Individual Details
Richard "Earl of Cornwall, Count of Poitou in France, King of the Romans" Plantagenet
(Aft 5 Jan 1209 - Abt Apr 1272)
[[Category:Battle of Lewes]] [[Category:Second Barons' War]]
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==Biography==
'''Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall'''
: Birth: 05 JAN 1209 Winchester, Hampshire
: Death: : 02 APR 1272 Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire
: Burial: 13 Apr 1272 Abbey, Hailes, Gloucestershire
===Death and burial of Richard, Earl of Cornwall===(Royal Tombs of Medieval England) The younger brother of Henry III, Richard of Cornwall died at Berkhamsted in April 1271 and was buried at Hailes Abbey which is northeast of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. His heart was buried beside his third wife Beatrice before the high altar in the Franciscan church, Oxford, beneath a 'sumptuous pyramid of wonderful workmanship.'
Additional notes about Hailes Abbey. (Royal Tombs of Medieval England) Hailes was a Cistercian house which Richard founded in 1246 as a cell to his father King John's foundation at Beaulieu Abbey. Hailes had its own relic of the Holy Blood, presented in 1270 by Richard's son, Edmund, who was also buried there together with Richard's second wife, Sanchia of Provence (d.1261), and other sons, Henry of Almayne (d.1271) and Sir Richard de Cornwall (d.1296). Henry, murdered at Viterbo, had a separate heart burial in the Confessor's Chapel at Westminster. In the late 13th century Hailes was the most senior of a series of aristocratic mausolea. There are no records of the Hailes tombs, which were probably destroyed following the surrender of the abbey to the crown in 1539. Excavations at Hailes in 1900 did find some stone effigy fragments in the south presbytery aisle bearing the arms of Cornwall.
Heart burials. (Royal Tombs of Medieval England) Richard of Cornwall's first wife, Isabella Marshal (d.1240), was buried at Beaulieu Abbey and had a heart burial at Tewksbury Abbey.
===Titles===
* Count of Poitou
* 1st Earl of Cornwall
* 1257: King of the Romans
==Sources==
* Royal Tombs of Medieval England M. Duffy 2003 p. 20, 22, 23, 72-74
* Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 451-460
* Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. II page 298
[[Wikipedia: Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall]]
Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=PA452&dq=richardson+magna+carta+llandaff+kaiserslautern&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sCRjVLLvIMLy7Aaox4H4Cw&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=richardson%20magna%20carta%20llandaff%20kaiserslautern&f=false 2nd edn., Volume 1, page 452], CLARE 2.
* http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#Richarddied1272
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==Biography==
'''Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall'''
: Birth: 05 JAN 1209 Winchester, Hampshire
: Death: : 02 APR 1272 Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire
: Burial: 13 Apr 1272 Abbey, Hailes, Gloucestershire
===Death and burial of Richard, Earl of Cornwall===(Royal Tombs of Medieval England) The younger brother of Henry III, Richard of Cornwall died at Berkhamsted in April 1271 and was buried at Hailes Abbey which is northeast of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. His heart was buried beside his third wife Beatrice before the high altar in the Franciscan church, Oxford, beneath a 'sumptuous pyramid of wonderful workmanship.'
Additional notes about Hailes Abbey. (Royal Tombs of Medieval England) Hailes was a Cistercian house which Richard founded in 1246 as a cell to his father King John's foundation at Beaulieu Abbey. Hailes had its own relic of the Holy Blood, presented in 1270 by Richard's son, Edmund, who was also buried there together with Richard's second wife, Sanchia of Provence (d.1261), and other sons, Henry of Almayne (d.1271) and Sir Richard de Cornwall (d.1296). Henry, murdered at Viterbo, had a separate heart burial in the Confessor's Chapel at Westminster. In the late 13th century Hailes was the most senior of a series of aristocratic mausolea. There are no records of the Hailes tombs, which were probably destroyed following the surrender of the abbey to the crown in 1539. Excavations at Hailes in 1900 did find some stone effigy fragments in the south presbytery aisle bearing the arms of Cornwall.
Heart burials. (Royal Tombs of Medieval England) Richard of Cornwall's first wife, Isabella Marshal (d.1240), was buried at Beaulieu Abbey and had a heart burial at Tewksbury Abbey.
===Titles===
* Count of Poitou
* 1st Earl of Cornwall
* 1257: King of the Romans
==Sources==
* Royal Tombs of Medieval England M. Duffy 2003 p. 20, 22, 23, 72-74
* Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 451-460
* Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. II page 298
[[Wikipedia: Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall]]
Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=PA452&dq=richardson+magna+carta+llandaff+kaiserslautern&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sCRjVLLvIMLy7Aaox4H4Cw&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=richardson%20magna%20carta%20llandaff%20kaiserslautern&f=false 2nd edn., Volume 1, page 452], CLARE 2.
* http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#Richarddied1272
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Events
| Birth | Aft 5 Jan 1209 | Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 30 Mar 1231 | , Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England - Isabel "Countess of Glouster and Hertford, Cornwall and Poitou" Marshal | |||
| Death | Abt Apr 1272 | Berkhamstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England | |||
| Reference No | 131706 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Isabel "Countess of Glouster and Hertford, Cornwall and Poitou" Marshal (1200 - 1240) |
| Child | Isabel Plantagenet (1233 - 1241) |
| Child | Henry Plantagenet (1235 - 1271) |
| Father | John Plantagenet (1166 - 1216) |
| Mother | Isabelle Angoulême (1188 - 1246) |