Biography of Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester 1047-1101

Around 1047 Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester was born to Richard Avranches Viscount Avranches and Emma Mortain Viscountess Avranches.

After 1066 Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester (age 19) was given command of Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire [Map].

Around 1071 Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester (age 24) was created 1st Earl Chester.

In 1081 King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd (age 26) was imprisoned by Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester (age 34) at Chester Castle [Map].

In 1082 Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester (age 35) succeeded Viscount Avranches.

In 1082 [his father] Richard Avranches Viscount Avranches died.

Around 1090. Mountsorrel Castle [Map] is a Norman earthwork motte and bailey fortress, probably founded by Hugh Lupus (age 43), earl of Chester. A stone castle of the earl of Leicester, it was confiscated by King Henry II in 1174 and the tower over the walls and other buildings were repaired in the late 12th century. Repaired again in King John's reign, only to be abandoned in 1217 after being razed to the ground, early in the reign of King Henry III. Standing on the northern part of a granite outcrop is a scarped circular motte, with the remaining platform becoming a now mutilated bailey. The motte is partly quarried away and crowned by a war memorial, with the remains of a wide bailey ditch to the south.

Before 1094 Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester (age 46) and Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester (age 35) were married. She by marriage Countess Chester.

In 1094 [his son] Richard Avranches 2nd Earl Chester was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester (age 47) and [his wife] Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester (age 36).

On 27th July 1101 Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester (age 54) died.

After 13th May 1106 [his former wife] Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester (deceased) died.

[his daughter] Geva Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester and Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester.

[his son] Unamed Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester.

[his daughter] Helga Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester and Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester.

[his son] Hugh Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester and Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester.

[his son] Robert Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester.

[his son] Fitzhugh Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester.

[his son] Robert Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester and Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester.

[his daughter] Giofu Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester.

[his son] Robert Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester and Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester.

[his daughter] Matilda Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester and Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester.

[his father] Richard Avranches Viscount Avranches and [his mother] Emma Mortain Viscountess Avranches were married. She by marriage Viscountess Avranches.

[his son] Ottiwel Avranches was born to Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester.