King Of The Romans Richard Plantagenet King Of The Romans 
Richard was born in Windsor Castle, Hampshire, England. Richard's father was John "Lackland" King of England and his mother was D'Angouleme Isabella De Taillefer D'Angouleme. His paternal grandparents were Henry II Plantagenet King of England and Elbeonore Duchess of Aquitaine; his maternal grandparents were Count of Valence & Angouleme Aymer De Taillefer Count of Valence & Angouleme and Alice De Courtenay. He had a brother and two sisters, named Henry III King of, Isabel Princess Of and Eleanor Princess of. He had five half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Richard, Hugh XI, William De Lusignan, Aymer, Geoffroi, Joanna Princess of, Mathilda, Alice and Isabelle. He died on April 2nd, 1272 in Newark Castle, Hertfordshire, England.General Notes
1 NAME Richard /Plantagenet/
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Cornwall, England
BIOGRAPHY: 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.
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BIOGRAPHY: Richard, Count of Poitou by 18 Aug 1225 (renounced c Dec 1243), 1st Earl of Cornwall, so styled from 21 Aug 1227 and King of the Romans (ie. heir presumptive to the Holy Roman Empire), so elected at Frankfurt 13 Jan 1256/7 and crowned at Aachen 17 May 1257 but soon ejected and returned to England, three of the Electors apparently having thrown him over because his monetary inducements to them were too small, PC (1253); Constable of Wallingford Castle 1216; knighted Feb 1224/5 and granted by his brother Henry III 13 Feb 1224/5 the County of Cornwall during the King's pleasure, following which he was presumably invested as Earl of that county; Lt of Guienne 1226-7; Ambassador to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II 1237 and Popes Innocent IV and Alexander IV 1250 and 1259 respectively; went on Crusade 1240-41; Co- or sole Regent during his brother Henry III's campaigns in Gascony 1253-54, fought with his brother Henry III against Simon de Montfort's barons at Battle of Lewes 1264, where he was captured; married 1st 30 March 1230/1 Isabel, 3rd daughter of 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 (all died young or sp); married 2nd 22 Nov 1243 Sancha, sister of his brother Henry III's wife Eleanor and 3rd daughter and coheir of Raymond Berengar V, Count of Provence, and by her had two or three sons (also died young or sp, including the 2nd and last Earl of Cornwall); married 3rd 16 June 1269 Beatrice, 2nd daughter of Walram de Fauquemont (or Valkenberg, near Mastricht), Seigneur de Montjoie and brother of Engelbert Archbishop of Cologne, and died 2 April 1272, leaving by Jeanne de Valletort, and illegitimate son. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1092 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Eure-et-Loire, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.5 MAR 1132/1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-Et-Loire, France
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St. Denis, France
- b.<05 Aug 1102 in London, Middlesex, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
- d.1118
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 FEB 1125/1126 in Poitiers, France
- b.1099 in Toulouse, France d.19 Apr 1137 in St. Jacques De Compostele, Pamplona, Spain
- b.1073 in Toulouse, France d.28 Nov 1117
- b.BET. 1121 - 1122 in Chateau De Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine d.31 Mar 1204 in Poitiers, Poitou, Aquitaine
- b.1075 in Chaselleraut, Vienne, France d.1136
- b.~ 1103 in Chattelleraut, Vienne, France d.Aft MAR 1129/1130 in Talmont, France
- b.5 JAN 1208/1209 in Windsor Castle, Hampshire, England d.02 Apr 1272 in Newark Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.BET. 1099 - 1108 in Angouleme, France d.16 Nov 1140
- b.1134 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.07 Aug 1187 in Messina, Italy
- b.BET. 1091 - 1109 in La Marche, Normandy, France d.BET. 1138 - 1203
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Charent, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couronne, France
- b.~ 1120
- b.~ 1105 d.28 May 1143
- b.1086
- b.~ 1180 in Angouleme, Charent, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontrevault Abbey, Fontrevault, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.~ 1081 in France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateua De Bethizy, Paris, Isle De France
- b.BET. 1126 - 1128 in Reims, Champagne, France d.1183 in Palestine
- b.~ 1092 in Savoie d.18 Nov 1154
- b.~ 1160 in Courtenay, Galinois, France d.1218 in France
- b.~ 1100 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.~ 1161 in France
- b.~ 1135 in Courtenay, Galinois, France d.>14 Sep 1205 in France
- b.~ 1113 in Donjon, Alliers, France
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‌Richard and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony on March 30th, 1231.
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