Ranulf de Blondeville

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Ranulf de Blondeville was a powerful Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader of the late 12th and early 13th centuries, best known as the 6th Earl of Chester and a key supporter of the English crown during the reigns of Richard I and John.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Norman nobleman ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval nobleman ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ranulf III, Earl of Chester ⓘ
Ranulf de Blundeville ⓘ
Ranulf of Chester ⓘ
birthDate 1170 ⓘ
built Beeston Castle ⓘ
Bolingbroke Castle (Lincolnshire) ⓘ
linked to: Bolingbroke Castle

Chartley Castle ⓘ
burialPlace St Werburgh’s Abbey, Chester ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1232 ⓘ
father Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester ⓘ
givenName Ranulf ⓘ
heldTitleFrom Earl of Chester, from 1181 ⓘ
Earl of Lincoln, from 1217 ⓘ
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Latin ⓘ
militaryRank royal commander ⓘ
mother Bertrade de Montfort of Évreux ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Blois-Chester ⓘ
linked to: House of Blois
notableFor construction and strengthening of castles in Cheshire ⓘ
large network of estates in Cheshire and the Welsh Marches ⓘ
loyalty to the English crown during the reigns of Richard I and John ⓘ
role in the baronial conflicts of King John’s reign ⓘ
participatedIn Fifth Crusade ⓘ
Third Crusade ⓘ
campaigns in Normandy ⓘ
campaigns in Wales ⓘ
siege of Nottingham (1194) ⓘ
placeOfDeath Wallingford, Berkshire ⓘ
linked to: Wallingford
positionHeld 6th Earl of Chester ⓘ
Earl of Lincoln ⓘ
Lord of Beeston ⓘ
Lord of Chartley ⓘ
Lord of Montfort-sur-Risle ⓘ
linked to: Count of Montfort

Viscount of Avranches ⓘ
reignEnd 1232 ⓘ
reignStart 1181 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Chester ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
spouse Clemence of Fougères ⓘ
Constance, Duchess of Brittany ⓘ
stepchild Arthur I, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
supported Henry III of England ⓘ
John, King of England ⓘ
linked to: John of England

Richard I of England ⓘ

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County Palatine of Chester → hasRuler → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ
Battle of Lincoln (1217) → commander → Ranulf de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester ⓘ
linked to: Ranulf de Blondeville
Earl of Northumbria → positionHeldBy → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ
Bolingbroke Castle → builtFor → Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester ⓘ
linked to: Ranulf de Blondeville
Ranulf de Blondeville → givenName → Ranulf ⓘ
linked to: Ranulf de Blondeville
Ranulf de Blondeville → alsoKnownAs → Ranulf III, Earl of Chester ⓘ
linked to: Ranulf de Blondeville
Ranulf de Blondeville → alsoKnownAs → Ranulf de Blundeville ⓘ
linked to: Ranulf de Blondeville
Second Battle of Lincoln → commander → Ranulf de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester ⓘ
linked to: Ranulf de Blondeville
Constance, Duchess of Brittany → spouse → Ranulf de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester ⓘ
linked to: Ranulf de Blondeville
Earl of Lincoln → laterHolder → Ranulf de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester ⓘ
subject linked to: Earls of Lincoln
linked to: Ranulf de Blondeville
Justiciar of Chester → officeHolder → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ