Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans, Earl of Cornwall

1209 - 1272  (63 years)

• Name	Richard of Cornwall
  Born	5 Jan 1209	Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England   [1, 2]
  Title(s)	1225  [1]
  He was created Earl of Poictiers.
  Married	23 Nov 1243	Westminster Abbey, London, England   [1]
  (2) Sanchia Berenger of Provence, Queen of the Ge, the daughter of Raymond V Berenger, Count of Provence and Beatrice de Savoie. She was born about 1225 in Aix-en-Provence, France. [Sanchia, married Richard of Cornwall King of the Romans, Earl of Cornwall, at age 34] She died 9 November 1257 in Berkhamsted Castle, Buckinghamshire, England. She was buried in Hayles Abbey, Gloucestershire, England. Issue: 1. Richard (1246-1246) 2. Edmund of Cornwall, Earl of Cornweall (1249-1300) 3. Richard (c1252-1296)
  Title(s)	1256  [1]
  He was crowned King of the Romans and of Almaine.
  Married	16 Jun 1269	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany   [1]
  (3) Beatrix of Falkenbur, the daughter of Wiliam de Fauquemont of Montjoye, Count of Falkenburg and Joan van Loon. She was born about 1253 in Falkenburg Castle, Germany. [Beatrix, married Richard of Cornwall King of the Romans. Earl of Cornwall, at age 60] She died 17 October 1277. She was buried in Oxford, England.
  Died	2 Apr 1272	Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England   [1, 2]
  Buried	Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Eleanor, Princess of England ,   b. 1215, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 13 Apr 1275, Montargis Abbey, Montargis, Centre-Val de Loire, France  (Age 60 years) ▻ William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke ,  m. 23 Apr 1224 ;  Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester ,  m. 7 Jan 1237 + 2. Henry III, King of England ,   b. 1 Oct 1207, Winchester, Hampshire, England ,   d. 16 Nov 1272, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England  (Age 65 years) ▻ Eleanor of Provence ,  m. 14 Jan 1237   3. Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans, Earl of Cornwall ,   b. 5 Jan 1209, Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England ,   d. 2 Apr 1272, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England  (Age 63 years) ▻ Lady Isabel Marshal ,  m. 30 Mar 1231   4. Joan ,   b. 1210,   d. 1238  (Age 28 years)   5. Isabelle, Prince of England ,   b. 1214,   d. 1 Dec 1241  (Age 27 years)
  Person ID	I21694
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	John "Lackland", King of England ,   b. 24 Dec 1167, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England,   b. 1188,   d. 31 May 1246  (Age 58 years)
  Married	24 Aug 1200	Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
  Family ID	F2200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Isabel Marshal,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke Castle, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wale ,   d. 17 Jan 1240, Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire., England  (Age 39 years)
  Married	30 Mar 1231	St Mary the Virgin's Church, Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England   [1, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He was 22 years - She was 30 years
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F2942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Jan 1209 - Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England Married - 30 Mar 1231 - St Mary the Virgin's Church, Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England Married - 23 Nov 1243 - Westminster Abbey, London, England Married - 16 Jun 1269 - Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Died - 2 Apr 1272 - Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England Buried - - Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html), Tertiary Source. [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975), Secondary Source. [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008), Secondary Source.