Richard de Canville (nobleman, † 1176)

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Richard de Canville (also Camville or Chamville ) († 1176 ) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman.

origin

Richard de Canville came from an Anglo-Norman family, originally from Canville-les-Deux-Églises near Yvetot in Normandy . He owned, among other estates, a fiefdom that included the castle and town of Middleton Stoney and Godington in Oxfordshire and Avington in Berkshire .

Life

Canville was one of the leading barons in the household of King Stephen of Blois , whom he also served loyally during the controversy for the succession to the throne, known as the anarchy . The king thanked him with lands in Warwickshire and Essex, among others . After the succession controversy ended, Canville was also a loyal vassal of the new King Henry II from 1154. This rewarded him with the management of valuable estates at Little Stretton in Leicestershire and at King's Sutton in Northamptonshire . In 1156 Canville served as Berkshire Sheriff . In 1176 he belonged to the English embassy that traveled to Sicily to negotiate the terms of the marriage of the king's daughter Johanna with King Wilhelm II of Sicily . During this trip he died in Apulia .

Marriages and offspring

Canville was married twice. After the death of his first wife Alice, he married Millicent , the widow of Robert Marmion († 1143/4). She was a cousin of the queen widow Adelheid von Löwen and brought the estate of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire into the marriage. Canville had at least three sons. With Alice he had a son:

From his second marriage to Millicent, he had two other sons:

Canville had founded the Cistercian monastery Combe Abbey in Warwickshire in 1150 . He also made donations to other monasteries and churches. His main heir was his son from his first marriage, Gerard. His second son Richard inherited a smaller part of his estates, while his youngest son William married a daughter of Geoffrey de Marmion and in 1189 became lord of Llansteffan Castle in South Wales .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brian Golding: Canville, Gerard de (d. 1214). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ^ The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire: An Inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire. V. County of Carmarthen. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1917, p. 193
personal data
SURNAME Canville, Richard de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Camville, Richard de; Chamville, Richard de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1176