Richard de Camville

Richard de Camville (or Canville; died 1191) was an English crusader knight, and one of Richard the Lionheart's senior commanders during the Third Crusade. In June 1190, at Chinon, he was, with three others, put in charge of King Richard's fleet sailing for the Holy Land.[1] In 1191, he was appointed governor of Cyprus, jointly with Robert of Thornham. He died later in the same year at the Siege of Acre.[1][2][3]

He was the son of Richard de Camville (died 1176), an Anglo-Norman landowner, and Millicent de Rethel (daughter of Gervais, Count of Rethel, and kinswoman (second cousin) of Adeliza of Louvain, the second wife of King Henry I).[4] His brother was Gerard.[2]

The family probably originated from Canville-les-Deux-Églises (Canvilla 1149, Camvilla 1153) in Normandy. He had at least one daughter, Isabel, wife of Robert de Harcourt.^[citation needed]

In England, his holdings included land at Stanton Harcourt, in Oxfordshire,[4] Blackland, in Wiltshire,[3] and Speen (possibly posthumously)[5] and Avington,[6] both in Berkshire.

Family tree

Family tree

• Richard de Camville of Warwickshire (c. 1110 – bef. 1176) married Millicent de Rethel
  • Gerard (c. 1132 – 1214) married Nicholaa de la Haye
    • Richard (c. 1178 – 1226) married Eustacia Basset
      • Idonea (c. 1210 – 1252) married William II Longespee
  • Richard (c. 1135 – 1191) married Margaret
    • Isabel (c. 1153 – aft. 1212) married Robert de Harcourt
  • Maud (c. 1138) married William de Ros
  • William (c. 1142 – c.1208) married Albreda Marmion
    • Geoffrey (c. 1182) married Felicia
      • Felicia (c. 1220) married Philip Durvassal
  • Roger (c. 1145)
  • Walter (c. 1148)
    • Maud (c. 1173) married Thomas de Astley

References

1. Setton, Kenneth Meyer; Wolff, Robert Lee; Hazard, Harry W (2006). The Later Crusades, 1189–1311. A History of the Crusades. Vol. II (2nd ed.). University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 56, 64. ISBN 978-0-299-04844-0. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
2. Rigg, James McMullen (1886). "Camville, Gerard de" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 8. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 408.
3. Crowley, D A, ed. (2002). "Calne". A History of the County of Wiltshire. Victoria County History. Vol. 17. pp. 17–27. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
4. Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C R, eds. (1990). "Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock". A History of the County of Oxford. Victoria County History. Vol. 12. pp. 274–281. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
5. Page, Willam; Ditchfield, P H, eds. (1924). "Parishes: Speen". A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. Vol. 4. pp. 97–110. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
6. Page, Willam; Ditchfield, P H, eds. (1924). "Parishes: Avington". A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. Vol. 4. pp. 158–162. Retrieved 12 November 2009.

External links

• http://www.geneajourney.com/camvil.html