Robert de Courtenay

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 27 Jul 1242, Iwerne, Dorset, England

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"Sheriff of Devonshire, and Castellan of Exeter, 1209; Castellan of Oxford and Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1215 in which year King John committed to him the coinage of tin in Devonshire and Cornwall. In 1219 he inherited from his mother the great Honour of Okehampton amounting to 92 knight's fees." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Ancestral Roots places Ford Abbey in Devon. It is now in Dorset, but appears to be quite close to both the Devon and Somerset borders (in fact its mailing address is in Chard, Somerset). Given shifting county borders, AR could well be correct for the time when Sir Robert was buried.

Robert married Mary de Revières between 1210 and 1211. Mary (daughter of William de Revières and Mabel de Meulan) died after 12 Nov 1242. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hawise de Courtenay was born in of Okehampton, Devon, England; died before 8 Apr 1269.
2. John de Courtenay was born in of Okehampton, Devon, England; died on 3 May 1274; was buried in Ford Abbey, Dorset, England.

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• Alternate birth: of Sutton, Berkshire, England
• Alternate death: 1190

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Also called Renaud. Fought in the Second Crusade alongside Louis VII of France.

Reynold married Hawise de Courcy between 1173 and 1178. Hawise (daughter of William de Curcy and Maud d'Avranches) was born about 1157 in of Okehampton, Devon, England; died on 31 Jul 1219; was buried in Ford Abbey, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Daughter and heir of William de Courcy (or ?Geoffrey de Crimes?) by Maud, daughter of Robert d'Avranches." [Royal Ancestry]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1189
• Alternate death: 1190

Notes:

Also spelled Curtenay, Cortenay. Richardson calls him "of uncertain parentage." CP (III:465, and chart facing IV:318) shows him as a son of Miles de Courtenay, Seigneur de Courtenay, and Ermengarde, dau. of Renaud, Count of Nevers; this Miles a son of Josselin, Seigneur de Courtenay in 1065, and Elizabeth, daughter of Guy de Montlhéry; this Josselin a son of Athon.

An SGM discussion of some of the uncertainties surrounding his ancestry begins here .

Reynold married (Unknown first wife of Reynold de Courtenay). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Called by Douglas Richardson and others a "kinswoman of Eleanor of Aquitaine", but this appears to be less than perfectly established as fact.

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Also spelled de Courcy.

William married Maud d'Avranches about 1155. Maud (daughter of Robert d'Avranches and (Unknown daughter of Gelduin of Dol)) died on 21 Sep 1173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married (Unknown daughter of Gelduin of Dol). (Unknown (daughter of Gelduin) was born in of Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]