Earl Richard Plantagenet deCornwall 
Richard Plantagenet was born in 1214 in Wincester, Hampshire, England. Richard Plantagenet's father was King John I Plantagenet ("Lackland") England and his mother was Isabella de Taillefer. His paternal grandparents were King Henry II of England (Curt Mantel) and Duchess Elbeonore deAquitaine; his maternal grandparents were Count Aymer Taillefer and Countess Alix de Courtenay. He had a brother and a sister, named King Of England Henry III and Eleanor. He was the second oldest of the three children. He had two half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Richard fitz Roy of Chilham, Hugh Lusignan Xi Count of Marche &, Joan Plantagenet, Maud, Alice and Alice. He died at the age of 58 on April 2nd, 1272 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire. He was buried on April 13th, 1272 in Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
Created Earl of Poictiers in 1225, Elected King of the Romans and ofAlmaine
1256. Some say married 13 Mar 1231. Weir says died Berkhampstead Castleand buried Hayles Abbey.
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.
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, an 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.1033 in Anjou d.14 Apr 1109 in Anjou
- b.1092 d.10 Nov 1143
- b.1060 in Montfort,Amaury,Ile de France,France d.14 Feb 1116/1117 in Fontevrault,France
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou d.07 Sep 1151
- b.1096 d.1126
- b.5 Mar 1132/1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et Loire, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise,Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons la foret Normandy
- b.1031 d.1083
- b.05 Aug 1102 in London England d.10 Sep 1167 in Notre Dame Rouen Seine Maritime Francey
- b.1031 d.13 Nov 1093 in Killed at Alnwick Castle
- b.~ 1079 d.01 May 1118
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Lings 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.~ 1040 in Toulouse,Aquitaine,France d.1093 in Huesca
- 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.~ 1036 in Chatellerault,Vienne,France d.~ 1092
- b.1075 in Chaselleraut,Vienne,France d.1136
- b.~ 1050 in Chatellerault,Vienne,France d.~ 1093
- b.~ 1103 in Chattelleraut,Vienne,France d.AFT Mar 1129/1130 in Talmont,France
- b.1049 in Isle Bouchard,France d.> 1097
- b.1053 in Isle Bouchard,France
- b.1214 in Wincester, Hampshire, England d.02 Apr 1272 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire
- b.1140 d.07 Aug 1179
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme d.16 Jun 1202
- b.1117
- b.1188 in ANgouleme, Charente d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault l'ab, Maine et Loire, France
- b.~ 1130 in Paris d.~ 1180
- b.BET. 1160 - 1165 in Paris, Courtenay,Galinois,France d.1245 in France
- b.1148 in Courtenay Galinois France d.14 Sep 1205
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Richard Plantagenet and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony on March 30th, 1231.
Richard Plantagenet and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony on March 30th, 1231 in 2nd husband 1st wife.
Richard Plantagenet and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony on March 30th, 1231.
Richard Plantagenet and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony on March 30th, 1231.
Richard Plantagenet were married in a religious ceremony on November 23rd, 1243. He had a biological son named Edmund of Cornwall Plantagenet Earl of.
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Children
Edmund of Cornwall Plantagenet Earl of Cornwall
Edmund of Cornwall Plantagenet Earl of was born on December 26th, 1249 in Berkshireharnsted Castle, Berkshire, England. He died at the age of 50 on September 24th, 1300 in Ashbridge Abbey, Hertfordshire, England.
Richard Plantagenet and Sanchia Berenger Queen of the were married in a religious ceremony on November 23rd, 1243.
Richard Plantagenet and Sanchia Berenger Queen of the were married in a religious ceremony on November 23rd, 1243.
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