Hugh Kevelioc Earl of Chester, Vicomté d'Avranches
- Born: 1147, Cyfeiliog, Merionethshire, Wales 160
- Marriage (1): Bertrade de Montfort
- Marriage (2): Unknown
- Died: 30 Jun 1181, Leeke, Staffordshire, England at age 34 160
 Other names for Hugh were Hugh of Cyveiliog and Hugh le Meschines.
General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots . . ., 125:28 - m. Beatrade de Montford, daughter of Simón de Montford, 126:28, 127:28, 131:28, 252:26, Kevelioc is the anglicised form of the Welsh Cyveiliog.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage (Appendix D to v.VII,).
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage (Derby, p. 196), identifies Hugh and Bertrade as parents of Agnes.
~According to the Dictionary of National Biography when Hugh's father died in 1153, Hugh, still underage, succeeded to the family possessions on both sides of the channnel. These included the hereditary viscounties of Avaranches and Bayeux.
~Hugh was present at the council of Clerendon in 1164 which drew up the asssizes of Clerendon.
Noted events in his life were:
• Titles.
6th Earl of Chester in England, between 1153 and 1181
Viscount of Avranches in Normandy, France, between 1153 and 1181
Hugh married Bertrade de Montfort, daughter of Simon de Montfort Earl de Evreux and Unknown. (Bertrade de Montfort was born about 1155 in Normandy, France and died on 12 Jul 1189 in Evreux, Eure, Normandy, France.)
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