Earl Baldwin Redvers 
Baldwin was born in 1113 in Hocknorton, England. Baldwin's father was Richard de Redvers and his mother was Adelise Peverell. His paternal grandparents were Baldwin Fitz-Gilbert and Emma Aldreda of Ivry; his maternal grandparents were William Peverell and Adeliza. He had a brother named William de Vernon. He was the younger of the two children.General Notes
Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, County Wilts, and QuarrAbbey, County Hants. In April, 1136, there were rumors of the death ofKing Stephen, and on hearing this he was one of the first to break out inrevolt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a long siege bythe King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving upthe castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, took possessionof the island, and drove him, with his wife and children, into exile.Baldwin then took refuge at the court of the Count of Anjou, and soonafterwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Lent, 1138,he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrard de Say, a partisan ofKing Stephen. He returned to England in the autumn of 1139, shortlybefore the arrival of the Empress Maud, and landing at Warham, seized thecastle of Corfe. This he defended successfully against the King, forcinghim to eventually raise the siege. By the Empress Maud. (daughter ofHenry I and mother of Henry II) he was created Earl of Devonshire in theyear 1141. He married 1st Adeliza, 2nd Lucia. His daughter Eve married Anchitel Grey. Earl of Devonshire.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0953 in Brionne, Normandie, France d.~ 1015
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France d.1040 in Assassinated
- b.~ 0958 in Normandy, France
- b.1039 in Exeter, Devonshire, England d.1090
- b.~ 0978 in Of,Falaise,Normandie
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.~ 0980 in Of,Falaise,Normandie
- b.1075 in Exeter, devon, England d.08 Sep 1117
- b.~ 0963 in , Normandie d.28 Aug 1027 in Fbecamp, Normandie
- b.0999 in Normandy,France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.0982 in Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Of, , Normandie, France
- b.0978 in Ivry, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0978 in Of,Falaise,Normandie
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.~ 0980 in Of,Falaise,Normandie
- b.1059 in Ivry, France
- b.1113 in Hocknorton, England
- b.1050 in Normandy, France d.1113 in England
- b.1080 d.27 May 1156
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They had a daughter named Eva.
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