Richard Cornwall

Richard married Cecily Seymour before 1402. Cecily was born between 1355 and 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Cecily Cornwall died on 25 Apr 1444; was buried in St. Matthew's, Morley, Derbyshire, England.

Geoffrey married Cecily before 1355. Cecily died on 26 Jul 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Sybil de Bodrugan before 1328. Sybil died on 23 May 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Botringham. Sister of John de Botringham.

Geoffrey married Margaret de Mortimer before 1308. Margaret (daughter of Hugh de Mortimer and Maud) was born about 14 Sep 1295; died before 25 Dec 1345. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was killed by an arrow at the siege of Berwick.

Richard married Joan before 1280. Joan died after 10 Oct 1321; was buried in Asthall, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said by some to have been a daughter of John Fitz Alan (d. 1267) of Oswestry, Shropshire.

Notes:

"A poet did mention Hugh for his part in the seige of Caerlaverock in 1300: 'Hugh Mortimer, who well-knew how to make himself beloved.' Whether the poet was being ironic, or Hugh simply never used the talent with his wife, Matilda, is not known, but she killed him by poison on 5 August 1305. Queen Margaret seems to have thought the action was not entirely reprehensible and interceded to obtain a pardon for her." [The Whilton Dispute, 1264-1380: A Social-Legal Study of Dispute Settlement in Medieval England by Robert C. Palmer (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1984)]

Hugh married Maud in 1290. Maud died before 15 Feb 1308. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was a kinswoman of Queen Eleanor of Castile, first wife of Edward I, but the exact relationship, along with her parentage, is unknown.

After the death of her husband Hugh de Mortimer, she was accused, apparently correctly, of having poisoned him. She was also accused of having sent men to kill Hugh de Kyngsmede. Prince Edward, the future Edward II, sent a letter to Adam de Kyngsmede rebuking him for making these accusations. He also wrote to two of his mother's cousins, Joan de Fiennes (wife of John Wake) and Margaret de Fiennes (wife of Edmund de Mortimer), asking their help in defending Maud. This last detail has prompted Douglas Richardson to speculate that perhaps Maud's relationship to Queen Eleanor entails some connection to the Fiennes family, possibly via the de la Plaunches.

A pardon was obtained for Maud in Sep 1305 and she was released from the Tower of London. In Dec 1306, her chamberlain, William de Billebury, received a pardon absolving him of outlawry in the matter of the death of Hugh de Mortimer.

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]

Richard married (Unknown mistress of Richard of Cornwall). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1252, of Norton, Northamptonshire, England

Robert married Joyce la Zouche before 1273. Joyce (daughter of William la Zouche and Maud de Howbridge) died before 13 Mar 1290; was buried on 13 Mar 1290. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]