~ the battle for England between Stephen of Blois and Matilda The Empress ~

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22 July 2010

Biographies: Reginald, Earl of Cornwall

• Reginald, 1st Earl of Cornwall - Beatrice FitzRichard

Reginald de Dunstanville
Birth: c. 1110, Kent
Death: 1175, Surrey
Burial: Reading Abbey
Father: Henry I
Mother: Sybil Corbet
Marriage: Beatrice FitzRichard
Children:
Nicholas
Hawise (Denise)
Maud
Ursula
Emma
Sarah
Henry

NOTES: Reginald was another illegitimate son of King Henry I and had married Beatrice FitzRichard, the daughter of William FitzRichard, who held fiefdoms in Cornwall. He was granted the title of Earl of Cornwall in April, 1141, and was present at the rout of Winchester, during which Robert of Gloucester was captured, and led the advance guard which protected Matilda, The Empress.

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