Editing Richard of Cornwall (section)

==Wives and progeny==
Richard of Cornwall married three times and had six legitimate children, none of whom themselves had children, and he also had illegitimate progeny:

===First wife===

Richard married first, on 30 March 1231 at [[Fawley, Buckinghamshire]], to [[Isabel Marshal]] (d. 1240) was the daughter of [[William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke]], by his wife [[Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke|Isabel de Clare]], who in turn was daughter of Sir [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke|Richard "Strongbow" de Clare]] and [[Aoife MacMurrough]]. Isabel Marshal died on 17 January 1240 while giving birth at [[Berkhamsted Castle]] and was buried at [[Beaulieu Abbey]]. By Isabel Marshal he had four children, of whom only one reached adulthood:<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Harvnb|Richardson|2011a|pp=566–571}}</ref>
*John of Cornwall (31 January 1232 – 22 September 1232), born and died at [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire]], buried at [[Reading Abbey]].
*Isabel of Cornwall (c. 9 September 1233 – 6 October 1234), born and died at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, buried at Reading Abbey.
*[[Henry of Almain|Henry of Cornwall]] (2 November 1235 – 13 March 1271). Known as "Henry of [[Names of Germany#Names from Alemanni|Almain]]" (Germany). He was buried at [[Hailes Abbey]] in [[Gloucestershire]]. He had no children.
*Nicholas of Cornwall (b. & d. 17 January 1240 at Berkhamsted Castle), died shortly after birth; buried at Beaulieu Abbey with his mother.

===Second wife===

Richard's second marriage took place nearly four years after the death of his first wife. His new bride, whom he married in [[Westminster Abbey]] on 23 November 1243, was [[Sanchia of Provence]] ({{circa|1225}} – 9 November 1261), the third of four daughters of [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence]], by his wife [[Beatrice of Savoy]]. She was a younger sister of the Queens of France and England, while the youngest sister would later become Queen of Sicily. The match was arranged by Sanchia's elder sister [[Eleanor of Provence]], wife of Richard's elder brother King [[Henry III of England]]. Sanchia died on 9 November 1261 at [[Berkhamsted Castle]] and was buried 15 November in [[Hailes Abbey]] in [[Gloucestershire]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Goldstone|first1=Nancy|title=Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters who ruled Europe|date=2007|publisher=Viking|location=New York|isbn=978-0-670-03843-5|pages=217}}</ref> By Sanchia of Provence, Richard had a further two sons:<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*unnamed son (Jul 1246 – 15 Aug 1246), died in infancy.
*[[Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall]] (26 December 1249 – before 25 September 1300), usually styled ''Edmund of Almain''. Edmund married Margaret de Clare (1250 – shortly before November 1312), daughter of [[Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester]], but by her had no children.

[[File:Valkenberg window.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Beatrice of Falkenburg]], Richard's third wife, shown as Queen of the Romans in a 13th-century depiction]]

===Third wife===
The third marriage of Richard was to [[Beatrice of Falkenburg]], said to be one of the most beautiful women of her time. Her father, Dietrich I, Count of Falkenburg, of [[Valkenburg Castle]] in the Netherlands, was a supporter of Richard's claim to the throne of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. The two men fought on the same side in a battle, at which time Richard met Beatrice and grew besotted by her. They married on 16 June 1269 at [[Kaiserslautern]], when she was about fifteen years old while he was in his sixty-first year and his youngest child was only four years older than Beatrice. Richard doted on his young wife, and she had a high regard for him, but they produced no children.<ref name="Richardson I 2011 567">{{Harvnb|Richardson|2011a|p=567}}</ref> Beatrice survived Richard by only five years and never married again. She died on 17 October 1277 and was buried before the high altar at the Church of the [[Friars Minor|Grey Friars]] in [[Oxford]].<ref name="Richardson I 2011 567"/>

===Illegitimate children===
Richard had several documented out-of-wedlock children. One of Richard's mistresses was Joan de Vautort, widow of Ralph de Vautort<ref name="Pole, p.309">{{harvnb|Pole|1791|p=309}}</ref> (d. 1267), [[feudal baronies in Devonshire|feudal baron of Harberton]], Devon{{sfn|Pole|1791|p=21}} and [[feudal barony of Trematon|Trematon]], Cornwall. Joan later married Sir Alexander Okeston, [[lord of the manor]] of [[Modbury]] in Devon, a part of the Vautorts' [[feudal baron]]y of Harberton that had been granted him by Roger de Vautort.<ref name="Pole, p.309"/> Joan bore Alexander a son and heir, Sir James Okeston.<ref name="Vivian 1531, p.160">[[John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]], (Ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620'', Exeter, 1895, p. 160, pedigree of Champernowne</ref>

By Joan de Vautort or other mistresses, the Earl of Cornwall had at least three sons and a daughter as follows:<ref>{{Harvnb|Richardson|2011a|pp=573–574}}. An additional daughter, Isabel, who received a grant from King Henry III in which she was called "niece", has been attributed to Earl Richard. However, Cecil G. Savile, ''The House of Cornwall'', pp. 37–40, shows this to be chronologically impossible, and suggests that this Isabel was Henry's niece only in the half-blood, being granddaughter of the second marriage of his mother [[Isabella of Angoulême]] with [[Hugh X of Lusignan]].</ref>
* Philip of Cornwall, a priest.
* Sir Richard of Cornwall, who received a grant from his half-brother [[Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall]] (d. 1300), in which he was called "brother". He married Joan, allegedly daughter of [[John Fitzalan (1246–1272)|John Fitzalan III]], and by her had three sons and a daughter. He was slain by an arrow at the [[Sack of Berwick (1296)|Siege of Berwick]] in 1296. His daughter Joan of Cornwall married Sir John Howard, from whom the [[Howard family]], [[Duke of Norfolk|Dukes of Norfolk]], are descended.<ref>{{Harvnb|Richardson|2011a|pp=574–575}}; {{Harvnb|Richardson|2011b|p=265}}</ref>
* Sir Walter of Cornwall, who received a grant of the royal manor of [[St Stephen-in-Brannel|Brannel]], Cornwall,<ref>Pridham, T.L., Devonshire Celebrities, (regarding the ancestry of the Cornwall family of Brannell), pp 12–17</ref> from his half-brother Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall, in which he was called "brother". He was ancestor of the Cornwalls of Branell.
* Joan of Cornwall, daughter of Joan de Vautort, in 1283 received a grant from her half-brother Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall, in which she was called "sister".{{sfn|Pole|1791|p=309}}{{sfn|Risdon|1811|p=187}} The younger Joan married (1st) Richard de Champernoun and (2nd) Sir Peter de Fishacre of [[Combe Fishacre]] and [[Coleton Fishacre]], Devon,{{sfn|Pole|1791|p=274}} having no issue by the second. Her childless half-brother Sir James Okeston made her son (or grandson) Richard de Champernoun his heir.{{sfn|Pole|1791|p=309}}{{sfn|Risdon|1811|p=187}}