'Redvers1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Redvers of Devon, Redvers of the Isle of Wight, Redvers of Okehampton

                               
BE1883 identifies Richard de Redvers as son of Baldwin de Brionne of Okehampton. However TCP, reports "His parentage is unknown, but he has been conjectured to have been (son and heir) of" ...
William de Vernon possibly father of ...
1. Richard de Redvers, Sn de Reviers, Vernon and Nemou, '1st Earl of Devon, Earl of Exeter' (d 08.09.1107)
  (1) BE1883 identifies Richard as the 1st Earl of Devon, and suggests that he was generally known as 'Earl of Exeter', but TCP specifically refutes this. However, as the numberings of the Earls used by BE1883 appear to be more commonly used than the numberings used by TCP, we show both.
(2) BE1883 identifies his wife as Adeliza, daughter of William FitzOsborne, Earl of Hereford. TCP identifies her as ...
m. Adelise Peverel (a 1156, dau of William Peverel of Nottingham, the elder)
  A. Baldwin de Redvers 'Vernon', 1st/2nd Earl of Devon (d 04.06.1155)
  BE1883 identifies his wife as Lucia, daughter of Dru de Balun. TCP names her as ...
  m. Adelise
  i. Richard de Redvers 'Vernon', 2nd/3rd Earl of Devon, Lord of the Isle of Wight (d 21/7.04.1162)
  m. Denisa / Dinoysia / Hawise of Cornwall (dau of Rainald de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall)
  a. Baldwin de Redvers, 3rd/4th Earl of Devon, Lord of the Isle of Wight (dsp 05.1188)
  m. Denise de Deols (d 1221, dau of Raoul, Prince de Deols)
  b. Richard de Redvers, 4th/5th Earl of Devon, Lord of the Isle of Wight (dsp by 1193)
  m. Emma or Gieva (sister of Robert de Pont de l'Arche)
c. Avis de Redvers probably of this generation
  m. Sir Hugh Worth of Worth
  ii. William de Redvers de Vernon, 5th/6th Earl of Devon, Lord of the Isle of Wight (d 08/10.09.1217)
  m. Mabel de Mellent (a 05.1204, dau of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Mellent)
  a. Baldwin de Redvers 'Vernon' (b after 28.04.1200, dvp 01.09.1216)
m. Margaret FitzGerold (dau of Warine FitzGerold, m2. Faukes de Breaute)
  (1) Baldwin de Redvers, 6th/7th Earl of Devon, Lord of the Isle of Wight (b c1214, d 15.02.1244/5)
  m. (1226) Amicia de Clare (dau of Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 1st Earl of Gloucester)
  (A) Baldwin de Redvers, 7th/8th Earl of Devon, Lord of the Isle of Wight (b 01.01.1235/6, dsps 1262)
  m. (1257) Margaret de Savoie (dau of Thomas de Savoy, Count of Savoy, Flanders, Hainaut, etc)
  (B) Margaret de Redvers (nun)
(C) Isabel de Redvers, Countess of Devon (b 07.1237, d 10.11.1293)
  m. William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle (d 23.05.1260)
  b. Joane de Redvers (dsp)
  m1. William Brewere
  m2. Hubert de Burgh, Chamberlain
  c. Mary de Redvers
  m1. Robert de Courtenay of Okehampton (d 26.07.1242)
  Ancestors of the Courtenay Earls of Devon.
  m2. Peter Prouz of Eastervale
  iii. Maud de Redvers H
  m. Ralph Avenill H
  iv. Eva de Redvers identified in a web site (see Nevill05)
m. Anschetil de Grey
  B. William de Redvers, Sn de Vernon
  m. Lucy de Tancarville (dau of William de Tancarville, the Chamberlain)
  i. Richard de Vernon (a 1196)
  m. Lucy
  a. Richard de Vernon had issue
  m. Elizabeth
  ii. Baldwin de Vernon
  C. Hubert de Vernon
  D. Robert de Redvers of Ste. Mere- Eglise
  E. Hadewise de Redvers
  m. William de Romare, Earl of Lincoln (a 1118, 1152)

Main source(s): TCP (Devon), BE1883 (Courtenay of Devon) with input from TCP (vol IV, appendix I)
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