Ranulf de Blondeville

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Anglo-Norman nobleman human medieval nobleman military leader

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ranulf de Blondeville canonical	2
Ranulf de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester	2
Ranulf	1
Ranulf III, Earl of Chester	1
Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester	1
Ranulf de Blundeville	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Norman nobleman ⓘ human ⓘ medieval nobleman ⓘ military leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ surface form: Ranulf III, Earl of Chester Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ surface form: Ranulf de Blundeville Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester ⓘ surface form: Ranulf of Chester
birthDate	1170 ⓘ
built	Beeston Castle ⓘ Bolingbroke Castle ⓘ surface form: Bolingbroke Castle (Lincolnshire) Chartley Castle ⓘ
burialPlace	Abbey Church of Saint Werburgh ⓘ surface form: St Werburgh’s Abbey, Chester
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate	1232 ⓘ
father	Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester ⓘ
givenName	Ranulf de Blondeville self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ranulf
heldTitleFrom	Earl of Chester, from 1181 ⓘ Earl of Lincoln, from 1217 ⓘ
languageSpoken	Anglo-Norman ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Norman French Latin ⓘ
militaryRank	royal commander ⓘ
mother	Bertrade de Montfort ⓘ surface form: Bertrade de Montfort of Évreux
nobleFamily	House of Blois ⓘ surface form: House of Blois-Chester
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 ⓘ surface form: Wallingford, Berkshire
positionHeld	6th Earl of Chester ⓘ Earl of Lincoln ⓘ Lord of Beeston ⓘ Lord of Chartley ⓘ Count of Montfort ⓘ surface form: Lord of Montfort-sur-Risle Viscount of Avranches ⓘ
reignEnd	1232 ⓘ
reignStart	1181 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Chester ⓘ Lincolnshire ⓘ
spouse	Clemence of Fougères ⓘ Constance, Duchess of Brittany NERFINISHED ⓘ
stepchild	Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany ⓘ surface form: Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
supported	Henry III of England ⓘ John of England ⓘ surface form: John, King of England King Richard the Lionheart ⓘ surface form: Richard I of England

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Palatine of Chester → hasRuler → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ

Battle of Lincoln (1217) → commander → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ranulf de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester

Earl of Northumbria → positionHeldBy → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ

Bolingbroke Castle → builtFor → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester

Ranulf de Blondeville → givenName → Ranulf de Blondeville self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ranulf

Ranulf de Blondeville → alsoKnownAs → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ranulf III, Earl of Chester

Ranulf de Blondeville → alsoKnownAs → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ranulf de Blundeville

Second Battle of Lincoln → commander → Ranulf de Blondeville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ranulf de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester