Earl Hugh DE KEVELIOCK Of Chester 6

  General Notes:

Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester (1147 - June 30, 1181) was the son of Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester and Maud of Gloucester, daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (otherwise known as Robert de Caen, the illegitimate son of Henry I, making her Henry's granddaughter).

He is thought by some to have taken his name from Kevelioc in Monmouth as his birthplace but others think that instead he was born in, and took the name of, Cyfeiliog in Merionethshire or Meirionnydd, Wales.

He was underage when his father's death in 1153 made him heir to his family's estates on both sides of the channel. He joined the baronial Revolt of 1173-1174 against Henry II and was influential in convincing the Bretons to revolt. After being captured and imprisoned after the Battle of Alnwick he finally got his estates restored in 1177 and served in King Henry's Irish campaigns.

He also had an illegitimate daughter, Amice of Chester, who married Ralph de Mainwaring

Hugh married Bertrada de Montfort D'evraux, daughter of Simon de Montfort Comte Rochefort and Amicia de Beaumont. (Bertrada de Montfort D'evraux was born circa 1155 and died circa 1227.)