Who is the current Earl of Chester?
Earl of Chester is born Duke of Cornwall, he must be made or created Earl of Chester (and Prince of Wales; see the "Prince Henry's Charter Case" (1611) ). Prince Charles was created Earl of Chester on 26 July 1958, when he was also made Prince of Wales. The independent palatinate jurisdiction of Chester survived until the time of King Henry VIII (1536), when the earldom was brought more directly under the control of the Crown. The palatinate courts of Great Sessions and Exchequer survived until the reforms of 1830. The importance of the County Palatinate of Chester is shown by the survival
Hugh of Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester Hugh of Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester Hugh of Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester (1147 – 1181), also written Hugh de Kevilioc, was an Anglo-Norman magnate who was active in England, Wales, Ireland and France during the reign of King Henry II of England. Born in 1147, he was the son of Ranulf II, 4th Earl of Chester, and his wife Maud, daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, who was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. A later tradition claims he was born in the Cyfeiliog district of Wales. On his father's death in 1153, he