Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall

Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall (circa 1110, Dunstanville, Kent, England – 1 July 1175, Chertsey, Surrey, England), Sheriff of Devon, Earl of Cornwall, was an illegitimate son of Henry I of England and Lady Sybilla Corbet.

Reginald had been invested with the Earldom of Cornwall by King Stephen of England, but having afterwards taken up the cause of the Empress Matilda, his sister, he forfeited his lands and honours. Around 1173 he granted a charter to his free bugesses of Triueru, and he addressed his meetings at Truro to All men both Cornish and English suggesting a continuing differentiation.

Family and children

He married Beatrice FitzRichard, daughter of William FitzRichard and had the following children:

1. Nicholas de Dunstanville(1136, Cornwall, England – 1175).
2. Hawyse de Dunstanville (1138, Cornwall, England – 21 April 1162). Married Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon.
3. Maud FitzRoy de Dunstanville of Cornwall (b. 1143, Dunstanville, Kent, England). Married Sir Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan.
4. Ursula de Dunstanville (b. 1145, Cornwall, England). Married Walter de Dunstanville Lord Castlecomb.
5. Sarah de Dunstanville (b. 1147, Cornwall, England). Married Ademar, Viscount of Limoges.
6. Beatrice de Vaux (b. 1149, Stoke, Devonshire, England). Married William de Briwere II, Lord Horsley.
7. Reginald de Dunstanville (b. ca 1152).

He also had illegitimate children:

1. Henry FitzCount, Sheriff of Cornwall, Earl of Cornwall (d. 1222).
2. William FitzCount.

Sources

• Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr. The Children of Reginald de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall. TAG 29 (June 1953):13-17; 31 (April 1955):118.