{{Infobox noble, type , name = Reginald de Dunstanville , title = Earl of Cornwall

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) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and an illegitimate son of King

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(1100–1135). He became

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and

Origins

Reginald was born in

in the

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, an illegitimate son of King

(1100–1135) by his mistress

{{sfn, Clark, 1995, p=122 who was a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Robert Corbet,

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, Warwickshire, and wife (at some point) of "Herbert the King's Chamberlain".

Career

Antiquaries Carew and Williams refer to Reginald as the Earl of Bristol, and with Hals report that he married Agnes (sometimes called Avicia, or Beatrix), granddaughter of

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(the

at the time of the Conquest), and in her right was made Earl of Cornwall.{{cite book, author=Richard Carew, title=The Survey of Cornwall. And An Epistle concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue, url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9878/pg9878.html, year=1769 , orig-date=1602, publisher=E. Law and J. Hewett{{Cite book , title=Llyfr Baglan, or, The Book of Baglan, compiled between the years 1600 and 1607 , first=John , last=Williams , editor-first=Joseph Alfred , editor-last=Bradney , editor-link=Joseph Alfred Bradney , location=London , publisher=Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke , year=1910 , page=151 , hdl=2027/uiug.30112086070007?urlappend=%3Bseq=167 , url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112086070007?urlappend=%3Bseq=167%3Bownerid=109574812-171 {{cite book, author=Davies Gilbert d.title=The Parochial History of Cornwall, Founded on the Manuscript Histories of Mr. Hals and Mr. Tonkin; with Additions and Various Appendices, url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60555/60555-h/60555-h.htm, year=1838, publisher=J. B. Nichols and Son According to Carew

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gave an alternative account, with

investing Reginald as earl of Cornwall, after taking it from

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who rebelled against him in 1104; however, Camden's own account has

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advancing Reginald to the position, while making preparations to fight Stephen.{{Cite book , title=Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland , first=William , last=Camden , author-link=William Camden , translator-first=Edmund , translator-last=Gibson , translator-link=Edmund Gibson , edition=2nd , volume=1 , location=London , publisher=

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, year=1722 , section=Cornwall , at=cols. 26–27 , section-url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t9f52pj9k?urlappend=%3Bseq=253 During the war between Matilda and Stephen, Reginald, who supported Matilda, was in control of Cornwall. Subsequently, forced out of Cornwall by Stephen's forces, Reginald lost the earldom to Alan of Richmond.{{sfn, Matthew, 2002, p=97 By 1141, Stephen's forces had been beaten and Reginald was invested with the Earldom of Cornwall by his half-sister

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in 1141.{{efn, Malmesbury states Robert of Gloucester invested Reginald as Earl of Cornwall.{{sfn, Matthew, 2002, p=97 {{sfn, Chibnall, 1991, p=101 In about 1173 he granted a charter to his free burgesses of

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in Cornwall and addressed his meetings at Truro to "All men both Cornish and English," suggesting a differentiation of nations. He served as

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from 1173 to 1174.

Marriage and progeny

Reginald married Mabel FitzWilliam, daughter of William FitzRichard, a substantial landholder in Cornwall, by whom he had the following progeny: *Nicholas de Dunstanville (1136–1175); *Hawyse (or Denise) de Dunstanville (1138–21 April 1162), wife of Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon; *Maud FitzRoy de Dunstanville of Cornwall (b. 1143, Dunstanville, Kent, England), wife of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan;{{sfn, de Pontfarcy, 1995, p=357 *Ursula de Dunstanville (b. 1145), wife of Walter de Dunstanville, Lord Castlecomb; *Sarah de Dunstanville (b. 1147), wife of Ademar V, Viscount of Limoges; *Joan FitzRoy (b. c. 1150), wife of Ralph de Valletort, feudal baron of Trematon in Cornwall.

Illegitimate progeny

Reginald also had illegitimate children by his mistress Beatrice de Vaux (also known as de Valle), the daughter of Hubert I de Vaux and later the wife of William Brewer: * Henry FitzCount (d. 1222),

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and

;{{sfn, Powicke, 1933, p=260 and *William FitzCount.

Death and burial

Reginald died at

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, and was buried in

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.{{sfn, Baxter, 2016, p=77

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