• General Notes

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  ALIA Richard of /Cornwall/Tompsett:      Created Earl of Poictiers in 1225, Elected King of t he Romans and of Almaine 1256.    Some say married 13 Mar 1231.  Weir says died Berkhampstea d Castle and buried Hayles Abbey.
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  2 PLAC BERKHAMPSTEAD CASTLE,HERTS,ENGLAND
  VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST VOL 12 1968 P.11-14
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  See Historical Document.
  
  TITL GENDEX AUTH various contributors   http://www.gendex.com/   Electronic
  TITL University of Hull Royal  base (England) AUTH Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Scienc e PUBL copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines , mythological figures, etc   WWW, University of Hull, Hull, UK HU6 7RX  bct@@tardis.ed.ac.u k     Electronic
  TITL  Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy AUTH Alison Weir PUBL rev. ed, Pimlic o Random House,  London 1989, 1996   J.H. Garner     Book  PAGE p 67
  TEXT died given date at Berkhamstead, England
  TITL Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 AUTH Frederic k Lewis Weis PUBL 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992 Same ref source as earlier e d, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6 good to very go od   J.H. Garner   Book PAGE p 227   TEXT died given date at Berkhamstead, England
  TITL Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy AUTH Alison Weir PUBL rev.ed, Pimlico R andom House,  London 1989, 1996   J.H. Garner     Book PAGE p 68 CAUS Apoplectic siezure.
  TITL Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell AUTH Marlyn Lewis PUBL 08 Oct 1997       Manuscript
  TEXT buried Hayles Abbey
  TITL Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 AUTH Frederi ck Lewis Weis PUBL 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992 Same ref source as earlie r ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6 good to ver y good   J.H. Garner     Book PAGE p 227
  TEXT buried Hayles Abbey
  TITL Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy AUTH Alison Weir PUBL rev. ed, Pimlic o Random House,  London 1989, 1996   J.H. Garner     Book PAGE p 67, 68
  _FA1 PLAC Interred: Hayles Abbey, Gloucestershire. Created Count of Poitou in 1225.
  _FA2 PLAC Intelligent, pragmatic, had business acumen, a lack of rancor.
  _FA3 PLAC Not popular w/ the people as these qualities were unusual in a Lord.
  _FA4 PLAC Staunch defender of his brother Henry the King's rights before Barons.
  _FA5 PLAC Known for his studied, analytical & shrewd competence.
  _FA6 DATE ABT. 1246 PLAC Pope oferred him Kingdom of Sicily, but Frederick held it.
  _FA7 DATE May 1252 PLAC Spoke for non-censure of Simon de Montfort at latter's Gascony trial.
  _FA8 DATE Apr 1258 PLAC Sent 50 ships of grain from Germany to help alleviate famine in Londo n.
  _FA9 DATE 23 Apr 1260 PLAC Peace maker between Henry & Prince Edward, Henry's son.
  _FA10 DATE May 1262 PLAC Arbiter between Henry & the barons, finds in favor of Henry.
  _FA11 DATE 13 Jan 1256/57 PLAC Elected King of the Romans and King of Germany (Almaine).
  _FA12 DATE Mar 1270/71 PLAC Never got over the murder of his son Henry by his Montfort nephew s.
  _FA13 PLAC Earl of Cornwall 30 May 1227.  Renounced the County of Poitou ca Dec 1243.
  _MDCL Reddish hair & fair complected.  Near sighted.Weir says died Berkhampstead Castle & bur ied Hayles Abbey.
  TITL Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell AUTH Marlyn Lewis PUBL 08 Oct 1997       Manuscript
  TEXT King of the Romans, no date
  TITL Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 AUTH Frederic k Lewis Weis PUBL 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992 Same ref source as earlier e d, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6 good to very go od   J.H. Garner     Book PAGE p 3   TEXT King of the Romans, no date
  TITL Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy AUTH Alison Weir PUBL rev. ed, Pimlic o Random House,  London 1989, 1996   J.H. Garner     Book PAGE p 68
  REF:  "Falls the Shadow" Sharon Kay Penman: During Simon de Montfort's barons war, March 31 , 1264 Londoners riot (London was very pro de Montfort), burn townhouses of the hated Willia m de Lusignan, also prominent Royalist Lord Philip Basset, also Richard of Cornwall's Westmin ster manor, & his beloved Isleworth manor 7 miles away.  Richard overnight goes from trying t o  ate a solution to, like Edward, ardently desiring a battlefield confrontation. Richard wa s not popular with his brother Henry III's subjects as he was intelligent, pragmatic, had bus iness acumen, & a lack of rancor; these qualities were disdained in favor of reckless courage , battlefield prowess, & open-handed generosity, which was expected of Lords. Richard's coura ge was never suspect; but he was not an innovative nor brilliant military commander. At Battl e of Lewes on 14 May 1264, Richard commanded the left flank of the Royalist forces.  After Pr ince Edward left the battle to pursue with unwholesome savagery the rebel Londoner flank of M ontfort's forces, Montfort, keeping a reserve force (a tactic unheard of) came in & attacke d Henry & obliterated his force; Henry fleed to the priory.  Gilbert de Clare's center colum n forces met Richard's & took the day.  Richard with his son Edmund fled into a windmill.  Wh en de Clare's forces captured the, they jeered "come out king of the millers".  John Giffard' s squire was the one who officially accepted Richard's royal surrender, adding to Richard's d iscomposure (that he had surrendered to a squire rather than a knight).  Upon his presentatio n to Simon de Montfort, Simon made the lad, John Befs of Tewkesbury, a knight.

Details of Richard's family with Isabel MARSHALL

Details of Richard's family with Sanchia Berenger

Details of Richard's family with Beatrice von Fauquemont

Details of Richard's family with Joan de Vautort