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 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

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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