Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Geva of Chester

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Name Geva of Chester Born of Chester, Cheshire, England [1]
Gender Female Died Aft 1120 [1] Alternate death Aft 1144 [2] Person ID I2426 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of Barbara Hagan, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of Thomas Butler, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK Last Modified 6 Jan 2018
Father Hugh "Lupus" d'Avranches, b. Abt 1047, d. 27 Jul 1101, Abbey of St. Werburg, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 54 years)
Mother Ermentrude de Clermont Family ID F1555 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Geoffrey I Ridel, d. 25 Nov 1120, At sea, off Barfleur, Normandy, France Children + 1. Maud Ridel Last Modified 8 Dec 2019 Family ID F553 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - "It has been surmised that she was illegitimate, but there is no evidence on this point, the fact that she did not succeed her brother in the earldom in 1120 being no proof of illegitimacy." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
"Geva cannot have been a legitimate daughter, as otherwise she would have been heiress when her paternal half-brother drowned in the White Ship without issue. The palatine earldom of Chester then passed to the family of the viscounts of Bayeux through Geva's paternal aunt, Hugh's sister." [Peter Stewart, SGM, 21 Sep 2017]
- "It has been surmised that she was illegitimate, but there is no evidence on this point, the fact that she did not succeed her brother in the earldom in 1120 being no proof of illegitimacy." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
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Sources - [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004-ongoing).
- [S49] Genealogics, by Leo Van de Pas.
- [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004-ongoing).