Talk:Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester

message: I have a source which states Chester was the impetus behind the devastation in Northern England post 1066, but there is strangely nothing about it in this article. Brendandh (talk) 13:56, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: d'Avranches was made Earl of Chester in 1071, just after the harrying (iirc...). So if it were a reward of some kind that would make sense perhaps. I can't find any specific reference in the stuff I have - although I can find reference to his holdings on the Welsh border being waste at the time he received them in the 1070s. If the source is good then I wouldn't think it would be too problematic to add it - you might want to do so at The Harrying of the North as well - and/or ask there. Blue Square Thing (talk) 15:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Harrying of the North

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hugh seems to have had land across England: Chester, Northamptonshire, and elsewhere?
source: http://www.roffe.co.uk/tnp.htm
What is known of a predecessor recorded as Aksell?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 0.0.0.0 (talk) 00:59, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Predecessor 

message: The History of Cheshire by George Ormerod points out that if Richard d'Avranches had a sister alive at his death, her husband and son's would have taken precedence over Richard's aunt's descendants. Therefore, any information on the d'Avranches from the 'Peerage' site must be taken with a grain of salt.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjmos (talk • contribs) 02:03, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Succession in the early Norman era was not strictly hereditary, so the fact that it went to a cousin is not probative, but also bear in mind that Hugh fathered numerous illegitimate children. Without a full citation (vol., page) to what Ormerod said, it cannot be assumed his reference was to a full-sister. Agricolae (talk) 14:16, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Children of Hugh and Ermentrude 

message: The article notes that Hugh of Chester was traditionally thought to be a nephew of William the Conqueror, but says that this is now questioned for lack of evidence.  I can only say that in the ranking of tenants-in-chief in Domesday Book, by number of places held, Earl Hugh comes 4th, after Robert of Mortain (half-brother of William), Alan of Brittany (son-in-law of William), and Odo of Bayeux (half-brother of William).  If William wasn't related to Hugh, he must have been very fond of him!2A00:23C5:6492:8D01:6CA9:3590:FF50:97CD (talk) 23:07, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship to William I