page_title: Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon / Family
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Derbhfhorghaill inghean Ailein (Dervorguilla Balliol), Princess of Galloway
context_page_description: Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, sometimes known as Maud and sometimes known with the surname de Kevelioc. She was a daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, and the wife of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon.
context_section_description: Lady Maude was born in 1171, the eldest child of Hugh de Kevelioc (aka Hugh de Meschines), 5th Earl of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort, a cousin of King Henry II of England. Her paternal grandparents were Ranulf de Gernon and Maud (Matilda) of Gloucester, the granddaughter of King Henry I of England, and her maternal grandparents were Simon III de Montfort, Count of Évreux and Mahaut.
  Lady Matilda's five siblings were:
  Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester
  Richard (died young)
  Mabel of Chester, Countess of Arundel
  Agnes (Alice) of Chester, Countess of Derby
  Hawise of Chester, Countess of Lincoln.
  She also had a sister, Amice (or Amicia) of Chester, who may have been illegitimate.
  Matilda's father died in 1181 when she was ten years of age. He had served in King Henry's Irish campaigns after his estates had been restored to him in 1177. They had been confiscated by the King as a result of his taking part in the baronial Revolt of 1173–1174. His son Ranulf succeeded him as Earl of Chester, and Matilda became a co-heiress of her brother.
caption: Dervorguilla of Galloway, a granddaughter of Matilda of Chester
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