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Earl of Cornwall Richard Plantagenet

Earl of Cornwall Richard Plantagenet

Male 1209 - 1272  (63 years)

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  • Name Richard Plantagenet 
    Title Earl of Cornwall 
    Birth 5 Jan 1209  Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 Apr 1272  Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 13 Apr 1272  Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8142  Bob Juch's Tree
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

    Father King of England John I "Lackland" Plantagenet,   b. 24 Dec 1166, Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Countess of Angoulême Isabella Taillefer,   b. 1188, Angoumé, Landes, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1246, Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 24 Aug 1200  Bordeaux, Gironde, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Isabel Marshal,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1240, Birkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 30 Mar 1231  St Mary's Church, Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Henry "of Almain" Plantagenet,   b. 2 Nov 1235, Haughley Castle, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1271, Viterbo, Viterbo, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F3144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

    Family 2 Sanchia Berenguer,   b. Abt 1228   d. 9 Nov 1261 (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1243  Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. 2nd Earl of Cornwall Edmund "of Almain" Plantagenet,   b. 26 Dec 1249, Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1300 (Age 50 years)  [natural]
     2. Richard Plantagenet,   b. 1252   d. 1296, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [natural]
     3. Richard Plantagenet,   b. Jul 1246, Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1246, Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F3145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

  • 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 he gave up hope of ever actually ruling.

  • Sources 
    1. [S211] Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr., The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, line 153.