 Hugh de Keveliock 3rd Earl of Chester , 3rd Earl of Chester, son of Ranulph Iv De Gernon Meschines and Maud Plantagenet De Caen FitzRobert. Adoption parents: N.N. and Mabira (Maud) De Caen Born 1147 at Kevelioc,Merionethshire,Wales, died Jun 30, 1181 at Leeke,Staffordshire,England, 33 or 34 years, buried at Chester,Cheshire,England Susan Cary has Kevelioc in Monmouthshire. EARLDOM OF CHESTER (VI, 3) Hugh, styled "OF KEVELIOC," EARL OF CHESTER, also VICOMTE D'AVRANCHES, &c., in Normandy, son and heir born at Kevelioc [?Machynlleth], co. Merioneth. He joined in the rebellion against King Henry II, set on foot by Henry, the son of that King, and was taken prisoner at Alnwick, 13 July 1174. He was deprived of his Earldom, and was again in rebellion both in England and Normandy, but, in January 1177, was restored. He married, in 1169, Bertrade, then aged 14 (the King giving her away in marriage "because she was his own cousin "), daughter of Simon de Montfort, Count D'EVREUX by his 1st wife, Maud. He died at Leek, co. Stafford, 30 June 1181, aged about 34 and was buried at St. Werburg's, Chester. His widow died 1227, aged about 7I. [Complete Peerage III:167, XIV:170, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- This nobleman, Hugh (Keveliok), 3rd Earl of Chester, joined in the rebellion of the Earl of Lancaster and the King of Scots against King Henry II, and in support of that monarch's son, Prince Henry's pretensions to the crown. In which proceeding he was taken prisoner with the Earl of Leicester at Alnwick, but obtained his freedom soon afterwards upon the king's reconciliation with the young prince. Again, however, hoisting the standard of revolt both in England and Normandy, with as little success, he was again seized and then detained a prisoner for some years. He eventually, however, obtained his liberty and restoration of his lands when public tranquility became completely reestablished some time about the 23rd year of the king's reign. His lordship m. Bertred, dau. of Simon, Earl of Evereux, in Normandy, and had issue, I. Ranulph, his successor; I. Maud, m. to David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of William, King of Scotland, and had one son and four daus., viz., 1. John, surnamed le Scot, who s. to the Earldom of Chester, d. s. p. 7 June, 1237; 1. Margaret, m. to Alan de Galloway, and had a dau., Devorguilla, m. to John de Baliol, and was mother of John de Baliol, declared King of Scotland in the reign of Edward I; 2. Isabel, m. to Robert de Brus, and was mother of Robert de Brus, who contended for the crown of Scotland, temp. Edward I; 3. Maud, d. unm.; Ada, m. to Henry de Hastings, one of the competitors for the Scottish crown, temp. Edward I; II. Mabill, m. to William de Albini, Earl of Arundel; III. Agnes, m. to William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby; IV. Hawise, m. to Robert, son of Sayer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester. The earl had another dau., whose legitimacy is questionable, namely, Amicia,* m. to Ralph de Mesnilwarin, justice of Chester, "a person," says Dugdale, "of very ancient family," from which union the Mainwarings, of Over Peover, in the co. Chester, derive. Dugdale considers Amicia to be a dau. of the earl by a former wife. But Sir Peter Leicester, in his Antiquities of Chester, totally denies her legitimacy. "I cannot but mislike," says he, "the boldness and ignorance of that herald who gave to Mainwaring (late of Peover), the elder, the quartering of the Earl of Chester's arms; for if he ought of right to quarter that coat, then must he be descended from a co-heir to the Earl of Chester; but he was not; for the co-heirs of Earl Hugh married four of the greatest peers in the kingdom." The earl d. at Leeke, in Staffordshire, in 1181, and was s. by his only son, Ranulph, surnamed Blundevil (or rather Blandevil) from the place of his birth, the town of Album Monasterium, modern Oswestry, in Powys), as 4th Earl of Chester. Married 1169 at Montfort-sur-Risle,Eure,Normandie (11 or 12 years married) to:  Bertrade (Beatrix) Evreux de Montfort, daughter of Simon II D'Evreux De Montfort and Amice de Beaumont.Born 1138 at Montfort,Eure,France, died Jul 12, 1189 at Evreux,Eure,France, 50 or 51 years Alt Birth: Abt 1155 of, , Chester, England Alt Death: 1227 Bertrade d'Evreux de Montfort Children: 1. Matilda de KeveliockBorn 1156 at Kevelioc,Merionethshire,Wales, died Jan 6, 1233, 76 or 77 years 2. Amicia de MeschinesBorn 1158 at Kevelioc,Merionethshire,Wales Desperate for information on Stewart Familiy of Allegeheny Co., Pennsylvania. Your assistance would be most appreciated. Thanks This page is just a start. Not all information has bee varified. 4. Agnes de Meschines Lady of Chartley , Lady of ChartleyBorn ± 1174 at of Tutbury,Stafford,England, died Nov 2, 1247 at ,,England, approximately 73 years 5. Hawise de Meschines Countess of Lincoln , Countess of LincolnBorn 1180 at Chester,Cheshire,England, died before Mar 3, 1243, at most 63 years, buried before Mar 3, 1242 on the Earldom of Lincoln, prior creations, [Burke's Peerage, p. 1712]: The Earldom of Lincoln was revived twenty years after the 2nd Earl's death in favour of his cousin, Ranulph Earl of Chester, who of course also had a long-standing connection with the county through their common ancestress Countess Lucy. Ranulph's prominent role in defeating the French invaders at the Battle of Lincoln earlier in 1217, the year he was made Earl of Lincoln, played a part in his elevation. Soon after Michaelmas 1230 he made over the Earldom to his sister Hawise, from whom it was conveyed to her son-in-law John de Lacy, the traffic in the dignity being approved by Henry III in both cases in the autumn of 1232. 6. Maud Meschines Countess of Huntingdon , Countess of HuntingdonBorn ± 1163 at ,Cheshire,England, died Jan 6, 1233, approximately 70 years From BurtonGenes. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~davidaelred/index.htm burtongenes@yahoo.com 7. Ranulph De MeschinesBorn 1172 at Of,Oswestry,Powis,Wales, died Oct 28, 1232 at ,Wallingford,Berkshire,England, 59 or 60 years, buried Nov 3, 1232 at St Werburgh's,Chester,Cheshire,England 8. Nichola De MeschinesBorn ± 1182 at ,Chester,Chestershire,England 9. Adeliz de KeveliockBorn ± 1094 at Of,Hertford,Hertfordshire,England, died 1128, approximately 34 years K7179wt | |||