Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall

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Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall, was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and illegitimate son of King Henry I of England who became a prominent regional magnate and royal supporter during the civil war known as The Anarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Norman nobleman ⓘ
earl ⓘ
illegitimate royal offspring ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
allegiance Angevin dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Anjou
alsoKnownAs Rainald de Dunstanville ⓘ
Reginald Fitz Henry ⓘ
linked to: Reginald fitzRoy

Reginald fitzRoy ⓘ
appointedBy Empress Matilda ⓘ
birthDate circa 1110 ⓘ
burialPlace Reading Abbey ⓘ
linked to: Reading Abbey ruins
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1 July 1175 ⓘ
deathPlace Chertsey, Surrey, England ⓘ
linked to: Chertsey
era 12th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norman ⓘ
father Henry I of England ⓘ
givenName Reginald ⓘ
governedRegion Cornwall ⓘ
parts of Devon ⓘ
parts of Somerset ⓘ
heldOffice sheriff in the West Country (various shires) ⓘ
heldTitleFrom circa 1141 ⓘ
heldTitleUntil 1175 ⓘ
illegitimacyStatus acknowledged illegitimate son of Henry I of England ⓘ
language Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Latin ⓘ
loyalty Empress Matilda ⓘ
Henry II of England ⓘ
militaryConflict The Anarchy ⓘ
mother Sybil Corbet ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Normandy ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
notableFor consolidating royal authority in the southwest of England ⓘ
supporting the Angevin cause against King Stephen ⓘ
ordinalOfTitle 1st Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role regional magnate in Cornwall ⓘ
royal supporter during The Anarchy ⓘ
sibling Maud FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany ⓘ
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester ⓘ
William de Tracy ⓘ
spouse Mabel FitzRichard ⓘ
Mabel de Redvers ⓘ
linked to: Margaret de Redvers
stepfather Hervey de Stafford ⓘ
linked to: Robert de Stafford
successor Earl of Cornwall title reverted to the Crown after his death ⓘ
supportedClaimant Empress Matilda in the English succession crisis ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Cornwall → notableHolder → Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Earldom of Cornwall → notableHolder → Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall → ordinalOfTitle → 1st Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
linked to: Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall