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Birth:          ABT 1090 of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Death:          4 Jun 1155 
Burial:         Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_de_Redvers,_1st_Earl_of_Devon
Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon[1] (died 4 June 1155), feudal baron of 
Plympton in Devon,[2] was the son of Richard de Redvers and his wife Adeline 
Peverel.

He was one of the first to rebel against King Stephen, and was the only first rank 
magnate never to accept the new king.[3] He seized Exeter, and was a pirate out of 
Carisbrooke, but he was driven out of England to Anjou, where he joined the Empress 
Matilda. She made him Earl of Devon after she established herself in England, 
probably in early 1141.

He founded several monasteries, notably those of Quarr Abbey (1131), in the Isle of 
Wight, a priory at Breamore, Hampshire, and the Priory of St James, at Exeter. Some 
monastic chronicles call his father also Earl of Devon, but no contemporary record 
uses the title, including the monastic charters.

Family and children[edit]

He was married to Adeliz Baluun (d. circa 1146) and had children:
1.Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. Married Denise de Dunstanville.
2.Henry de Redvers
3.William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon. Married Mabel de Beaumont.
4.Matilda de Redvers, married to Anschetil de Greye.
5.Maud de Redvers, married Ralph de Avenel.
6.Alice de Redvers, married Roger II de Nonant.
7.Hawise de Redvers, married Robert Castellan.
8.Eva de Redvers, married Robert d' Oyly.

Between 1151 and 1155 he married Lucy, who was the widow of Gilbert de Clare, earl 
of Hertford. Lucy was Adeliza..

The name de Redvers can also be found as de Reviers or Revières. Adeliza Lucy 
Lucia De Baalum was born in 1099 in England, the daughter of Duke Baudouin de 
Vernon de Reviers Gender m Birth Date Abt 1090 Birth Place Isle of Wight, 
Hampshire, England Death Date 4 Jun 1155 Death Age 65 Father Richard de 
Redvers/ de Reviers Mother Adelise Peverell Spouse Adelise Lucia de Baalum 
Children Eva de Reviers URL https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/kubik-
genealogie/I49273.php

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I05662
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. 
[Burke's Peerage]

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EARLDOM OF DEVON (I) 1141

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 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. [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 King 
Stephen, 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, Richard de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Sir 
Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 
140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]

Parents
DE REVIERS Richard (ABT 1055 - 8 Sep 1107)
PEVEREL Adeline (ABT 1072 - 27 May 1156)

Siblings
DE REVIERS Baldwin (ABT 1090 - 4 Jun 1155)
DE REVIERS [DE VERNON] William (ABT 1095 - ABT 1174)
DE REVIERS Hawise (Maud) (ABT 1097 - AFT 1161)

Marriage To DE BAALUN Adeliza (Lucia) (ABT 1105 - AFT 1155)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE BAALUN Dru (ABT 1075 - )
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Children by DE BAALUN Adeliza (Lucia) ABT 1105 - AFT 1155
DE REVIERS Alice (ABT 1120 - )
DE REVIERS Hawise (ABT 1126 - )
DE REVIERS Matilda (Eva) (ABT 1128 - )
DE REVIERS [DE REDVERS] William (ABT 1145 - 10 Sep 1217)

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