8307 Individuals in our Database | | | DE MESCHINES - 2 Individuals Found | Name / Spouse | Born/Died | Father / Mother | Notes | Matilda De Meschines Spouse1: Robert de Trevers | b.1077 Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France d. | Father: Vicomte of BAYEUX Lord of CUMBERLAND (& Carlilse) Ranulph II DE MESCHINES Mother: Maud (Margaret) de Avranches Le Goz | | 2ND/4TH EARL OF CHESTER Ranulph IV De Meschines Spouse1: nn Mistress Spouse2: Cecily de Rumilly Spouse3: Maud of Gloucester | b.1100 Castle Gernon or Capelle-les-Grands, Eure, Upper Normandy, France d.1153 St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England (Supposedly poisoned by his wife and William Peverell, Lord of Nottingham.) | Father: 1st/4th Earl of CHESTER Ranulph de Gernon le Meschines III Mother: Countess of Chester Lucy Thoroldsdottir of Lincoln | Apparently pious early in his life, the loss of lands to the Scots (in 1136) led to revolt against his king and his taking sides with Matilda, who also claimed the throne. There was a short reconciliation with the king in 1145/6 but after this he appeared to favour the Angevin cause. Whether Ranulph was so black a traitor as painted, or whether he was simply concerned with looking after his own house while the country fell apart is still the subject of much debate. Even after his death, Ranulfs ability to apparently "change sides" and stir up trouble seems to have been undiminished. | | | | |