23640580. King Richard of Cornwall & 23640581. Joan Valletort
1/5/1209,
Richard born in England, s/o 23638784.
King John & 23638785. Isabella of Angouleme.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
1216, King
Henry appointed his brother Richard as high sheriff of Berkshire.
1217,
Richard was sent to Corfe Castle when his mother returned to her homeland. He
was raised by a tutor. [His brother future King Henry III was sent to live with
William Marshall, the regent.]
1223,
Richard, with King Alexander II of Scotland – his brother-in-law, made a
pilgrimage to Canterbury.
1/5/1225,
Richard knighted by his brother King Henry III and made Earl of Cornwall –
location of tin mines which made him very wealthy.
1226,
Richard visited his sister Joanna, Queen of Scotland. While there he sought
[but did not receive] the hand of the sister of Alexander II.
11/8/1226, Louis IX succeeded as king of France.
1227-43,
Richard, Count of Poitou. Richard had taken a castle by force. King Henry had
told him to give it back. Richard invoked the Charter of Liberties and demanded
a judgement in front of his peers. King Henry ordered his arrest. Richard
gathered young earls in support of his claim that King Henry was trampling on
the Charter of Liberties. Henry, faced with a revolt, settled by giving Richard
lands in Brittany and Boulonge, which originally belonged to their mother.
~1230, Joan born
in England, 2nd d/o 47281162.
Sir Reginald de Valletort
& 47281163. Joan Basset.
1230,
Richard, for 1000 marks, accompanied King Henry on an invasion of France.
[––Richard
& Isabella Marshall––]
3/30/1231,
Richard married Isabella Marshall (19989529), widow of Gilbert de Clare. They
lived at Wallingford castle, Berkshire [now Oxfordshire.]
12/17/1233,
Pledges for the Bishop of Exeter having the custody of the land and heir of W.
d’Avranches: Earl Roger Bigod for 100m. …
R. earl of Cornwall for 100m. … Upon the
barony of the same bishop, 300 m., by the king. (S) FRsHIII.
5/25/1234,
Notification … restore to Ralph son and heir of Savary de Malo Leone … the king
has caused these letters patent to be made, sealed with his seal ; and for the
greater security … the seals of E. archbishop of Canterbury, … R. earl of
Cornwall and Poitou, the king’s brother, W. earl of Warwick, H. earl of
Hereford, Walter de Clifford, Philip de Albiniaco and William de Ferariis, son
and heir of W. earl of Ferrars … (S) CPRs.
1/25/1235,
Grant to Richard, count of Poitou and Cornwall, of the custody, during the
minority of the heirs, of the lands and castles of Brembe and La Cnappe, late
of John de Brausa, with the custody and marriage of the heirs. (S) CPRs.
10/26/1237, Grant, with the counsel of Earl Richard, the king’s
brother, … to J. earl of Lincoln and constable of Chester, … (S) CPRs.
3/12/1238,
Richard in Essex was with his sister Joanna, Queen of Scotland, when she died.
1/25/1238,
To. R. earl of Cornwall and Poitou. The king is sending him … and William de
Cantilupo, requesting … to give them credence to things which they will say
from him and to do them. (S) CPRs.
1238,
Richard, opposing King Henry in letting their widowed sister Eleanor marry
Simon de Montfort, returned to Henry’s side after receiving 6,000 marks in his
Paris account.
1/17/1239,
Isabella died; buried at Beaulieu Abbey.
[––Richard––]
6/10/1240, Richard joined the 6th crusade. He
stopped on the way in Paris and Provence [where he 1st met Sanchia
of Provence.]
10/8/1240,
Richard arrived at Acre; fighting no battles, but managing to negotiate for the
release of prisoners, and the burial of crusaders killed at a battle in Gaza in
1239. He also helped the Duke of Burgundy rebuild the defenses at Ascalon, and
secured Jerusalem for the Church.
6/1241,
Richard started his return trip home.
1241, On his
return trip from the Holy Land, Richard visited his sister Isabella, the
empress of Frederick II, in Sicily. [The last time a member of her family would
see her alive.]
1241, King
Louis IX invested his brother Alfonso as count of Poitou; beginning a
protracted battle over the rights.
1/7/1242,
Richard return to England; but his new reputation from his adventures had
preceeded him. However, plans were already in place to secure Poitou for
Richard, who did not know that Louis IX’s brother had been named Count of
Poitou, which title Richard had held. Part of the plan included Richard’s
marriage to Sanchia, sister of both the Queen of England, and the Queen of
France. Although Sanchia had been married by proxy to Raymond VII of Toulouse,
the marriage had never been consummated, and Raymond’s previous marriage had
never been annulled. Raymond also agreed to secure England’s support in the
coming war with France.
1/29/1242, At
the Great Council at called by King Henry III, Richard was unable to convince
the barons to pay for another French war.
1242,
Richard with his brother King Henry III invaded Poitou. The invasion was a
failure. King Henry would have been captured if Richard had not recognized the
knights he had freed from Arab prisons while on crusaded and convinced them to
let the defeated English army escape.
8/8/1242 at
Blaye, France, Charter to Giles de Cancellis, knight of R. count of Poitou and
Cornwall, the king’s brother, … whole land of Kanewedon, late of Eudo the
king’s brother, … co. Essex … Witnesses:- R. count of Poitou and Cornwall; S.
de Monteforti, earl of Leicester; John son of Geoffrey; Hugh de Vivona;
Nicholas de Molis; …
11/14/1243,
Queen Eleanor, her sister Sanchia, and their mother Beatrice of Savoy arrived
at Dover from Bordeaux.
[––Joan & Alex––]
Joan 1st
married to Sir Alexander Oakeston. (S) Magna Britannia, V3, 1814, P286.
[––Richard
& Sanchia––]
11/23/1243, Richard married Sanchia of Provence,
the sister of his brother Henry’s queen, Eleanor; and the sister of Margaret,
queen of King Louis IX of France. [Sanchia d/o 23638786. Count Raymond Berengar
IV & 23638787. Countess Beatrice de Savoia.]
8/14/1244 at
Newcastle on Tyne, Richard negotiated at truce between England and Scotland.
(S) CPRs.
1245, Joan’s
father died. (S) Historic Peerage of England, Nicolas, 1857, P485.
Fall/1246,
Richard conducted a large celebration for the birth of his first son by
Sanchia. [The child died a month later.]
1247,
Richard, now the wealthiest man in England, financed the reform of the coinage.
Richard established 17 mints where the peasantry had to bring their coins for
replacement.
Fall/1247,
King Henry sent Richard and Sanchia to Paris, just as King Louis was planning
to leave on crusade, to revisit the return of English fiefs in Normandy.
4/1250,
Richard, accompanied by Sanchia, 5 earls, 3 Bishops, and 40 armed knights
visited in secret with Pope Innocent in Lyon, France.
[––Richard
& Joan––]
~1251, Richard
took Joan as a mistress.
1251, King
Henry contracted with Richard to reform the coinage of Ireland. [With this and
his previous contract Richard was likely the richest private individual
living.]
1251, After
Charles of Anjou declined the kingdom of Sicily [today the souther part of
Italy], Richard was offered the crown by Pope Innocent.
1252,
Richard refused the Pope’s offer of the Sicilian crown. [King Henry accepted
for his son Edmund.]
7/3/1253,
King Henry leaving England to deal with a rebellion: “Whereas the king has
committed the governance of the realm of England and of the lands of Wales and
Ireland to Queen Eleanor with the counsel of his brother Richard, earl of
Cornwall, until his return from Gascony …”
8/10/1253,
Commission … to make partitions between the heirs of Randolf, sometime earl of
Chester, … Attested by Queen Eleanor and R. earl of Cornwall. (S) CPRs.
1254, Queen
Eleanor and the king's brother, Richard, announce in a letter to King Henry III
that they have convened the secular and religious magnates in order to procure
their aid, military and financial, for the king in Gascony, if he is attacked
by the King of Castile.
10/24/1255,
Order … to assess … upon the Jews of England … Richard of Cornwall besought the
king to send one of his men to Walingeford … to be present at the payment … (S)
CPRs.
1/28/1256,
William of Holland, who had ursuped the crown of Germany died. Richard started
a campaign to be given the crown. He would have to be elected by 7 regional
despots. The other candidate was Alphonso X of Castile. Because of Sanchia,
Richard had the support of France, the most powerful country of the time.
1256,
Richard loaned King Henry 4,000 marks.
12/26/1256,
at the Christmas court in London, Richard heard he had been elected and accepted
by the Pope. Richard had been elected by 3 German Electoral Princes known as
the “English party” [Cologne, Mainz, the Palatinate and Bohemia], which had
received at least 28,000 marks in bribes. Alfonso X of Castile had been
supported by Trier, Saxony, and Brandenburg.
4/29/1257,
Richard, Sanchia, sons Henry and Edmund, and a retinue of followers left from
Yarmouth in 48 large ships and 2 smaller ones.
5/27/1257 at
Aachen [Germany], Pope Alexander IV
crowned Richard “King of the Romans”. In a letter to Prince Edward,
Richard wrote that 3000 knights, 30 dukes and counts, 2 archbishops and 10
bishops were present.
1257-58,
Richard and Sanchia traveled around the area of Mainz.
1/1259,
Richard and Sanchia returned to England, landing at Dover, where they were met
by King Henry and Queen Eleanor.
1/23/1259 at
Canterbury, Richard took an oath before the baronage to uphold the Oxford
Provisions imposed on his brother King Henry.
12/1259 in
Paris, King Henry and King Louis signed an official peace treaty whereby Henry,
for money, would keep only Gascony in France as a fief, for which he would do
homage.
3/1260,
Richard of Cornwall sent a message to King Henry III, who was in France, to
return because of plots being made by the barons. When both lord Edward and the
earl of Gloucester, who were in opposition, brought forces to London, Richard
convinced the local authorities to let neither in. (S) Edward I, Prestwich,
1988.
4/1260,
Richard of Cornwall with the archbishop of Canterbury helped King Henry and his
son lord Edward reconcile.
6/1260,
Richard with Sanchia returned to Germany, hoping to become Emperor. He was not
well received. He decided it was best that her return to England.
By
10/24/1260, Richard was back in England.
12/1260,
Sanchia, very ill, remained at Berkhamsted castle while Richard celebrated
Christmas in London with the royal family.
10/1261,
Richard visited Sanchia at Berkhamsted castle where he was told she was dying.
11/9/1261,
Sanchia died; buried 6 days later at Hailes ; her uncles Peter and Boniface
attending. Queen Eleanor had a mass read for her sister at the Tower of London,
and held a memorial service in her honor at Westminster.
[––Richard––]
6/1262,
Richard returned to Germany.
2/1263,
Richard returned to England.
10/18/1263,
Grant to Richard, king of the Romans, of the wardship of the lands late of
Roger de Mowbray … saving to Dulcia late the wife of the said Roger her dower …
Witnesses :- W. de Valence, the king’s brother; R. le Bigod, earl of Norfolk
and marshal of England; Humphrey de Bohom, earl of Hereford and Essex; Robert
de Bruys; roger de Mortuo Mari; Alan la Zouche; Robert Agulon, and others. (S)
CPRs.
1264,
Richard joined his brother King Henry against Simon de Monfort in the Barons
Revolt.
5/14/1264,
Richard was captured at the battle of Lewes. He was found hiding in a windmill.
Richard was imprisoned at Kenilworth by Simon’s son Simon.
9/1265,
Richard released from captivity after Simon killed at the battle of Evesham.
10/29/1265,
Whereas Richard, king of Almain, the king’s brother, was taken at the conflict
at Lewes and imprisoned for a year and more … the king requests the tenants of
the said Richard their lord to give him such an aid for the relief of his said
goods, chattels, and debts, ... (S) CPRs.
12/1266,
Richard had Christmas with Henry and Eleanor at Northampton. He presented Simon
de Montfort, the son, to Henry and told how Simon had protected him from being
killed by the locals after Simon, the father, was defeated at Evesham.
8/1268,
Richard left England for Germany, residing at Worms.
6/16/1269 in
Germany, Richard married Beatrice of Falkenburg, daughter of Dietrich I, Count
of Falconburg.
8/1269,
Richard returned to England.
4/1270, At
parliament a request was made for aid to the crusaders. After discussion it was
decided the Richard’s decision would be binding. (S) Chronicles of the Age of
Chivalry, 2000, P104.
8/19/1270,
Lord Edward left his 3 small children in the care of his uncle Richard as he
and Eleanor went on crusade.
3/13/1271, A
report by Charles of Anjou was sent from Sicily telling Richard of the murder
of his son Henry.
12/12/1271,
Richard suffered a stroke which paralyzed his right side and left him unable to
speak.
4/2/1272,
Richard died in Berkhamsted castle, Hertfordshire; buried at Hayles Abbey with
Sanchia and son Henry. [7 months later his brother King Henry III would die.]
[––Beatrice––]
11/16/1272, King Edward I ascended to the throne while on
crusade.
10/17/1277,
Beatrice died, buried at the church of the Friars Minor, Oxford.
(S) Wadham
College, Oxford, Jackson, 1893. (S) 4 Queens, Goldstone, 2007. (S) The Dawn of
Constitution, Ramsay, 1908.
·
Following Richard’s death, and after a power
struggle, the crown of Germany went to a little-known local family, the Hapsburgs.
Children
of Richard and Isabella: [4 children, 1 surviving]
i. Henry of Almain, born 1234-5 in England.
5/28/1257,
Henry knighted by his father at Aachen.
Henry a
constant companion of his cousin Prince Edward, even attending him on the 8th
crusade.
5/21/1271,
Henry buried at Hailes next to Sanchia.
Children
of Richard and Sanchia:
i. Edmund of Almain, born 12/26/1249 in
Berkhampstead castle, England.
3/1271,
Edmund became heir when his older brother Henry died.
4/2/1272,
Edmund succeeded as Earl of Cornwall.
10/6/1272,
Edmund married Margaret de Clare, d/o Earl Richard de Clare &. Maud de
Lacy.
1290, Edmund
excommunicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1300,
Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall, died. [No children.]
Bef.
9/16/1312, Margaret died.
ii. Richard of Cornwall, born 1252 in England.
Richard
married Joan St. Owen.
1296,
Richard died at the siege of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Children
of Richard and a mistress:
i. Walter of Cornwall (30422194), born ~1253 in
England.
Walter named in multiple records has the half, or ‘base’ brother of
Edmund.
Children
of Richard & Joan:
i. Richard of Cornwall (11820290), born ~1255 in
England.
ii. Joanna Valletort (2495297), born ~1260 in
England.
1284-5, Joan, wife of Richard Champernoun, called sister by Edmund,
Earl of Cornwall, legit. son of the Earl Richard.
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