1209 - 1272 (63 years)
Set As Default Person
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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 |
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Sources |
- [S14533] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 153-5.
- [S14540] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- [S14314] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, line 153.
- [S14503] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- [S14286] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 153-5.
- [S14426] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 153-5.
- [S15623] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 153-5.
- [S14630] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1231.
- [S14287] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1231.
- [S14427] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1231.
- [S15579] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1231.
- [S14533] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 161-12.
- [S14314] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, line 161.
- [S14286] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 161-12.
- [S14426] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 161-12.
- [S15582] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 258-27.
date implied by death of husband Reginald de Valletort
- [S15581] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 258-27.
date implied by death of husband Reginald de Valletort
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