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D'AVRANCHES Richard
Birth:          ABT 1094 Chester, England
Death:          25 Nov 1120 English Channel (sinking of the White Ship)
Cause of Death: drowned

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I24392
EARLDOM OF CHESTER (III, 2)

RICHARD) EARL OF CHESTER, also VICOMTE D'AVRANCHFS &C., in Normandy, only 
son and heir, aged 7 years at his father's death. He married, in 1115, Maud, daughter 
of Stephen, COUNT OF BLOIS, by Adelaide, daughter of WILLIAM 1. He died s.p. 
legit., 25 November 1120, being drowned, together his wife, her cousin William (the 
only son and heir apparent of the King), and a vast number of the nobility, by the 
shipwreck of the "Blanche Nef," off Barfleur. [Complete Peerage III:165-6, 
(transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Parents
D'AVRANCHES Hugh ("Lupus") (ABT 1047 - 27 Jul 1101)
DE CLERMONT Ermentrude (ABT 1066 - )

Siblings
D'AVRANCHES Richard (ABT 1094 - 25 Nov 1120)

Marriage To ----- ----- (mistress) () m. Notes Children by ----- ----- (mistress)
D'AVRANCHES Adam (ABT 1114 - AFT 1176)
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