1st Earl of Cornwall Richard Plantagenet

1209 - 1272  (63 years)

• Name	Richard Plantagenet  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	1st Earl of Cornwall
  Birth	5 Jan 1209	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	Sixth Crusade, where he achieved success as a negotiator for the release of prisoners, and assisted with the building of the citadel in Ascalon
  		War-Crusade VI The Sixth Crusade started in 1228 as an attempt to regain Jerusalem. It began seven years after the failure of the Fifth Crusade. It involved very little actual fighting. The diplomatic maneuvering of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II resulted in the Kingdom of Jerusalem regaining control of Jerusalem and other areas for fifteen years.
  Death	2 Apr 1272	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I19746	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	King of England John Plantagenet,   b. 24 Dec 1166, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Queen Consort of England Isabella of Angoulême,   b. 19 Feb 1188, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 4 Jun 1246, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1200  [4]
  Family ID	F2567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess of Cornwall Isabel Marshall,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 17 Jan 1240, Hertfordshire, England (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	30 Mar 1231	Buckinghamshire, England
  Family ID	F7499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Jan 1209 - Winchester, Hampshire, England Marriage - 30 Mar 1231 - Buckinghamshire, England Death - 2 Apr 1272 - Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Coin-Richard Plantagenet, King of the Romans

  
  

  Wars & Battles

  War-Crusade VI The Sixth Crusade started in 1228 as an attempt to regain Jerusalem. It began seven years after the failure of the Fifth Crusade. It involved very little actual fighting. The diplomatic maneuvering of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II resulted in the Kingdom of Jerusalem regaining control of Jerusalem and other areas for fifteen years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S508] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;). Birth date: 1209 Birth place: Death date: 1272 Death place: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 [S984] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2003;). Birth date: 1220 Birth place: [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S809] Wikipedia: Isabella of Angouleme, Isabella of Angoulême. Isabella of Angoulême (French: Isabelle d'Angoulême, IPA: [izabɛl dɑ̃ɡulɛm]; c. 1186/1188 – 4 June 1246) was queen consort of England as the second wife of King John from 1200 until John's death in 1216. She was also suo jure Countess of Angoulême from 1202 until 1246. Isabella had five children by the king, including his heir, later Henry III. In 1220, Isabella married Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children. Some of Isabella's contemporaries, as well as later writers, claim that Isabella formed a conspiracy against King Louis IX of France in 1241, after being publicly snubbed by his mother, Blanche of Castile, for whom she had a deep-seated hatred. In 1244, after the plot had failed, Isabella was accused of attempting to poison the king. To avoid arrest, she sought refuge in Fontevraud Abbey, where she died two years later https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_Angoulême