Richard Plantagenet, , Earl of Cornwall, HRE^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1209 - 1272  (63 years)

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• Name	Richard Plantagenet
  Suffix	, Earl of Cornwall, HRE
  Born	5 Jan 1208/1209	Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England   [8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Apr 1272	Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England   [8, 9, 10, 11]
  Age	63 years
  Buried	13 Apr 1272	Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, England
  Notes	Richard was very wealthy and used it to be elected Holy Roman Emperor.His reign was not of any substance-pretty much symbolic. Late in life hegave up hope of ever actually ruling. ------------------------------------------ Richard, Count of Poitou by 18 Aug 1225 (renounced c Dec 1243), 1st Earlof Cornwall, so styled from 21 Aug 1227 and King of the Romans (ie. heirpresumptive to the Holy Roman Empire), so elected at Frankfurt 13 Jan1256/7 and crowned at Aachen 17 May 1257 but soon ejected and returned toEngland, three of the Electors apparently having thrown him over becausehis monetary inducements to them were too small, PC (1253); Constable ofWallingford Castle 1216; knighted Feb 1224/5 and granted by his brotherHenry III 13 Feb 1224/5 the County of Cornwall during the King'spleasure, following which he was presumably invested as Earl of thatcounty; Lt of Guienne 1226-7; Ambassador to Holy Roman Emperor FrederickII 1237 and Popes Innocent IV and Alexander IV 1250 and 1259respectively; went on Crusade 1240-41; Co- or sole Regent during hisbrother Henry III's campaigns in Gascony 1253-54, fought with his brotherHenry III against Simon de Montfort's barons at Battle of Lewes 1264,where he was captured; married 1st 30 March 1230/1 Isabel, 3rd daughterof William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and widow of Gilbert de Clare,5th Earl of Hertford and 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and had three sons (alldied young or sp); married 2nd 22 Nov 1243 Sancha, sister of his brotherHenry III's wife Eleanor and 3rd daughter and coheir of Raymond BerengarV, Count of Provence, and by her had two or three sons (also died youngor sp, including the 2nd and last Earl of Cornwall); married 3rd 16 June1269 Beatrice, 2nd daughter of Walram de Fauquemont (or Valkenberg, nearMastricht), Seigneur de Montjoie and brother of Engelbert Archbishop ofCologne, and died 2 April 1272, leaving by Jeanne de Valletort, andillegitimate son. [Burke's Peerage] Richard was very wealthy and used it to be elected Holy Roman Emperor.His reign was not of any substance-pretty much symbolic. Late in life hegave up hope of ever actually ruling. ------------------------------------------ Richard, Count of Poitou by 18 Aug 1225 (renounced c Dec 1243), 1st Earlof Cornwall, so styled from 21 Aug 1227 and King of the Romans (ie. heirpresumptive to the Holy Roman Empire), so elected at Frankfurt 13 Jan1256/7 and crowned at Aachen 17 May 1257 but soon ejected and returned toEngland, three of the Electors apparently having thrown him over becausehis monetary inducements to them were too small, PC (1253); Constable ofWallingford Castle 1216; knighted Feb 1224/5 and granted by his brotherHenry III 13 Feb 1224/5 the County of Cornwall during the King'spleasure, following which he was presumably invested as Earl of thatcounty; Lt of Guienne 1226-7; Ambassador to Holy Roman Emperor FrederickII 1237 and Popes Innocent IV and Alexander IV 1250 and 1259respectively; went on Crusade 1240-41; Co- or sole Regent during hisbrother Henry III's campaigns in Gascony 1253-54, fought with his brotherHenry III against Simon de Montfort's barons at Battle of Lewes 1264,where he was captured; married 1st 30 March 1230/1 Isabel, 3rd daughterof William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and widow of Gilbert de Clare,5th Earl of Hertford and 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and had three sons (alldied young or sp); married 2nd 22 Nov 1243 Sancha, sister of his brotherHenry III's wife Eleanor and 3rd daughter and coheir of Raymond BerengarV, Count of Provence, and by her had two or three sons (also died youngor sp, including the 2nd and last Earl of Cornwall); married 3rd 16 June1269 Beatrice, 2nd daughter of Walram de Fauquemont (or Valkenberg, nearMastricht), Seigneur de Montjoie and brother of Engelbert Archbishop ofCologne, and died 2 April 1272, leaving by Jeanne de Valletort, andillegitimate son. [Burke's Peerage] Richard was very wealthy and used it to be elected Holy Roman Emperor.His reign was not of any substance-pretty much symbolic. Late in life hegave up hope of ever actually ruling. ------------------------------------------ Richard, Count of Poitou by 18 Aug 1225 (renounced c Dec 1243), 1st Earlof Cornwall, so styled from 21 Aug 1227 and King of the Romans (ie. heirpresumptive to the Holy Roman Empire), so elected at Frankfurt 13 Jan1256/7 and crowned at Aachen 17 May 1257 but soon ejected and returned toEngland, three of the Electors apparently having thrown him over becausehis monetary inducements to them were too small, PC (1253); Constable ofWallingford Castle 1216; knighted Feb 1224/5 and granted by his brotherHenry III 13 Feb 1224/5 the County of Cornwall during the King'spleasure, following which he was presumably invested as Earl of thatcounty; Lt of Guienne 1226-7; Ambassador to Holy Roman Emperor FrederickII 1237 and Popes Innocent IV and Alexander IV 1250 and 1259respectively; went on Crusade 1240-41; Co- or sole Regent during hisbrother Henry III's campaigns in Gascony 1253-54, fought with his brotherHenry III against Simon de Montfort's barons at Battle of Lewes 1264,where he was captured; married 1st 30 March 1230/1 Isabel, 3rd daughterof William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and widow of Gilbert de Clare,5th Earl of Hertford and 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and had three sons (alldied young or sp); married 2nd 22 Nov 1243 Sancha, sister of his brotherHenry III's wife Eleanor and 3rd daughter and coheir of Raymond BerengarV, Count of Provence, and by her had two or three sons (also died youngor sp, including the 2nd and last Earl of Cornwall); married 3rd 16 June1269 Beatrice, 2nd daughter of Walram de Fauquemont (or Valkenberg, nearMastricht), Seigneur de Montjoie and brother of Engelbert Archbishop ofCologne, and died 2 April 1272, leaving by Jeanne de Valletort, andillegitimate son. [Burke's Peerage] Richard was very wealthy and used it to be elected Holy Roman Emperor.His reign was not of any substance-pretty much symbolic. Late in life hegave up hope of ever actually ruling. ------------------------------------------ Richard, Count of Poitou by 18 Aug 1225 (renounced c Dec 1243), 1st Earlof Cornwall, so styled from 21 Aug 1227 and King of the Romans (ie. heirpresumptive to the Holy Roman Empire), so elected at Frankfurt 13 Jan1256/7 and crowned at Aachen 17 May 1257 but soon ejected and returned toEngland, three of the Electors apparently having thrown him over becausehis monetary inducements to them were too small, PC (1253); Constable ofWallingford Castle 1216; knighted Feb 1224/5 and granted by his brotherHenry III 13 Feb 1224/5 the County of Cornwall during the King'spleasure, following which he was presumably invested as Earl of thatcounty; Lt of Guienne 1226-7; Ambassador to Holy Roman Emperor FrederickII 1237 and Popes Innocent IV and Alexander IV 1250 and 1259respectively; went on Crusade 1240-41; Co- or sole Regent during hisbrother Henry III's campaigns in Gascony 1253-54, fought with his brotherHenry III against Simon de Montfort's barons at Battle of Lewes 1264,where he was captured; married 1st 30 March 1230/1 Isabel, 3rd daughterof William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and widow of Gilbert de Clare,5th Earl of Hertford and 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and had three sons (alldied young or sp); married 2nd 22 Nov 1243 Sancha, sister of his brotherHenry III's wife Eleanor and 3rd daughter and coheir of Raymond BerengarV, Count of Provence, and by her had two or three sons (also died youngor sp, including the 2nd and last Earl of Cornwall); married 3rd 16 June1269 Beatrice, 2nd daughter of Walram de Fauquemont (or Valkenberg, nearMastricht), Seigneur de Montjoie and brother of Engelbert Archbishop ofCologne, and died 2 April 1272, leaving by Jeanne de Valletort, andillegitimate son. [Burke's Peerage]
  Person ID	I2263	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2003

  
  

  Father	John I "Lackland" Plantagenet King of England,   b. 24 Dec 1166, Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Isabella Taillefer de Angouleme,   b. 1188, Angouleme, Charente, France ,   d. 31 May 1246, Fontevault Abbey, Fonervrault, Maine-et-Loire, France  (Age 58 years)
  Married	24 Aug 1200	Bordeaux, Gironde, France   [12, 13, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F1160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sancha Countess of Provence,   b. ABT. 1225, Aix en Provence, Provence, France ,   d. 9 Nov 1261, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1243	Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F1159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Isabel Marshall,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales ,   d. 17 Jan 1239/1240, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 39 years)
  Married	30 Mar 1231	2nd husband   [3]
  Family ID	F993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID

  F1117

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	No Marriage   [16, 17]
  Family ID	F1145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Jan 1208/1209 - Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England Married - 30 Mar 1231 - 2nd husband Married - 22 Nov 1243 - Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England Died - 2 Apr 1272 - Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England Buried - 13 Apr 1272 - Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, England Married - - No Marriage  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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