Richard of Cornwall, Earl of Cornwall[1, 2]
1209 - 1272 (63 years)
-
Name Richard of Cornwall Arms of Richard of Cornwall Suffix Earl of Cornwall Born 5 Jan 1209 Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire 
[3] Gender Male Military Summer 1240 - 1242 Palestine [4, 5, 6] Barons' Crusade 
Crusaders
First (1095–1099); Second (1147–1149); Third or the Kings' Crusade (1189–1192); Forth (1202–1204); Fifth (1213–1221); Sixth (1228); Barons' (1239); Seventh (1248-1254); Eighth (1270); and Ninth (1271-1272).Died 2 Apr 1272 Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire Buried Hayles Abbey, Gloucestershire Person ID I11257 Dickinson Last Modified 13 Nov 2017
Father John I, King of England, b. 24 Dec 1166, The Tower of London, Tower Hamlets, London, Greater London, England , d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 49 years) Relationship Birth Mother Isabella d'Angoulême, Queen Consort of England, b. ca. 1187, Angoulême, Angoumois, France , d. 31 May 1246, Fontevraud, France (Age ~ 59 years) Relationship Birth Married 24 Aug 1200 Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France [10, 11, 12] - Isabella had been betrothed to Hugh de Luisignan and so the marriage to John caused an immediate rift in Aquitaine but more importantly was duly protested to King Philip (who had encouraged John to marry the girl). When summoned, John prevaricated. Philip, in turn, received homage from Arthur of Brittany for John's Angevin possessions and claimed Normandy for his own.
- "[John] was married already, and his new queen hardly of age, but time and the Church could resolve those difficulties. More seriously, Isabel was promised to Hugh the Brown, Count of la Marche, and one of the Lusignan clan, the Angevin's deadliest enemies south of the Loire. Not only did John abduct and marry his enemy's wife, he offered him crooked justice, hiring professional champions to resolve the issue by judicial combat." [7]
- "John chose to marry Isabella for political reasons, and those reasons had much to do with the trouble he was having in securing his hold over his inheritance and the problems he was encountering in the heartlands of his Angevin realm. The city of Angoulême was perched on a rocky spur overlooking the River Charente, which exited the Atlantic at the port of La Rochelle, crucial for John's control of Poitou. Angoulême itself was a nodal point for many roads, and as such was of great tactical importance. Bringing the count of Angoulême on his side by marrying his daughter and only surviving child, and, therefore, his heir, made good strategic sense for John, and since she came with a dowry, he stood to gain territorially before his father-in-law died, too." [8]
- 5 children were produced by this union. [9]
Family ID F2961 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Isabel Marshal, Countess of Hertford and Gloucester , b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales , d. Jan 1240, Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire (Age 39 years) Married 30 Mar 1231 Fawley, Buckinghamshire [13] Children 1. John of Cornwall, b. 31 Jan 1232, Marlow, Buckinghamshire , d. 22 or 23 Sep 1232, Marlow, Buckinghamshire (Age 0 years) [Birth]2. Isabella of Cornwall, b. Sep 1233, Marlow, Buckinghamshire , d. 6 Oct 1234, Marlow, Buckinghamshire (Age ~ 1 years) [Birth]3. Henry of Almain, b. Nov 1235, Haughley Castle, Suffolk , d. 13 Mar 1271, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy (Age ~ 35 years) [Birth]Last Modified 4 May 2015 Family ID F3029 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sancha de Provence, Ctss of Cornwall, b. 1225, Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France , d. 5 or 9 Nov 1261, Berkhamstead Castle, Buckinghamshire (Age 36 years) Married 22 Nov 1243 Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England Children 1. Richard of Cornwall, b. Jul 1246, Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Oxfordshire , d. 15 Aug 1246, Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Oxfordshire (Age ~ 0 years) [Birth]2. Edmund of Cornwall, Earl of Cornwall, b. 26 Dec 1249, Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire , d. Sep or Oct 1300, Ashridge Abbey, Hertfordshire (Age 50 years) [Birth]3. Richard of Cornwall, b. 1252, d. 31 Mar 1296, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland (Age 44 years) [Birth]Last Modified 4 May 2015 Family ID F4497 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Beatrix von Falkenburg, d. 17 Oct 1277, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Married 16 Jun 1269 Stiftskirche, Kaiserslautern, Germany Last Modified 13 Nov 2017 Family ID F6171 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Jeanne de Valletort Married - Mistress
Children 1. Richard of Cornwall, d. After 1280 [Birth] Last Modified 13 Nov 2017 Family ID F6172 Group Sheet | Family Chart
-
Event Map 
Born - 5 Jan 1209 - Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire 
Married - 30 Mar 1231 - Fawley, Buckinghamshire 
Military - Barons' Crusade - Summer 1240 - 1242 - Palestine 
Married - 22 Nov 1243 - Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England 
Married - 16 Jun 1269 - Stiftskirche, Kaiserslautern, Germany 
Died - 2 Apr 1272 - Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set
-
Sources - [S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#Richarddied1272B.
- [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall," at http://bit.ly/2hwdma2.
"Richard of Cornwall (5 January 1209 - 2 April 1272), second son of King John, was Count of Poitou (1225-1243), 1st Earl of Cornwall (from 1225) and German King (formally "King of the Romans") (from 1257). He was one of the wealthiest men in Europe and joined the Barons' Crusade, where he achieved success as a negotiator for the release of prisoners and assisted with the building of the citadel in Ascalon." - [S164] King John and the Road to Magna Carta, Stephen Church, (New York: Basic Books, 2015), 152.
- [S157] A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain, Marc Morris, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2015), 12-13.
- [S420] The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land, Thomas Asbridge, (New York: HarperCollins, 2010), 573.
- [S359] The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors, Dan Jones, (New York: Viking, 2017), 236.
- [S20] The Knight Who Saved England: William Marshal and the French Invasion, 1217, Richard Brooks, (Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2014), 56.
- [S164] King John and the Road to Magna Carta, Stephen Church, (New York: Basic Books, 2015), 85-94, quoting 87-8.
- [S336429] Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (London: Vintage Books, 2008), 69-72.
- [S336429] Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (London: Vintage Books, 2008), 68.
- [S154] The Demon's Brood: A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty, Desmond Seward, (New York: Pegasus Books, 2014), 46.
- [S421] The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones, Thomas Asbridge, (New York: HarperCollins, 2014), 272.
- [S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LATIN%20LORDSHIPS%20IN%20GREECE.htm#GauthierBriennedied1311B.
- [S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#Richarddied1272B.