DEVON (REVIERS) EARLDOM

or REDVERS

[VERN351] Seigneur Richard de Reviers & Vernon m. [PEVE363] Adelaise Peverel

. [REVI361] Earl Baldwin of Devon m1. [BAAL362] Adelaise de Baalun

. . [REVI372] Mathilda of Devon m. [GREY441] Anchitel de Grey of Thurrock

. . [REVI373] Adelise de Reviers m. [NONA361] Roger de Nonant

. . [REVI371] Earl William of Devon m. [WORC382] Mabel of Meulan

. . . [REVI382] Mary of Devon m2. [COUR381] Robert de Courtenay of Okehampton

29. [REVI361] Baldwin de Reviers (son & heir of [VERN351] Richard de Vernon, see VERNON) married 1. [BAAL362] Adelaise de Baalun (see BAALUN), died 1146; then 2. (c.1153-55) ?Lucy (widow of Earl Gilbert of Hertford, died without issue, 1153). He was 4th Lord of the Isle of Wight, became 1st Earl of Devon (1141), and died 4th June 1155.

26. [REVI372] Mathilda de Reviers (daughter of Baldwin & Adelaise) married [GREY441] Anchitel de Grey (see WILTON (GREY) BARONY).
28. [REVI373] Adelise de Reviers (daughter of Baldwin & Adelaise) married [NONA361] Roger de Nonant (see NONANT).

26. [REVI371] William de Reviers (3rd and only surviving son of Baldwin & Adelaise), Lord of the Isle of Wight, married [WORC388] Mabel (daughter of [WORC371] Robert II de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, see WORCESTER (BEAUMONT) EARLDOM). He became 5th Earl of Devon (1193, succeeding his nephew the 4th Earl).

The Earls of Devon, as feudal Lords of Christchurch, held the Constable's House there (c.1160) near the castle. The house has a rare example of an original Norman chimney, in near-perfect condition.

(31 August 2001)

William died [8th/10th] September 1217.

25. [REVI382] Mary de Reviers (only daughter of William) married 1. Pierre de Preaux; then 2. (c.1209) [COUR381] Sir Robert de Courtenay (born c.1183, see COURTENAY).