Robert de Courtenay 
Robert was born in 1170 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England.1 Robert's father was Lord Renaud de Courtenay and his mother was Hawisa de Eyncourt. His paternal grandparents were Lord Milo de Courtenay and Ermengarde de Nevers; his maternal grandparents were Robert de Abrancis and <Unknown>. He had two brothers named Reginald and Henry. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Renaud, Isabelle and Egeline. He died at the age of 72 on July 26th, 1242 in Iwerne Manor, Dorset, England. He was buried in Ford Abbey.2 1 General Notes
Baron Oakhampton
Viscount of Devonshire
Robert de Courtenay, eldest son of Sir Reginald de Courtenay and his 2nd wife, Hawisa D'Eincourt, succeeded as Baron Oakhampton, Viscount of Devonshire and Governor of the Castle Exeter, and Governor of Bruge, now Bridgeworth, 1214. He died July 26, 1242 and was buried at Ford Abbey. In the year 1205, in the 7th year of King John's reign, he gave 500 œ and 5 palfries to have livery of the barony of Oakhampton, with the knights fees thereto, which were no less than 92. In the 12th year of King John, to be released from debt, he covenanted to serve the King with 20 men at arms, at his own charge. In 17th of King John he was made Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Governor of the Castle of Oxford. In 16th of Henry II, 1232, the King commanded him to deliver the Castle of Exeter to Peter de Riveaux, his favorite, by which the family of Courtenay was deprived of the honour and profit of the Viscounty of Devonshire after it had been enjoyed by them and their ancestors for nearly 200 years, although Robert de Courtenay had been faithful to the King and his father on many occasions. At his death his remains were deposited in Ford Abbey in the chancel of the church there with great pomp; and a stately monument, in the form of a pyramid, was erected to his memory. He married Mary, youngest daughter of William de Redvers, Earl of Devonshire, by whom his posterity sometime after became Earls of Devonshire.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 283-284)
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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.0952
- b.0985 in Courtenay, France d.1000 in France
<Unknown>
- b.1034 in Courtenay, France d.1079 in Montlhery, Seine-Et-Oise, France
<Unknown>
- b.1069 in Courtenay, France d.1127 in France
- b.0983 in Montlhery, France
- b.1008 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1071
<Unknown>
- b.1040 in Montlhery, Soise, France
- b.0998
- b.1014 d.07 Dec 1074
<Unknown>
- b.1100 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1161 in France
- b.0990 d.29 May 1040 in Sauvigny, Le Bougvinon
- b.1030 in Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France d.20 Jun 1100 in Nevers, France
- b.1003 in France d.08 Jan 1079 in Monasteraere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.1047 in Nevers, France d.05 Aug 1089 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France
- b.0990 in Tonnerre, France d.16 Jul 1039
- b.1030 in Tonnere, Yonne, Bourgogne, France
- b.0994 in Noyon, Oise, Picardy, France
- b.1078 in Nevers, France d.1100 in France
- b.1018 d.1058
- b.1040
- b.1060 in Le Forez, France
- b.1045
- b.1170 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.26 Jul 1242 in Iwerne Manor, Dorset, England
- d.30 Jul 1209
<Unknown>
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Details of Robert's family with Mary de Redvers
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I17932&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I18012
Further sources/citations:
Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mackay70&id=I26017
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I18012
Further sources/citations:
Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mackay70&id=I26017
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