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Earl Of Cornwall Richard Plantagenet [Parents] was born 5 Jan 1208/1209 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England. He died 2 Apr 1272 in Berkhamsted or Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England and was buried UNKNOWN in Hayles Abbey, Worcester Cathedral. Richard married Beatrix Van Valkenburg.
Richard 2 Apr 1272 Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England. He was employed 1227 in Earl of Cornwall, Crusader, Emperor Elect. He was employed 1225 in Earl of Poictiers. He was employed 1256 in King of the Romans. He BET 1257 AND 1272 Candidate non-dynastic Emperor. He 1256 Elected King of the Romans and Almaine. He 30 May 1227 Aix-la-Chapelle (now Aachen) as Emperor. He joined religion 1239 in Crusader at the Sixth Crusade. He 30 May 1227 Prince; created Earl of Poictiers in 1225. Earl Of Cornwall. He Elected King of the Romans & Of Almaine 1556..
Other marriages:
Marshall, Isabella Countess of Cornwall
Valletort, Joan
Provence, Sancha Countess Of
Some sources (ie Weir) list his death at Berkhampstead Castle in
Hertfordshire, England and buried in Hayles Abbey.
(http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/royalty/earla-m.html): "Richard, Earl of
Cornwall, and titular Emperor of the Romas, was second son of John, King
of England, and his queen, Isabella, and was born at Winchester in 1209.
After serving with distinction in France, he went, about 1240, to
Palestine, where his presence, as nephew of the formidable Richard Coeur
de Lion gave courage to the Christians and filled the Saracens with
terror. On his return he had an interview with the Emperor Frederick II.
in Sicily, and by his desire attempted to mediate between him and the
Pope, Gregory IX.; but unsuccessfully. He arrived in England in 1242;
again served in France; mediated more than once between Henry III. and
the barons, against whom he ultimately fought; was charged by the king,
in 1255, to torture and extort money from the Jews, by which means he got
much of his wealth; and in 1256 he accepted the title of King of the
Romans, offered him after the death of William, Count of Holland. He had
a rival, however, in Alfonso of Castile, who was chosen by some of the
electors. Richard was crowned at Aix-la-Chapelle (now Aachen), with his
wife, Sanchia, in May, 1257, and won golden opinions by his prodigal
gifts and expenditure. He returned to England after two years, but
several times revisited Germany and exercised authority in some respects
as Emperor. He took part on the king's side at the battle of Lewes, and
was captured, and kept prisoner more than a year. The assassination of
his eldest son, Henry, a prince of great promise, by the sons of Simon de
Montfort, at Viterbo, in 1271, deeply affected him, and he died at
Berkhampstead in April, 1272. His body was interred in the abbey of
Hayles, which he had founded."
Elected King of the Romans & Of Almaine 1556. Some say married May 13, 1231.
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