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| name = Richard d'Avranches | | name = Richard d'Avranches | ||
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| image =Richard d'Avranches.svg | | image = Richard d'Avranches.svg | ||
| caption = The coat of arms of Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} | | caption = The coat of arms of Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} | ||
| birth_date = 1094 | | birth_date = 1094 | ||
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| death_date =25 November 1120 | | death_date = 25 November 1120 | ||
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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Born in 1094, Richard was the son of [[Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester]], and his wife, Ermentrude of Clermont.{{sfn|Christelow|1996|p=3}} His father died in 1101{{sfn|Tyerman|2001|p=39}} leaving Richard as his heir. Due to his age, a stewardship would have ruled until he was old enough. He probably became Earl of Chester in 1107. Richard married Matilda | Born in 1094, Richard was the son of [[Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester]] and 2nd Viscount of Avranches, and his wife, Ermentrude of Clermont.{{sfn|Christelow|1996|p=3}} His father died in 1101{{sfn|Tyerman|2001|p=39}} leaving Richard as his heir. Due to his age, a stewardship would have ruled until he was old enough. He probably became Earl of Chester in 1107. Richard married Matilda de Blois daughter of [[Stephen, Count of Blois]] and [[Adela of Normandy]],{{sfn|LoPrete|2007|p=389}} daughter of [[William the Conqueror]].{{sfn|Johns|2003|p=55}} | ||
== Military career == | == Military career == | ||
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| title = [[Earl of Chester]] | | title = [[Earl of Chester]] | ||
| years = 1107–1120 | | years = 1107–1120 | ||
| before = [[Hugh, 1st Earl of Chester|Hugh d'Avranches]] | | before = [[Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester|Hugh d'Avranches]] | ||
| after = [[Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester|Ranulf | | after = [[Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester|Ranulf le Meschin]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (1094 – 25 November 1120) was the son of Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, and his wife, Ermentrude of Clermont.Template:Sfn
Early life
Born in 1094, Richard was the son of Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester and 2nd Viscount of Avranches, and his wife, Ermentrude of Clermont.Template:Sfn His father died in 1101Template:Sfn leaving Richard as his heir. Due to his age, a stewardship would have ruled until he was old enough. He probably became Earl of Chester in 1107. Richard married Matilda de Blois daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy,Template:Sfn daughter of William the Conqueror.Template:Sfn
Military career
At the age of twenty, in 1114, Richard was on a military campaign and was styled the Earl of Chester. Together with King Alexander of Scotland, he led an Anglo-Norman army into Gwynedd as part of a three-pronged campaign organised by Henry I of England against Gwynedd, and Gruffudd ap Cynan. Gruffudd, rather than risk battle, satisfied the King with an oath of homage and a suitable fine. The campaign soon fizzled out, and Richard returned to Chester.
White Ship
The line of the d'Avranches as Earls of Chester failed when Richard, his wife, and his illegitimate half-brother Ottuel, joined the young William Adelin, heir to the English King Henry aboard the doomed White Ship. The captain, unwisely, chose to race out of the harbour.Template:Sfn The ship struck a submerged rocky embankment, capsized and sank.Template:Sfn Richard, aged twenty-six,Template:Sfn his wife Matilda, and half-brother Ottuel all drowned.Template:Sfn
The earldom then passed through his father Hugh's sister Maud to Richard's first cousin Ranulph I, in 1121, because Hugh had no other suitable male heirs.
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