Baldwin * de Redvers de Vernon 
Baldwin * de Redvers de was born about 1113. Baldwin * de Redvers de's father was William de Vernon Reviers and his mother was Mabel (Maud,Mabirie) de Beaumont. His paternal grandparents were Richard [Baldwin?] de Vernon of Redvers and Adelise Peverell; his maternal grandparents were Robert de Beaumont and Maud (Matilda) Fitzroy of Cornwall. He had three sisters named Joan de Vernon, Mary de Vernon de and Margary de. He had a half-sister named Maud * de.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> "Earl of Devonshire
Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, County Wilts, andQuarr Abbey, County Hants. In April, 1136, there were rumors of thedeath of King Stephen, and on hearing this he was one of the first tobreak out in revolt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustaineda long siege by the King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw hisforces on giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle ofWight, took possession of the island, and drove him, with his wife andchildren, into exile. Baldwin then took refuge at the court of theCount of Anjou, and soon afterwards conducted a successful raid intoNormandy. About Lent, 1138, he was taken prisoner in Normandy byEnguerrard de Say, a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to Englandin the autumn of 1139, shortly before the arrival of the Empress Maud,and landing at Warham, seized the castle of Corfe. This he defendedsuccessfully against the King, forcing him to eventually raise thesiege. By the Empress Maud. (daughter of Henry I and mother of HenryII) he was created Earl of Devonshire in the year 1141. He married 1stAdeliza, 2nd Lucia. His daughter Eve married Anchitel Grey.
Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, County Wilts, andQuarr Abbey, County Hants. In April, 1136, there were rumors of thedeath of King Stephen, and on hearing this he was one of the first tobreak out in revolt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustaineda long siege by the King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw hisforces on giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle ofWight, took possession of the island, and drove him, with his wife andchildren, into exile. Baldwin then took refuge at the court of theCount of Anjou, and soon afterwards conducted a successful raid intoNormandy. About Lent, 1138, he was taken prisoner in Normandy byEnguerrard de Say, a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to Englandin the autumn of 1139, shortly before the arrival of the Empress Maud,and landing at Warham, seized the castle of Corfe. This he defendedsuccessfully against the King, forcing him to eventually raise thesiege. By the Empress Maud. (daughter of Henry I and mother of HenryII) he was created Earl of Devonshire in the year 1141. He married 1stAdeliza, 2nd Lucia. His daughter Eve married Anchitel Grey.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1039 d.1090
- b.1107 in Chogford,Devon,England d.04 Jun 1155 in Isle of Man,England
- b.~ 1003 in ,Normandie d.22 Jul 1035 in ,Nicea,Bithynia,Turkey
- b.~ 1022
- b.~ 1003 in of,Falaise,Clavados,France d.1050
- b.~ 1059
- b.~ 1155 d.10 Sep 1217
- b.~ 1030 in Of,Normandy,France d.~ 1071
- b.~ 1040 in Normandy,France d.17 Apr 1113 or 5 Feb 1113 in England
- b.~ 1006 in Of St. Martin`S,-Le Grand,London,Middlesex
- b.~ 1073 in England
- b.~ 1072 in ,Nottinghamshire,England d.27 May 1156
- b.~ 1054 in Nottinghamshire,England d.19 Jan 1119/1120 in England
- b.~ 1113
- b.~ 1020 in Ponteaudemer,N.,France d.29 Nov 1094
- b.1046 in Pont-Audemer,Beaumont,Normandy,France d.05 Jun 1118 in Leicester,Leicestershire,England
- b.~ 1014 in of,Ponteaudemer,Normandy,France d.08 Apr 1081
- b.1104 in Of,Meulan,Ile DE France,France d.10 Apr 1166 in Abbey,Preaux,Normandy,France
- b.~ 1050 in Of,Vermandois,Normandy,France d.18 Oct 1102 in ,Tarsus,,Cilicie
- b.~ 1081 in Vermandois,Normandy d.13 Feb 1130/1131 in St. Nicaise-De-Meulan,France
- b.~ 1050 in Of,Valois,Bretagne,France d.23 Sep 1120/1124 in Vermandois,Normandy,France,France
- b.~ 1206
- b.~ 1025 in Montfort,Eure,France d.1087
- b.~ 1070 in Montfort,Eure,France d.1137
- b.~ 1130 in ,France d.1168
- b.~ 1122 in Evreux,N.,France d.15 Dec 1181
- b.~ 1069 in Garlende,France d.1118
- b.~ 1095 in Garlende,France d.1181
- b.~ 1073 in Montlhery,S-O,France
- d.>01 May 1204
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise,Calvados,Calvados,France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermentruvilleby,Rouen,Seine-Maritime,France
- b.Sep 1068 in ,Selby,Yorkshire,England d.01 Dec 1135 in ,St. Denis,Seine-St. Denis,France
- d.01 Jul 1175
- b.1046 in Pont-Audemer,Beaumont,Normandy,France d.05 Jun 1118 in Leicester,Leicestershire,England
- b.Abt 1086/1096 in Of,Leicester,Leicestershire,England d.~ 1147 in Carmarthen,Carmarthenshire,Wales
- b.~ 1081 in Vermandois,Normandy d.13 Feb 1130/1131 in St. Nicaise-De-Meulan,France
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