Richard de Redvers, 4th Earl of Devon (died 1193) was
Earl of Devon
Earl of Devon is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. It was possessed first (after the Norman Conquest of 1066) by the Redvers family (''alias'' de Reviers, Revieres, etc.), and later by the Courtenay famil ...
from 1188 until his death and was
feudal baron of Plympton
The feudal barony of Plympton (or Honour of Plympton) was a large feudal barony in the county of Devon, England, whose ''caput'' was Plympton Castle and manor, Plympton. It was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the ...
in Devon.
He inherited the title on the death of his elder brother
Baldwin de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon, who died childless. On his own death without issue, the title passed to his uncle,
William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, the third but only surviving son of the 1st Earl.
["A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England etc" John Burke]
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Redvers family
1193 deaths
Devon, Richard de Redvers, 4th Earl of
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Year of birth unknown
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...
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