1107 - 1107 Births, 1107 Deaths, 1107 Establishments, Manco Capac, Edgar, King of Scotland, Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Wymondham Abbey (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 19. Chapters: 1107 births, 1107 deaths, 1107 establishments, Manco Capac, Edgar, King of Scotland, Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Wymondham Abbey, Robert Fitzhamon, Kilij Arslan I, Richard de Redvers, Emperor Horikawa, List of state leaders in 1107, Theophylact of Ohrid, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Burchard of Basle, Henry II, Duke of Austria, Mallersdorf Abbey, Anthelm of Belley, Jayavarman VI, Robert I of Loritello, Maurice, Cheng Yi, Miles Crispin, Kizimkazi Mosque, Falaki Shirvani, Godfrey of Cambrai, Godfrey of Winchester, Kenkai. Excerpt: Richard de Redvers (sometimes written as Reviers, Rivers, or Ripariis) (fl. c. 1066 - 8 September 1107) was a Norman nobleman, from Reviers in Normandy, who may have been one of the companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England from 1066. His origins are obscure, but after acting as one of the principal supporters of Henry I in his struggle against his brother Robert Curthose for control of the English throne, de Redvers was rewarded with estates that made him one of the richest magnates in the country. He was once thought to have been created the first Earl of Devon, but this theory is now discounted in favour of his son Baldwin. Little is known for certain of the Redvers family before Richard. In his Baronage of England (1675-6), William Dugdale wrongly identified Richard de Redvers with Richard the son of Baldwin FitzGilbert (also known as Baldwin de Meules) who was sheriff of Devon under William the Conqueror. This error was still being repeated in the late 19th century. In around 1890 The Complete Peerage advanced the alternative theory that Richard de Redvers was the son of William de Vernon, but later research has cast doubt on this too, suggesting that all that can be said is that his father may have been Baldwin, one of three brothers named Redvers in N...