Richard of Cornwall

Earl of Cornwall

King of Germany (‘King of the Romans’)

Events

Date of Birth: 5 January 1209.

The date is given by the Complete Peerage (3:430) and by Vincent.

Place of Birth: Winchester.

The place is given by Vincent. Cecil (p. 5) gives the Palace of Westminster.

Date of Death: 2 April 1272.

Place of Death: Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire.

The date and place are given by the Complete Peerage (3:431) and by Vincent.

Relationships

Father: John, king of England.

Mother: Isabel of Angoulême.

These relationships are given in the Complete Peerage (3:430) and by Vincent.

Spouse: Isabel Marshal. Married 30 March 1231 at Fawley, Buckinghamshire.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (3:431) and by Vincent. Isabel was the widow of Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford. She died 17 January 1239/40.

Spouse: Sanchia of Provence. Married 22 November 1243 in Westminster Abbey.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (3:431) and by Vincent. Sanchia was crowned Queen with Richard. She died 9 November 1261.

Spouse: Beatrice of Falkenburg. Married 16 June 1269 at Kaiserslauthern.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (3:431) and by Vincent. Beatrice died 17 October 1277.

Mistress: Joan.

This relationship is given by Cecil. John Cami Parsons discusses it in his 10 September 1998 post to soc.genealogy.medieval.

Mistress: others.

Children (by Isabel):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

John of Cornwall (born 31 January 1232 at Marlow, Buckinghamshire - 22 September 1232 at Marlow).

Isabel of Cornwall (born about 9 September 1233 at Marlow - died 6 October 1234, buried at Reading Abbey)

Henry of Cornwall (born 2 November 1235 - murdered 13 March 1270/1 at Viterbo, Italy, buried at Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire). Henry was usually known as “Henry of Almain” (Almain = Germany). Married Constance de Moncada 15 May 1269 at Windsor.

Nicholas of Cornwall (born and died 17 January 1239/40 at Berkhamstead Castle, buried at Beaulieu Abbey).

Children (by Sanchia):

a son (born July 1246 - died 15 August 1246)

Edmund, 2nd earl of Cornwall (born 26 December 1249 - died shortly before 26 September 1300 at the Abbey of Ashbridge, Buckinghamshire). Known as “Edmund of Almain”. Married Margaret de Clare 6 October 1272 in the chapel at Ruislip, Middlesex. Divorced 1294.

Children (by Joan):

Joan de Cornwall married Richard Champernowne of Modbury.

Sir Richard de Cornwall (died 1296 at the siege of Berwick) married Joan.

Children (by Joan or another mistress):

Philip de Cornwall (born by 1223). A priest.

Sir Walter de Cornwall

References

Cecil G.S., 4th Earl of Liverpool, and Compton Reade. The House of Cornewall. (1908)

Cokayne, G.E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant. Vol. 3 (1913)

Parsons, John Carmi. post to soc.genealogy.medieval dated 10 September 1998.

Vincent, Nicholas. "Richard, first earl of Cornwall and king of Germany" in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).