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Richard of England, King of The Romans

Male 1209 - 1272  (63 years)


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  • Name Richard of England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Suffix King of The Romans 
    Born 5 Jan 1209  Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Gender Male 
    Died Apr 1272  Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14] 
    Buried Hailes Abbey, Hailes, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 13, 14] 
    Person ID I100133463  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2016 

    Father King of England John Plantagenet,   b. 24 Dec 1167, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Countess of Gloucester Isabella Taillefer, Queen of England,   b. 1186, Angoul Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1217, Fontevrault-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 24 Aug 1200  Bordeaux, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • STATUS: Wife's 1st marriage. (Reitwiesner, 'Children of Joan, Princess of North Wales', The Genealogist, Spring 1980 vol. 1 no. 1 p. 91 fn. 21)
    Family ID F233898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married Not Married 
    • STATUS: Not married.
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F100075410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sanche of Provence, Queen of the Holy Roman Empire,   b. Abt 1225, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1261, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1243  Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 16, 17] 
    • MARRIAGE: Date Correction> Listed as "22 Nov 1243" in 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 3 p. 431; day amended to "23" in 'The Complete Peerage - addenda and corrigenda', vol. 14 p. 207 [CORNWALL p. 431 line 14].

      STATUS: 2nd marriage for husband.

      CONDITION: 2 sons of this marriage - all died without issue.
    • MARRIAGE: Date Correction> Listed as "22 Nov 1243" in 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 3 p. 431; day amended to "23" in 'The Complete Peerage - addenda and corrigenda', vol. 14 p. 207 [CORNWALL p. 431 line 14].

      STATUS: 2nd marriage for husband.

      CONDITION: 2 sons of this marriage - all died without issue.
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F100125914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Beatrice of Falkenburg,   d. 17 Oct 1277 
    Married 16 Jun 1269  Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 13] 
    • STATUS: 3rd marriage for husband. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 4 p. 1883)

      CONDITION: No issue of this marriage. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 4 p. 1883)
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F100125915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Lady Isabella Marshal,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke Castle, Penfro, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1240, Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 30 Mar 1231  Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • STATUS: 1st marriage for husband; 2nd marriage for wife.

      CONDITION: 3 sons and 1 daughter of this marriage - all died without issue.
    • STATUS: 1st marriage for husband; 2nd marriage for wife.

      CONDITION: 3 sons and 1 daughter of this marriage - all died without issue.
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F100121785  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • KINSHIP: 2nd son.

      MILITARY: Took the Cross, 1236; Commander in Chief of the Crusaders, 1240-1241, when he entered into a truce with the Soldan of Babylon.
      CHURCH: Founded Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, England, 1251; of Rewley Abbey, Oxfordshire, England.
      OFFICE: Constable of Wallingford Castle, 1216.
      OFFICE: Lieutenant of Guienne, 1226-1227.
      OFFICE: Keeper of the Honour of Wallingford, 1230-1231; of the Honour of Knaresborough, 1235.
      OFFICE: Lord of the forest of Dartmoor, 1239.
      OFFICE: Privy Councillor, 1253.
      OFFICE: Joint Guardian of England, 1253-1254.
      ASSIGNMENTS: Chief Commissioner for making a truce with France, 1230.
      ASSIGNMENTS: On an Embassy to the Emperor Friedrich, 1237.
      ASSIGNMENTS: Joint Plenipotentiary to France.
      ASSIGNMENTS: Ambassador to Pope Innocent IV, 1250; to Pope Alexander IV, 1259.

      HONOURS: Knighted, 1224/1225.
      TITLES: Birthright> Prince of England.
      TITLES: Earl of Poitou and Earl of Cornwall; created 30 May 1226.(Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Joseph Morris' 'Shropshire Genealogies' volume 4 page
      TITLES: Earl of Cornwall; assumed to have become Earl of Cornwall in or shortly before 1227.
      TITLES: Count of Poitou, before 18 Aug 1225.
      TITLES: Elected by the Princes of the Empire, King of the Holy Roman Empire, 13 Jan 1256/1257; crowned at Aachen, 17 May 1257; soon dispossessed and returned to England.

      PROPERTY: Granted the honour of Launceston, Cornwall, 1225; the honour of Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, 1229.
      POLITICS: Faithful adherent of the King, his brother, against the rebellious Barons, and both were taken prisoners at the battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264.
      FINANCES: Acquired vast estates and great wealth by farming the Mint, the Jews, etc.

      DEATH: Date> 2 or 3 Apr 1272.
      PROBATE: Died testate.
    • KINSHIP: 2nd son.

      MILITARY: Took the Cross, 1236; Commander in Chief of the Crusaders, 1240-1241, when he entered into a truce with the Soldan of Babylon.
      CHURCH: Founded Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, England, 1251; of Rewley Abbey, Oxfordshire, England.
      OFFICE: Constable of Wallingford Castle, 1216.
      OFFICE: Lieutenant of Guienne, 1226-1227.
      OFFICE: Keeper of the Honour of Wallingford, 1230-1231; of the Honour of Knaresborough, 1235.
      OFFICE: Lord of the forest of Dartmoor, 1239.
      OFFICE: Privy Councillor, 1253.
      OFFICE: Joint Guardian of England, 1253-1254.
      ASSIGNMENTS: Chief Commissioner for making a truce with France, 1230.
      ASSIGNMENTS: On an Embassy to the Emperor Friedrich, 1237.
      ASSIGNMENTS: Joint Plenipotentiary to France.
      ASSIGNMENTS: Ambassador to Pope Innocent IV, 1250; to Pope Alexander IV, 1259.

      HONOURS: Knighted, 1224/1225.
      TITLES: Birthright> Prince of England.
      TITLES: Earl of Poitou and Earl of Cornwall; created 30 May 1226.(Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Joseph Morris' 'Shropshire Genealogies' volume 4 page
      TITLES: Earl of Cornwall; assumed to have become Earl of Cornwall in or shortly before 1227.
      TITLES: Count of Poitou, before 18 Aug 1225.
      TITLES: Elected by the Princes of the Empire, King of the Holy Roman Empire, 13 Jan 1256/1257; crowned at Aachen, 17 May 1257; soon dispossessed and returned to England.

      PROPERTY: Granted the honour of Launceston, Cornwall, 1225; the honour of Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, 1229.
      POLITICS: Faithful adherent of the King, his brother, against the rebellious Barons, and both were taken prisoners at the battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264.
      FINANCES: Acquired vast estates and great wealth by farming the Mint, the Jews, etc.

      DEATH: Date> 2 or 3 Apr 1272.
      PROBATE: Died testate.

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