Baldwin de REVIERS, 1ST EARL OF DEVON

Birth:
Abt 1102
Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Death:
4 Jun 1155
Burial:
Quarr, Quarr
Marriage:
Abt 1117
England
Sources:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 50-27
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles MosleyEditor-in-Chief, 1999, 832
Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the UnitedKingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, IV:311-2
Notes:
                   Name Suffix: 1st Earl Of Devon
1  NAME Baldwin De /Redvers/
2  GIVN Baldwin De
2  SURN Redvers
2  NSFX 1st Earl Of Devon


Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Reviers, Vernon, and Nehou (all in Normandy), supported the Empress Maud against King Stephen in the period known as the Anarchy following the death of Henry I and was by her created Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers was subsequently corrupted to Redvers.  As well as holdingthe Earldom of Devon the de Revierses were Lords of the Isle of Wight.  [Burke's Peerage]

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EARLDOM OF DEVON (I)

BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. On the rumour of the King's
death, in April 1136, he was one of the first to breakinto revolt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by the King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, took possession of the island, and drove him, with his wife and children, into exile. He took refuge at the Court of the Count of Anjou, and soon afterwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Lent 1138 he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to England in -the autumn of 1139,
shortly before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and, landing at Wareham, seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended successfully against the King, forcing him eventually to raise the siege. By the Empress he was created EARL OF DEVON, probably in 1141, and certainly before Midsummer in that year. He married Adelise. He died 4 June 1155, and was buried (as was his said wife) in Quarr Abbey, which he had founded in 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the demise of King Henry I, espousing the cause of the Empress Maud, took up arms and immediately fortified his castle of Exeter and the Isle of Wight; but, being besieged by KingStephen, he was obliged to surrender the castle and all his other possessions and to withdraw with his family from the kingdom. We find him, however, soon again returning and in the enjoyment of the Earldom of Devon; but, like his father, generally styled Earl of Exeter, from residing in the city, His lordship m. Lucia, dau. of Dru de Balun, and had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surnamed de Verdon; and Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by his son, Richardde Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls ofDevon]
                  
Adelise Lucia de BAALUN
Birth:
Abt 1115
England
Sources:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 50-27
Children
Marriage
1
Richard de REVIERS
Birth:
Abt 1118
Devonshire, England
Death:
Apr 1162
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1  NAME Earl Of /Devon/
2  GIVN Earl Of
2  SURN Devon
                  
2
Henry de REVIERS
Birth:
Abt 1123
Devonshire, England
Death:
Aft 1160
 
Marr:
 
3
Birth:
Abt 1126
Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Death:
4
Birth:
1133
Hocknorton, Oxfordshire, England
Death:
5
Eva de REVIERS
Birth:
Abt 1141
Exeter, Devonshire, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1  NAME Eva /Redvers/
2  GIVN Eva
2  SURN Redvers
                  
6
Maud de REVIERS
Birth:
Abt 1142
Chagford, Okehampton, Devonshire, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
William de VERNON, 5TH EARL OF DEVON
Birth:
1155
Exeter, Devonshire, England
Death:
8 Sep 1217
Christ Church, Exeter, Devonshire, England
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Name Suffix: 5th Earl Of Devon
Name Suffix: [EARL OF DEVON]/
Ancestral File Number: 9FPN-JV

William de Reviers or de Vernon, 5th Earl ofDevon of the 1141 creation and Lord of the Isle of Wight.  [Burkes' Peerage]

Note the difference between the 5th & 6th Earl (cited below) is that Burke's Peerage does not recognize that Richard Seigneur de Reviers was made the Earl of Devon and, even if he was made an Earl of Devon, the Earldom was created anewin 1141 by the Empress Maud, when she made Baldwin the 1st Earl of Devon of the 1141 creation.
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William de Redvers, surnamed Vernon, 6th Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the second coronation of King Richard I, was one of the four earls that carried the silken canopy, then being styled "Earl of the Isle of Wight." His lordship appears to have adhered steadily to King John, for we find that monarch in the 18th of his reign [1217-18] providing for the security of the earl's property against Louis of France, which, from his advanced age, he was unable to defend himself. He m. Mable, dau. of Robert, Earl of Mellent, by whom he acquired a considerable accession to his landed possessions, and had issue, Baldwin, Joan, and Mary. William, 6th Earl of Devon, d. 14 September, 1216, and was s. by his grandson, Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]
                  
8
Alice de VERNON
Birth:
Abt 1163
Exeter, Devonshire, England
Death:
1206
Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Devonshire, England
 
Marr:
 
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Baldwin de Reviers, 1st Earl of Devon - Adelise Lucia de Baalun

Baldwin de Reviers, 1st Earl of Devon was born at Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Abt 1102. His parents were Richard Seigneur de Reviers, Earl of Devon and Adelise Peverel.

He married Adelise Lucia de Baalun Abt 1117 at England . Adelise Lucia de Baalun was born at England Abt 1115 daughter of Dru de Baalon and Mrs. Dru 1052 Baalon .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Richard de Reviers born Abt 1118.
Henry de Reviers born Abt 1123.
Hawise de Reviers born Abt 1126.
Matilda (Eva) de Reviers born 1133.
Eva de Reviers born Abt 1141.
Maud de Reviers born Abt 1142.
William de Vernon, 5th Earl of Devon born 1155.
Alice de Vernon born Abt 1163.

Baldwin de Reviers, 1st Earl of Devon died 4 Jun 1155 .