Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans

1209 - 1272  (63 years)

• Name	Richard of Cornwall  [1, 2]
  Suffix	King of the Romans
  Birth	5 Jan 1209	Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Apr 1272	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England   [3, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  Burial	Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, England   [3, 4, 5, 8]
  Siblings	4 siblings
  + 1. Henry III, King of England ,   b. 1 Oct 1207, Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England d. 16 Nov 1272, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England  (Age 65 years) ▻ Eleanor of Provence, Queen Consort of England ,  m. 14 Jan 1236 + 2. Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans ,   b. 5 Jan 1209, Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England d. 2 Apr 1272, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 63 years) ▻ Joan ;  (Unknown mistress of Richard of Cornwall) ;  Isabel Marshal ,  m. 30 Mar 1231 ;  Sancie of Provence ,  m. 23 Nov 1243 ;  Beatrice de Falkenburg ,  m. 16 Jun 1269   3. Joan of England ,   b. 22 Jul 1210, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. 4 Mar 1238, York, Yorkshire, England  (Age 27 years) ▻ Alexander II, King of Scotland ,  m. 19 Jun 1221 + 4. Isabella of England ,   b. 1214   d. 1 Dec 1241  (Age 27 years) ▻ Friedrich II, Holy Roman Emperor ,  m. 20 Jul 1235 + 5. Eleanor of England ,   b. 1215   d. 13 Apr 1275, Montargis Abbey, Loiret, France  (Age 60 years) ▻ William Marshal ,  m. 23 Apr 1224 ;  Simon VI de Montfort ,  m. 7 Jan 1238
  Person ID	I8366	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John, King of England,   b. Abt 27 Dec 1166, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England (Age ~ 49 years)
  Mother	Isabel of Angoulême, Queen Consort of England   d. 31 May 1246
  Marriage	24 Aug 1200	Bordeaux, Gironde, France   [4, 9]
  Family ID	F1256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joan   d. Bef 1 Jul 1285
  Children	+ 1. Joan de Cornwall,   b. Abt 1262   d. Abt 1316 (Age ~ 54 years)
  Family ID	F1235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family 2	(Unknown mistress of Richard of Cornwall)
  Children	+ 1. Walter de Cornwall,   b. of Brannel, Cornwall, England d. Bef 20 Feb 1313 + 2. Richard de Cornwall,   b. of Asthall, Oxfordshire, England d. 1296, Berwick, Northumberland, England
  Family ID	F16965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family 3	Isabel Marshal,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 17 Jan 1240, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	30 Mar 1231	Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England   [4, 12]
  Family ID	F917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2015

  
  

  Family 4	Sancie of Provence   d. 9 Nov 1261, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
  Marriage	23 Nov 1243	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family 5	Beatrice de Falkenburg   d. 17 Oct 1277
  Marriage	16 Jun 1269	Kaiserslautern, Germany   [4]
  Family ID	F22397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Also called Richard of England. Count of Poitou; Earl of Cornwall; elected king of Germany ("King of the Romans") in 1256, but never wielded actual power in that role. "Constable of Wallingford Castle, 1216; knighted 2 Feb. 1224/5 by his br., Henry III, who a few days afterwards, 13 Feb. 1224/5, granted him, as Richard the King's brother, the county of Cornwall during pleasure. This grant, which resembles that to Henry FitzCount above, can hardly be held to have conferred the Earldom; nevertheless, not long after, viz. 30 May 1227, he is officially styled Earl of Cornwall, and must be assumed to have been invested with the Earldom in or shortly before that year. He was Count of Poitou before 18 Aug. 1225. Lieut. of Guienne, 1226-27; Chief Commissioner for making a truce with France, 1230; Keeper of the Honour of Wallingford, 1230-31; of the Honour of Knaresborough, 1235; took the Cross, 1236; was on an Embassy to the Emperor Friedrich, 1237; Lord of the forest of Dartmoor 1239; Com. in Chief of the Crusaders, 1240-41, when he entered a truce with the Soldan of Babylon. Joint Plenipoteniary to France, and Ambassador to Pope Innocent IV, 1250; Privy Councillor 1253; Joint Guardian of England, 1253-54. He acquired vast estates and great wealth by farming the Mint, the Jews, &c., and doubtless in consequence thereof, was elected, at Frankfort, 13 Jan. 1256/7, by the Princes of the Empire, King of the Romans, being crowned 17 May 1257, at Aachen. In Oct. 1259 he was Ambassador to Pope Alexander IV. He was a faithful adherent of the King, his br., against the rebellious Barons, and both were taken prisoners at the battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264. He m., 1stly, 30 Mar. 1231, at Fawley, near Marlow, Bucks, Isabel, widow of Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, da. of William (Marshal), Earl of Pembroke, by Isabel suo jure Countess of Pembroke, da. and h. of Richard (de Clare), also Earl of Pembroke. She d. 17 Jan 1239/40, in childbed, at Berkhampstead, of jaundice, and was bur. at Beaulieu, Hants, her heart being sent to Tewkesbury Abbey. He m., 2ndly, 23 Nov. 1243, at Westm. Abbey, Sancha, 3rd da. and coh. of Raymond Berengar, Count of Provence, by Beatrice, da. of Tomaso, Count of Savoy. She, who was crowned Queen (with her husband) 1257, d. 9 Nov. 1261, and was bur. at Hailes Abbey, co. Gloucester, which her husband had in 1251, founded. He m., 3rdly, 16 June 1269, Beatrice, da. of Walram de Fauquemont, Seigneur de Montjoye, by Jutta, da. of Otto, Count of Ravensburg in Wesphalia. He d. at Berkhamstead Castle, Herts, having been bled for ague, 2 Apr. 1272, and was bur. in Hailes Abbey afsd., aged 63, his heart being sent to Rewley Abbey, Oxon, of which, also he was the founder. His widow d. s.p. on the Vigil of St. Luke, 17 Oct. 1277, and was bur. at the Friars Minors, Oxford." [Complete Peerage]

  
  

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