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1. de Reviers, Richard of Devon
   1. Peverel, Adelise
      1. of Vernon, Hubert
      2. of St. Mary Church, Robert
      3. de Redvers, Hadewise
      4. de Vernon de Reviers, William
      5. Redviers, Baldwin
         1. of Balun, Lucia
            1. de Redviers, Maud
            2. Redvers, Eva
            3. de Redvers, William
            4. de Redvers, Henry
            5. de Redvers, Richard

Ancestors

Source References

1. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I9715&style=TABLE
2. Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists
   1. • Page: Page: 50-27
3. Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
   1. • Page: Page: 832
      • Source text:

        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 holding the Earldom of Devon the de Revierses were Lords of the Isle of Wight.

         

4. G. E Cokayne: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom
   1. • Page: Page: IV:311-2
      • Source text:

        On the rumour of the King's death, in April 1136, he was one of the first to break into 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.

         

5. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I9715&style=TABLE
6. RCKarnes: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I17940 Carrie's Family Tree
   1. • Source text:

        ID: I17940
        Name: *Baldwin DE REDVERS
        Sex: M
        Death: 4 JUN 1155 in Quarr, Isle of Wight 1
        Occupation: BET 1100 AND 1107 2nd Earl of Devon 1
        Note:
        2nd Earl of Devon
        Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This Earl upon the demise of King Henry I, espousing the cause of Henry's daughter Maud or Matilda (who had married Henry, Emperor of Germany and thus called Empress Maud, who married later Geoffrey Plantagenet and they were parents of Henry II), took up arms immediately and fortified his castle at Exeter and the Isle of Wight; but being besieged by King Stephen (son of Henry I's sister Adela and Stephen of Blois, Crusader), he was obliged to surrender the castle and all his other possessions and to withdraw and go into exile. (This fight between Empress Maud to put her young son Henry, a baby, on the throne of England, ended in an agreement between her and Stephen whereby she agreed to let him become King if in return her son Henry succeed him, which was done. Stephen was King 1135-1154 and Henry II was King 1154-1189.) Baldwin de Redvers took refuge at the court of the Count of Anjou, and soon after conducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Lent in 1138 he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrard de Say, a partisan of Stephen, but escaped and returned to England in the autumn of 1139, and, landing at Wareham, seized the Castle of Corfu. This he defended successfully against the King, forcing him to eventually withdraw the siege. By the Empress Maud he was created Earl of Devon, probably about 1141. He married Lucia, daughter of Dru of Balun. He died June, 1155.
        (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 276-277)

        He was the son of Richard de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon. Baldwin de Redvers is also called 1st Earl of Devon.
        He founded several monasteries, notably those of Quarr Abbey (1131), in the Isle of Wight, and the Priory of St. James, at Exeter.
        (Wikipedia)

         

        Father: *Richard DE REDVERS
        Mother: *Adeliza DE BRETEUIL b: 1050 in Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France

        Marriage 1 Lucia of BALUN
        Children
        *Eva DE REDVERS
        Maud DE REDVERS
        Henry DE REVIERS
        Richard DE REDVERS
        *William DE REDVERS b: 1150 in Vernon Castle, Normandy

        Sources:
        Title: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

         

      • Citation:

        arciek@juno.com

7. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I9715&style=TABLE
8. RCKarnes: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I17937&style=TABLE Carrie's Family Tree