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Personal data Richard Plantagenet 1St Earl Of Cornwall 

  • He was born on January 5, 1209 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  • Title: 1St Earl Of Cornwall
  • Occupations:
    • on February 2, 1225 Knight.
    • on February 2, 1225 knighted by his brother, King Henry III.
    • in the year 1227 High Sheriff of Berkshire in Berkshire, England.
    • in the year 1227 made High Sheriff of Berkshire at age 8.
    • Privy Councillor.
  • (Title (Nobility) ) : Prince of England.
  • (Title (Nobility) ) from 1257 till 1272: King of the Romans.
  • (Title (Nobility) ) on February 2, 1225: Sir Knight.
  • (Title of Nobility ) on February 2, 1225: Knight.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1225 in Poitou, France: Count.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1225: Earl of Cornwall.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1225: created Earl of Cornwall.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1225: Count of Poitou.
  • (Title of Nobility ) on May 30, 1227 in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom: Earl.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1227 in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom: High Sheriff.
  • (Title of Nobility ) from 1225 till 1243: Count of Poitou.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1256 in Germany: King.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1256 in Aachen Cathedral: crowned King of Germany.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1257: King of Germany.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1257: King of the Romans.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in the year 1257 in Roman, Romania: King.
  • (Title of Nobility ) : Prince of England.
  • (Title of Nobility ) : Joint Guardian of England.
  • (Title of Nobility ) : King of the Romans.
  • (Title of Nobility ) : 1st Earl of Cornwall.
  • (Title of Nobility ) : Privy Councillor.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in England, United Kingdom: Joint Guardian.
  • (Title of Nobility ) in England, United Kingdom: Prince.
  • (Wealth ) in the year 1225 in Launceston, Cornwall, England: grant.
  • (Wealth ) in the year 1225 in Launceston, Cornwall, England: Granted the honour of Launceston, Cornwall, making him one of the wealthiest men in Europe.
  • (Land ) in the year 1225: Granted the honour of Launceston, Cornwall, making him one of the wealthiest men in Europe.
  • (granted the honour of Launceston, Cornwall, making him one of the wealthiest men in Europe ) in the year 1225.
  • (Mortain inheritance ) in the year 1227 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England: Berkhamsted Castle.
  • (Fact ) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard,_1st_Earl_of_Cornwall.
  • (Fact ) : https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56917002/richard_of-cornwall.
  • (Fact ) : https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-1st-Earl-of-Cornwall/6000000009453273205.
  • (Fact ) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_Cornwall.
  • (Fact ) in the year 1245: Richard founded Hailes Abbey to thank God after he had survived a shipwreck..
  • (Fact ) in the year 1227: Inherited Berkhamsted Castle.
  • (His brother King Henry III agreed that Berkhamsted Castle belonged to him, as part of his Mortain inheritance. ) in the year 1227 in Richard spent a lot of time in residence in the castle and is thought to have added a three-storey tower on the western curtain wall. He redeveloped it as a palatial residence, and made it the centre of the earldom's administration.
  • (founded Hailes Abbey in Gloucestershire ) in the year 1245: Richard founded the abbey to thank God after he had survived a shipwreck..
  • (Hailes Abbey ) from 1245 till 1246 in Gloucestershire, England: Founded the abbey.
  • (Military Service ) on May 14, 1264 in Lewes, Sussex, England.
  • (Military Service ) on May 14, 1264: defeated at the Battle of Lewes, and Berkhamsted Castle became his prison.
  • (Military Service ) on May 14, 1264 in Lewes, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
  • (Military Service ) : Lieutenant of Guienne.
  • (Cause+of+death ) December 1271: He had a stroke & his right side was paralysed and he lost the ability to speak. He lived about 5 more months. .
  • (Royal House ) : Plantagenet.
  • (Title %28Nobility%29 ) : 1st Earl of Cornwall.
  • He died on April 2, 1272 in Croft Ambrey, Herefordshire, England, he was 63 years old.
  • He is buried on April 13, 1272 in Hailes, Gloucestershire, England.
  • This information was last updated on August 14, 2019.

Household of Richard Plantagenet 1St Earl Of Cornwall

(1) He is married to Sanchia Berenger.

They got married on November 23, 1243 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England, he was 34 years old.


(2) He is married to Isabel Marshal.

They got married on March 30, 1231 at Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England, he was 22 years old.

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