg, Chester {St. Werberg Abbey, Chester, Cheshire, England}. CHURCH: Largely endowing the Abbey of Whitby, co. York {Whitby Abbey, Whitby, Yorkshire, England}. CHURCH: Became a monk 3 days before he died: 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 14 p. 170 [CHESTER: p. 165 line 15]. TITLES: Became Earl of Chester, 1071. TITLES: Succeeded father, after 1082, as Vicomte d'Avranches. POLITICS: In the rebellion (1096) against William II, he stood by his Sovereign. PROPERTY: Received from the King, his maternal uncle, the whole of the county palatine of Chester (excepting Episcopal lands), 1071. BURIAL: Reinterment> He was buried in the cemetery of St. Werburg, but his body was afterwards removed to the Chapter House by Earl Ranulph le Meschin: 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 14 p. 170 [CHESTER: p. 165 line 16].

  
  

• Sources

  [S701] Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, (Royal Ancestry Series. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2005), vol. 3 p. 164-165, FHL book 942 D5rdm; FHL book 942 D5rdm. [S701] Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, (Royal Ancestry Series. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2005), vol. 3 p. 164; vol. 4 appndx. H chart IV; vol. 5 p. 154, FHL book 942 D5rdm; FHL book 942 D5rdm. [S701] Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, (Royal Ancestry Series. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2005), vol. 3 p. 165, FHL book 942 D5rdm; FHL book 942 D5rdm. [S701] Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, (Royal Ancestry Series. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2005), vol. 3 p. 164, FHL book 942 D5rdm; FHL book 942 D5rdm. [S701] Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, (Royal Ancestry Series. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2005), vol. 3 p. 165; vol. 4 appndx. H chart IV, FHL book 942 D5rdm; FHL book 942 D5rdm.