Earl of Cornwall Richard Plantagenet

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Earl of Cornwall Richard Plantagenet

Richard was born on January 5th, 1208 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England.¹

Birth Notes

Richard's father was King of England John (Lackland) Plantagenet of England and his mother was Isabella De Taillefer of Angouleme. His paternal grandparents were King of England Henry (Curtmantel) Plantagenet II and Princess Eleanore of Acquitane; his maternal grandparents were Aymer de Taillefer and Alice de Courtenay. He had a brother and three sisters, named Henry, Joane, Isabel and Eleanor. He was the second oldest of the five children. He had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Richard, Hugh, William, Joan, Matilda and Alice. He died at the age of 64 on April 2nd, 1272 in Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England.²

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Count, King of Jerusalem Fulk (The Rude) D'Anjou IV ^*
  - b.1033 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1109 in Anjou, France
  
  King of Jerusalem Fulk (The Young) D'Anjou V
  - b.1093 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem
  
  Bertrade De Montfort ^*
  - b.1060 in Montfort, France d.14 Feb 1116 in Fontrevault, France
  
  Geoffrey (The Fair) Plantagenate Of Anjou IV
  - b.24 Aug 1113 in Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau du Loir, France
  
  Count of Maine Elias de la Fleche ^*
  - b.1060 in Maine, France d.11 Jun 1110 in LeMans, Vienne, Poitou, France
  
  Ermengard of Maine
  - b.1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
  
  Matilde de Chateau du Loire
  - b.1080 d.08 Feb 1100
  
  King of England Henry (Curtmantel) Plantagenet II
  - b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
  
  William (The Conqueror) de Normandie ^*
  - b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
  
  King Henry (Beauclerc) England I
  - b.21 Feb 1069 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St. Dennis, France
  
  Matilda (Maud) of Flanders ^*
  - b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
  
  Empress Of Normandy Matilda of England
  - b.07 Feb 1102 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Martime, France
  
  Malcolm (Longneck) Caenmoe Dunkeld of Scotland III ^*
  - b.1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
  
  Matilda of Scotland
  - b.1079 in Dumferline, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
  
  Margaret Atheling of Scotland ^*
  - b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
  
  King of England John (Lackland) Plantagenet of England
  - b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
  
  Geoffrey ^*
  - b.1024 d.25 Sep 1086
  
  Duke of Acquitaine and Gascony, Count of Poitiers William (The Troubador) of Acquitaine VII/IX
  - b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 Feb 1126 in France
  
  Hildegarde
  
  Duke William of Aquitaine X
  - b.1099 in Toulouse, Languedoc, Haute-Garonne, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Saint Jacques-de-Comopostelle, Spain
  
  Count William of Toulouse IV ^*
  - b.1040 d.1093
  
  Countess Maud of Toulouse
  - b.1073 in France d.28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbe, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, France
  
  Emma of Mortain ^*
  - b.1058 in Mortagne au Perche, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France d.1080 in Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comte, France
  
  Princess Eleanore of Acquitane
  - b.21 Nov 1122 in Chateau de Berlin, Gironde, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
  
  Viscount Boso Chastellerault II ^*
  - b.1050 in Chatellerault, Poitou, Aquitaine, Sarthe, France d.1092
  
  Viscount Aimery de Chastellerault I
  - b.1075 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.07 Nov 1151 in L'lle-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
  
  Aenora de Thouars ^*
  - b.1054 in Thouars, Deux-Sevres, France
  
  Eleanor de Chastellerault
  - b.1103 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.Mar 1130
  
  Barthelemy de l'Isle Bouchard ^*
  - b.1049
  
  Dangereuse de l'Isle Bouchard
  - b.1079 in Isle Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France d.1119
  
  Gerberge
  
  Earl of Cornwall Richard Plantagenet
  - b.05 Jan 1208 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England d.02 Apr 1272 in Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England
  
  Guillaume Taillefer III ^*
  - b.1084 in Angouleme, France d.16 Apr 1118
  
  Vulgrin Taillefer II
  - b.1108 in Angouleme, France d.16 Nov 1140 in France
  
  Vitapoy de Benauges ^*
  - b.1086 in Benauges, France
  
  Guillaume Taillefer IV
  - b.1134 in Angouleme, Charente, France d.07 Aug 1187 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
  
  Hugh (le Brun) de Lusignan VII ^*
  - b.1090 in Lusignan, France d.02 Feb 1151
  
  Ponce Sire
  - b.1091 in France
  
  Sarazine
  - b.1095 in Lusignan, France d.1144
  
  Aymer de Taillefer
  - b.1160 in Angoileme, Charente-Maritime, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couroun, France
  
  Archambaud Le Barbu de Comborn ^*
  - b.1075 in Comborn, Correze, Limousin, France d.1137
  
  Ademar de Limoges III
  - b.1100 in Limoges, Haute Vienne, France d.1148 in Limoges, Haute Vienne, France
  
  Humberge de Limoges
  - b.1090 in Limoges, Haute, Vienne, Limousin, France d.1153
  
  Emma de Limoges
  - b.1138 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France
  
  Guillaume Taillefer III ^*
  - b.1084 in Angouleme, France d.16 Apr 1118
  
  Graule Taillefer
  - b.1118 in Angouleme, France
  
  Vitapoy de Benauges ^*
  - b.1086 in Benauges, France
  
  Isabella De Taillefer of Angouleme
  - b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
  
  Phillip Capet Of France I ^*
  - b.23 May 1052 in Reims, Champagen, France d.29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Isle De France
  
  King Louis (The Fat) France IV
  - b.1081 in France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau De Baethizy, Paris, Isle De France
  
  Bertha Holland ^*
  - b.1054 in Vlaaringen, Netherlands d.1093 in Montreuil-sur-Loire, France
  
  Pierre Capet France
  - b.1126 in Reims, Champagen, France d.1183 in Palestine, Israel
  
  Marquis of Turin, Count of Savoy Humbert de Maurienne II ^*
  - b.1062 in Savoy, France d.23 Sep 1104
  
  Alix of Savoy
  - b.1092 in Savoy, France d.18 Nov 1154
  
  Gisela of Burgundy de Macon ^*
  - b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
  
  Alice de Courtenay
  - b.1160 in Courtenay, Gali, France d.1218 in France
  
  Lord Milo de Courtenay ^*
  - b.1069 in Courtenay, France d.1127 in France
  
  Lord Renaud de Courtenay
  - b.1100 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1161 in France
  
  Ermengarde de Nevers ^*
  - b.1078 in Nevers, France d.1100 in France
  
  Isabelle de Courtenay
  - b.1127 in Courtenay, France d.14 Sep 1205 in France
  
  Lord Corbeil Frederic de Donjon ^*
  - b.1085 in Yerre, France d.1138 in Corbeil, Seine-et-Oise, France
  
  Hawise de Donjon
  - b.1100 in Donjon, France
  
  Hedwige
  - b.1090 in Seine-et-Oise, France
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Details of Richard's family with Joan Valletort

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² http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:3110528&id=I612312642

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Earl of Cornwall Richard Plantagenet

Birth Notes

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

Details of Richard's family with Joan Valletort