William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon

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There is a disagreement about whether Richard de Redvers was Earl of Devon. For those who think he was, the numbers of the medieval earls must be one greater.

William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (? – 10 September 1217), was the son of Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon and Adelise Baluun. William de Redvers is also William de Vernon, because he was brought up at Vernon Castle, in Normandy, the seat of his grandfather.

He took part in Richard the Lion-Hearted's second coronation, in 1194, when the Canopy was supported by four Earls; he consistently supported King John. Nevertheless, at the end of John's life, the King permitted one of his mercenary captains to seize the Earl's widowed daughter-in-law, force a marriage, and grab her dowry.

[edit] Family and children

He was married to Mabile de Beaumont, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and granddaughter (on her mother's side) of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall and had children:

Baldwin de Redvers (b. after 28 April 1200; d. 1 September 1216).
Mary de Redvers, married
1. Pierre des Preaux
2. Robert de Courtenay of Okehampton.
Joan de Redvers, married William Brewere; she had been engaged to Hubert de Burgh, later Earl of Kent, but it was broken off.