Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester -1120

Paternal Family Tree: Blois

Maternal Family Tree: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou

Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester was born to Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres and Adela Normandy Countess Blois. She a granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1080 [her father] Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres [aged 35] and [her mother] Adela Normandy Countess Blois [aged 13] were married at Chartres [Map]. She by marriage Countess Blois. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 52] and [her grandmother] Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England [aged 49]. He the son of Theobald Blois III Count Blois [aged 68] and Gersenda Maine Countess Blois. They were third cousins.

In 1104 [her brother] William "Simple" Blois Count Blois Count Chartres [aged 19] and [her sister-in-law] Agnes Sully Countess Blois and Chartres [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Blois, Countess Chartres. He the son of [her father] Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres [aged 59] and [her mother] Adela Normandy Countess Blois [aged 37].

In 1107 [her future husband] Richard Avranches 2nd Earl Chester [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Earl Chester. Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester by marriage Countess Chester.

In or before 1120 Richard Avranches 2nd Earl Chester [aged 25] and Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester were married. She the daughter of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres [aged 74] and Adela Normandy Countess Blois [aged 52]. He the son of Hugh of Avranches 1st Earl Chester and Ermentrude Clermont Countess Chester. They were half second cousins. She a granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 25th November 1120 the White Ship left Barfleur in north-west Normandy, with a party of young Normans. [her uncle] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 52] had left earlier on another ship. A mile out the White Ship foundered on a submerged rock. William Adelin Duke Normandy [aged 17], his half-siblings Richard Fitzroy [aged 19] and Matilda Fitzroy Countess Perche, William Bigod [aged 27], Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester, brothers Geoffrey Aigle and Engenulf Aigle, half-brothers [her husband] Richard Avranches 2nd Earl Chester [aged 26] and [her brother-in-law] Ottiwel Avranches, brothers Ivo Grandesmil and William Grandesmil and Geoffrey Ridel were all drowned.

Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. [25th November 1120] Shipwreck of king Henry's children. Henry, king of England, having successfully accomplished all his designs, returned from Normandy to England. His son William [aged 17], hastening to follow him, embarked in company with a great number of nobles, knights, women, and boys. Having left the harbour and put out to sea, encouraged by the extraordinary calmness of the weather, shortly afterwards the ship in which they were sailing struck on a rock and was wrecked, and all on board were swallowed up by the waves, except one churl, who, as it is reported, was not worthy of being named, but by the wonderful mercy of God, escaped alive. Of those who perished, those of highest rank were, William, the king's son, [her husband] Richard [aged 26], earl of Chester, [her brother-in-law] Othiel, his brother, William Bigod [aged 27], Geoffrey Riddel, Walter d'Evereux, Geoffrey, archdeacon of Hereford, the king's daughter, the countess of Perche, the king's niece, the countess of Chester, and many more who are omitted for brevity's sake. This disaster horrified and distressed the mind of the king, who reached England after a safe voyage, and of all who heard of it, and struck them with awe at the mysterious decrees of a just God.

Note 1. Ordericus Vitalis, in his twelfth book, c. xxv., gives a particular account of the shipwreck of the Blanche Nef; which is also mentioned, with more or less detail, by Huntingdon, Malmesbury, and other chroniclers.

History of the Dukes of Normandy by William of Jumieges. The daughter1 [Lucia] of Adela, daughter of King William of the English, of whom we have spoken above, was married to Richard, Earl of Chester, son of Hugh, Earl of Chester, and this Hugh was the son of Richard, Viscount of the region of Avranches. When Richard and his wife died in the oft-mentioned shipwreck together with William, son of King Henry, Ranulf2, Viscount of Bayeux, cousin of Richard, obtained his county. After the death of this Ranulf, his son, also named Ranulf, succeeded him, a man of great prowess in warfare. This same Ranulf's sister [Alice] was married to Richard [de Clare], son of Gilbert, by whom she had three sons. This Richard, as stated above [History of the Dukes of Normandy by William of Jumieges], was slain by the Welsh. The aforesaid Ranulf, Earl of Chester, took to wife Matilda [the manuscript reads Sibyl], daughter of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, by whom he begot two sons, Hugh and Richard.

Filia autem Adelæ filiæ Willelmi regis Anglorum, de qua superius fecimus mentionem, nupsit Richardo comiti Cestrensi, filio Hugonis comitis; qui Hugo fuit filius Richardi vicecomitis Abrincatensis pagi. Cum vero Richardus et uxor ejus in sæpe dicto naufragio cum Willelmo filio regis Henrici mortui fuissent, Ranulfus vicecomes Bajocasini, consobrinus ipsius Richardi, adeptus est comitatum ejus. Mortuo autem eodem Ranulfo, successit ei item Ranulfus filius ejus, vir in rebus bellicis strenuus. Hujus autem Ranulfi sororem duxit Richardus filius Gisleberti, ex qua suscepit tres filios. Ipse denique Richardus peremtus est a Walensibus, ut præfixum est. Prædictus autem Ranulfus comus accepit uxorem Mathildem [ms. Sibyllam] filiam Roberti comitis Glocestria; ex qua genuit duos filios, Hugonem et Richardum.

Note 1. Lucia of Blois, died 1120, daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois and Adela, daughter of King William the Conqueror. Lucia married Richard of Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester, son Hugh of Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, and Ermentrude of Clermont.

Note 2. Following the death of Richard, 2nd Earl of Chester, in the White Ship Disaster in 1120, his first cousin Ranulf, son of Richard's father's sister Margaret, succeeded to the Earldom of Chester.

Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester -1120 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester -1120

Kings Wessex: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings England: Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester -1120

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald "Elder" Blois

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois

Great x 2 Grandfather: Odo Blois I Count Blois 5 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux 3 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy 4 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Odo Blois II Count Blois 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Conrad I King Burgundy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertha Welf Queen Consort France 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia

Grandfather: Theobald Blois III Count Blois 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandfather: William IV Auvergne

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois

father: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Maine I Count Maine 2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Maine II Count Maine 3 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rorgonide Countess Maine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Maine III Count Maine 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Herbert "Wakedog" Maine I Count Maine 5 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Unamed Penthièvre Countess Maine 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany 6 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele of Meaux Countess Anjou 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Grandmother: Gersenda Maine Countess Blois 6 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Longsword" I Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sprota

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Unknown Dane

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany 6 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele of Meaux Countess Anjou 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Grandfather: King William "Conqueror" I of England -2 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Father of Beatrix and Herleva

Great x 1 Grandmother: Herleva of Falaise

mother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin III Count Flanders Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnulf II Count Flanders 2 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Billung Countess Flanders

Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders 3 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandfather: Berengar II King of Italy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rozala of Italy 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Willa Bosonids Queen Consort Italy 4 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders 4 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandfather: Siegfried Count of Ardennes 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Luxemburg Ardennes 5 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig Nordgau

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders 6 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Heribert I Count Gleiberg Gleiburg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Gleiburg

Grandmother: Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh I King of the Franks -2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxon Ottonian

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France 2 x Great Granddaughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 1 Grandmother: Adela Capet Duchess Normandy Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Boson II Count Arles

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles

Great x 2 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou