Geva of Chester

- Aft 1120

• 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

  
  

• 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]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004-ongoing). [S49] Genealogics, by Leo Van de Pas.