Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon
Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon (* January 1, 1236, † 1262 before September 13th in France) was an English nobleman in the 13th century. He was the son of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon and Amice de Clare. Earl of Devon and Lord of the Isle of Wight he was from 1245th
On January 29, 1256 or 1257 he rendered fealty. In 1257 he married Margaret of Savoy, daughter of Count Thomas I of Savoy and Joanna of Flanders. Baldwin's marriage was in 1252 agreed with Peter of Savoy, Earl of Richmond since 1241 ( and from 1263, Count of Savoy ), with Peter 's wife among the cousins of Queen Eleanor, wife of Henry III. and his own niece should pick and choose, and he chose for his niece Margaret.
The relatives who received Baldwin through this marriage were:
- The brothers Peters: Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of England 1241-1270,
- Philip of Savoy, Archbishop of Lyon and Primate of France 1246-1267,
- Beatrice of Savoy, 1247-1266 wife of King Manfred of Sicily
- Margaret of Provence, 1234-1270 wife of King Louis the Saint of France
- Eleanor of Provence, 1236-1272 wife of King Henry III. of England
- Sancha of Provence, 1243-1261 wife of Richard of Cornwall, 1257-1272 Roman- German King
- Beatrice of Provence, 1246-1267 wife of Charles of Anjou, King of Sicily 1266
With Baldwin's death, the young family Redvers became extinct in the male line. The county of Devon and the Isle of Wight were transferred to his sister Isabel. Baldwin de Redvers, who died at the age of 26 years in France, when he accompanied the king was buried in the family tomb in Breamore Priory. His widow remarried in 1269 Sir Robert Aguillon of Watton, Hertfordshire († February 15, 1285 /86). She died shortly before 14 May 1292nd The couple had a son, John, who died as a child.
See also: House Redvers
Source
- George Edward Cokayne: The Complete Peerage, Volume IV, pp. 311ff.
Itemization
- Earl of Devon
- House Redvers
- Born in 1236
- Died in 1262
- Man