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Ranulf de Blondeville is a supporting character in James Goldman's 1979 novel Myself as Witness set in the reign of King John. Goldman's narrator describes Ranulf as the "only living Visigoth" and condemns him for killing many Welshman in his capacity as an Anglo-Norman lord of the Welsh Marches .
1153–1181 Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester (1147–1181) 1181–1232 Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester (c. 1172–1232) 1232–1232 Matilda of Chester , Countess of Chester suo jure (1171–1233) (Inherited Oct 1232 inter vivos gift to son Nov 1232)
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Apr 26, 2022 · About Ranulf de Blundeville, 6th Earl of Chester. Ranulf died childless, though he was a stepfather to Arthur of Brittany, who was declared successor to the throne of King Richard I but then died of mysterious circumstances. Ranulf/Randle de BLUNDERVILLE was created the Earl of Lincoln 23 MAY 1217.
- "Ranulph", "de Blondeville"
- Oswestry, Powis, Wales
- circa 1170
Brief Life History of Ranulf. When Ranulf de Blondeville 6th Earl of Chester was born in 1170, in Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Hugh of Cyfeiliog 5th Earl of Chester, was 24 and his mother, Bertrade de Montfort, was 15. He married Constance Duchess of Brittany on 3 February 1188.
Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester and 1st Earl of Lincoln , known in some references as the 4th Earl of Chester , was one of the "old school" of Anglo-Norman barons whose loyalty to the Angevin dynasty was consistent but contingent on the receipt of lucrative favours.
Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester and 1st Earl of Lincoln [1] (1170–1232), known in some references as the 4th Earl of Chester (in the second lineage of the title after the original family line was broken after the 2nd Earl), was one of the "old school" of Anglo-Norman barons whose loyalty to the Angevin dynasty was consistent but ...
