Earl Richard OF CORNWALL

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Richard of Cornwall Plantaganet, Earl of Cornwall, King of Romans and Almiane (Germany), 1256. He was born January 5, 1209, youngest son of King John. He was made Earl of Cornwall and Count of Poictou, 1225. He refused the Empire in 1250. He married (1) Isabel Marshal, daughter of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and widow of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester. He died in 1272.

He married (2) Sanchia, 3rd daughter and co-heir of Raymond Berenger V., Count of Provence and his wife, Beatrix of Savoy. Sanchia was the sister of Queen of England, Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III., the sister of the Queen of France, Margaret of Provence, wife of Louis IX., and the sister of Beatrice, wife of Charles of Anjou, who was the brother of Louis IX.

Richard married Isabela MARSHAL. Isabela (daughter of Sir William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel DE CLARE, Countess of Pembroke) was born on 9 Oct 1200; died on 17 Jan 1240. [Group Sheet]

Richard married Sanchia of BERENGER in 1243. Sanchia (daughter of Ramon IV of Berenguer COUNT OF PROVENCE and Beatrice DE SAVOY) was born in 1228; died in 1261. [Group Sheet]