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Birth:          ABT 1110 Denestanville, Normandy
Death:          1 Jul 1175 Chertsey, Surrey, England
Burial:         Reading Abbey, Reading, England

Notes
b abt 1110/5
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_de_Dunstanville,_1st_Earl_of_Cornwall
Reginald de Dunstanville (c. 1110 – 1 July 1175) (alias Reginald FitzRoy, Rainald, 
etc., French: Renaud de Donstanville or de Dénestanville), was an Anglo-Norman 
nobleman and an illegitimate son of King Henry I (1100-1135). He became Earl of 
Cornwall and High Sheriff of Devon.
Origins[edit]

Reginald was born in Dénestanville in the Duchy of Normandy, an illegitimate son of 
King Henry I (1100-1135) by his mistress Sybilla Corbet, a daughter and co-heiress of 
Sir Robert Corbet lord of the manor of Alcester, Warwickshire,[1] who was at some 
time the wife of "Herbert the King's Chamberlain".[2] Reginald's sister was Rohesia, 
wife of Henry de Pomeroy (died c.1135), feudal baron of Berry Pomeroy in Devon.[3]

Career[edit]

Reginald was invested with the Earldom of Cornwall by his first cousin (by blood) King 
Stephen (1135-1154), son of Henry I's sister Adela, Countess of Blois. He later 
supported Stephen's enemy and claimant of the English throne, the Empress Matilda, 
only legitimate daughter of Henry I, and thus by order of Stephen he forfeited his lands 
and honours. In about 1173 he granted a charter to his free burgesses of Truro in 
Cornwall, and addressed his meetings at Truro to "All men both Cornish and English" 
suggesting a differentiation of nations. He served as High Sheriff of Devon from 1173
-1174.

Marriage & progeny[edit]

He married Mabel FitzRichard, daughter of William FitzRichard, a substantial 
landholder in Cornwall, by whom he had the following progeny:
Nicholas de Dunstanville (1136–1175).
Hawyse (or Denise) de Dunstanville (1138–21 April 1162), wife of Richard de Redvers, 
2nd Earl of Devon.
Maud FitzRoy de Dunstanville of Cornwall (b. 1143, Dunstanville, Kent, England), wife 
of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan.
Ursula de Dunstanville (b. 1145), wife of Walter de Dunstanville, Lord Castlecomb.
Sarah de Dunstanville (b. 1147), wife of Ademar V, Viscount of Limoges.
Reginald de Dunstanville (b. c. 1152).
Joan FitzRoy (b. c. 1150), wife of Ralph de Valletort, feudal baron of Trematon in 
Cornwall.

Illegitimate progeny[edit]

He also had illegitimate children by his mistress Beatrice de Vaux (also known as de 
Valle), later the wife of William Brewer:
Henry FitzCount (d. 1222), Sheriff of Cornwall and Earl of Cornwall.
William FitzCount.

Death & burial[edit]

He died at Chertsey, Surrey, and was buried in Reading Abbey.

Parents
____ Henry I "Beauclerc" (1070 - 1 Dec 1135)
DE CORBET Sibyl (ABT 1092 - AFT 1157)

Siblings
DE DUNSTANVILLE Reginald (ABT 1110 - 1 Jul 1175)
FITZ HERBERT Rohese (ABT 1114 - )

Marriage To DE VAUX Beatrice (ABT 1160 - 24 Mar 1217)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE VAUX Herbert (ABT 1142 - 1165)
____ Grace (ABT 1143 - )

Children by DE VAUX Beatrice ABT 1160 - 24 Mar 1217
FITZ COUNT Henry (BEF 1175 - 1222)

Marriage To FITZ RICHARD Mabel (ABT 1114 - 1162)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
FITZ RICHARD William (ABT 1085 - AFT 1130)
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Children by FITZ RICHARD Mabel ABT 1114 - 1162
DE DUNSTANVILLE Maud (ABT 1148 - )
FITZROY Joan (ABT 1150 - )

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