Hugh Of Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester , II
1147 - 1181 (34 years)-
Name Hugh Of Cyfeiliog Title 5th Earl of Chester Suffix II Birth 1147 Yorkshire, England 
Gender Male FSID MDBS-1K2 Burial 1181 Cheshireshire, England Death 30 Jun 1181 Staffordshire, England Person ID I8201 footsteps | Ancestors, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
Father Ranulf Meschines, Earl Of Chester , b. Abt 1100, Normandie, France d. 17 Dec 1153, Derbyshire, England (Age 53 years) Relationship natural Mother Maud De Gloucester, b. Abt 1114, Gloucestershire, England d. 29 Jul 1189, Cheshireshire, England (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1143 Gloucestershire, England Family ID F1450 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Bertrade Montfort, b. 1155, Cheshireshire, England d. Abt 1227, Normandie, France (Age 72 years) Marriage 1169 Cheshireshire, England Children + 1. Amicia Meschines, b. 1167, Yorkshire, England d. 2 Nov 1247, Cheshireshire, England (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Mathilda Chester, b. 1171, Cheshireshire, England d. 4 Jan 1233, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Mabel Meschines, b. 1172, Cheshireshire, England d. 6 Jan 1232, Sussex, England (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. Agnes Meschines, b. 1174, Cheshireshire, England d. 28 Oct 1247, Staffordshire, England (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 5. Hawise Kevelioc, b. Abt 1180, Cheshireshire, England d. Bef 19 Feb 1243, Middlesex, England (Age < 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F829 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
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Birth - 1147 - Yorkshire, England 
Marriage - 1169 - Cheshireshire, England Burial - 1181 - Cheshireshire, England 
Death - 30 Jun 1181 - Staffordshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Notes
Hugh was probably underage when his father died on 16 December, 1153, a n d h e s u c ceeded to his family's estates on both sides of the channel, i n c lu d i ng the earldom of Cheshire and the viscounties of Avranches and B a y e u x . "On his father's death in 1153, he became heir to extensive est a t e s . I n France, these included the hereditary viscountcies of Avranche s , B e s s in, and Val de Vire, as well as the honours of St Sever and Briq u e s s a rt. In England and Wales, there was the earldom of Chester with it s a s s o c iated honours. Together, they made him one of the most important A n g l o - Norman landholders when he was declared of age in 1162 and took po s s e s s ion."
He quickly took his place among King Henry II's magnates, being present a t D o v e r i n 1163 for the renewal of the Anglo-Flemish alliance and in 11 64 a t t h e C o uncil of Clarendon.
Hugh joined the baronial Revolt of 1173-1174 against King Henry II of E n g l a n d. Assisted by Ralph of Fougeres/Rafe de Filgeres, Hugh excited t h e B r e t ons to revolt. Henry II sent an army of Brabant mercenaries agai n s t t h e m, and after they were defeated on 20 August, Hugh was shut up i n t h e c a s tle of Dol, where they had no provisions. Henry II arrived on 2 3 A u g u s t to personally conduct the siege and after three days they surr en d e r e d with 80 knights. Hugh was imprisoned at Falaise where the Earl a n d C o u n tess of Leicester soon joined him, then on 8 July 1174, he left B a r f l e ur for England, returning to Normandy again on 8 August, when he s p e n t s o me time a prisoner at Caen then Falaise. At the council of Nort h a m p t on on 13 January 1177, he received a grant for his lands on both s i d e o f t h e channel, and in May at the council at Windsor, Henry II rest o r e d h i s castles to him.