5th Earl Of Devon William De Vernon 5th Earl Of Devon 
William De was born in 1155 in Exeter, Devonshire, England. William De's father was Baldwin De Reviers 1st Earl Of Devon and his mother was Adelise Lucia De Baalun. His paternal grandparents were Earl Of Devon Richard Seigneur De Reviers Earl Of Devon and Adelise Peverel; his maternal grandparents were Dru De Baalon and UNNAMED. He had two brothers and five sisters, named Richard De, Henry De, Hawise De, Matilda (Eva) De, Eva De, Maud De and Alice De. He was the second youngest of the eight children. He died at the age of 62 on September 8th, 1217 in Christ Church, Exeter, Devonshire, England. He was buried in Christ Church, Twynham.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> [EARL OF DEVON]/
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 9FPN-JV
William de Reviers or de Vernon, 5th Earl of Devon of the 1141 creation and Lord of the Isle of Wight. [Burkes' Peerage]
Note the difference between the 5th & 6th Earl (cited below) is that Burke's Peerage does not recognize that Richard Seigneur de Reviers was made the Earl of Devon and, even if he was made an Earl of Devon, the Earldom was created anew in 1141 by the Empress Maud, when she made Baldwin the 1st Earl of Devon of the 1141 creation.
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William de Redvers, surnamed Vernon, 6th Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the second coronation of King Richard I, was one of the four earls that carried the silken canopy, then being styled "Earl of the Isle of Wight." His lordship appears to have adhered steadily to King John, for we find that monarch in the 18th of his reign [1217-18] providing for the security of the earl's property against Louis of France, which, from his advanced age, he was unable to defend himself. He m. Mable, dau. of Robert, Earl of Mellent, by whom he acquired a considerable accession to his landed possessions, and had issue, Baldwin, Joan, and Mary. William, 6th Earl of Devon, d. 14 September, 1216, and was s. by his grandson, Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1060 in Reviers, Vernon, & Nehou, Normandy, France d.08 Sep 1107 in Mosterton, Beaminster, Dorsetshire, England
- b.~ 1102 in Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England d.04 Jun 1155
- b.~ 1072 in Nottinghamshire, England d.27 May 1156
- b.1155 in Exeter, Devonshire, England d.08 Sep 1217 in Christ Church, Exeter, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1052 in Ballon, Maine, France
- b.~ 1115 in England
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