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Personal data Baldwin de Reviers , 1st Earl of Devon 

• Also known as 01st Earl of /Devon/, Baldwin de Reviers.
• He was born about 1102 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.
• He died on June 4, 1155 in Exeter, Devonshire, England.Source 1
• He is buried in Quarr Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England.
• A child of Richard Seigneur de Reviers and Adelise Peverel
• A child of Richard Seigneur de Reviers and Adelise Peverel
• This information was last updated on April 9, 2023.

Household of Baldwin de Reviers , 1st Earl of Devon

He has/had a relationship with Adelise (Lucia) de Baalun.

Child(ren):

1. Alice de Reviers  ± 1120-???? 
2. Richard de Reviers  ± 1124-1162 
3. Hawise de Reviers  ± 1126-???? 
4. Matilda (Eva) de Reviers  1133-???? 
5. William de Reviers  ± 1140-1217 
6. Eva de Reviers  ± 1141-???? 
7. Maud de Reviers  ± 1142-???? 

Notes about Baldwin de Reviers , 1st Earl of Devon

Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Reviers, Vernon,and Nehou (all in Normandy), supported the Empress Maud against KingStephen in the period known as the Anarchy following the death of Henry Iand was by her created Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers wassubsequently corrupted to Redvers. As well as holding the Earldom ofDevon the de Revierses were Lords of the Isle of Wight. [Burke's Peerage]

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EARLDOM OF DEVON (I) 1141

BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. On the rumour ofthe King's
death, in April 1136, he was one of the first to break into revolt.Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by theKing, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving up thecastle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, took possession ofthe island, and drove him, with his wife and children, into exile. Hetook refuge at the Court of the Count of Anjou, and soon afterwardsconducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Lent 1138 he was takenprisoner in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, a partisan of King Stephen. Hereturned to England in -the autumn of 1139, shortly before the arrival ofthe Empress Maud, and, landing at Wareham, seized the castle of Corfe.This he defended successfully against the King, forcing him eventually toraise the siege. By the Empress he was created EARL OF DEVON, probably in1141, and certainly before Midsummer in that year. He married Adelise. Hedied 4 June 1155, and was buried (as was his said wife) in Quarr Abbey,which he had founded in 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (transcribed byDave Utzinger)]

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Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the demise ofKing Henry I, espousing the cause of the Empress Maud, took up arms andimmediately fortified his castle of Exeter and the Isle of Wight; but,being besieged by King Stephen, he was obliged to surrender the castleand all his other possessions and to withdraw with his family from thekingdom. We find him, however, soon again returning and in the enjoymentof the Earldom of Devon; but, like his father, generally styled Earl ofExeter, from residing in the city, His lordship m. Lucia, dau. of Dru deBalun, and had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surnamed deVerdon; and Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by his son, Richard deRedvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, BaronsCourtenay, Earls of Devon]

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