Honour of Richmond - List of Holders of The Honour of Richmond

List of Holders of The Honour of Richmond

The holders of the Honour of Richmond were usually referred to as Lords of Richmond. The Honour of Richmond was sometimes held separately from the titles Earl of Richmond, and later Duke of Richmond. Grants were sometimes partial, and sometimes included or excluded Richmond Castle as noted in the list below.

  • Alan Rufus
  • Alan the Black - brother of Alan Rufus
  • Stephen, Count of TrĂ©guier - brother of Alan Rufus
  • Alan (The Black, or le Noir), 1st Earl of Richmond - son of Stephen of TrĂ©guier, and nephew of Alan Rufus and the first Alan the Black
  • Conan IV, Duke of Brittany - surrendered to Henry II of England
  • Held in guardianship by Henry II of England pending the marriage of his son Geoffrey to Constance, the daughter of Conan IV
  • Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Constance, Duchess of Brittany as hereditary Countess of Richmond
  • Arthur I, Duke of Brittany - imprisoned by John I of England, Jean sans Terres
  • Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany - considered by many hereditary Countess of Richmond imprisoned by John I of England and Henry III of England
  • Guy of Thouars - third husband of Constance; forfeited to King John in 1204 upon taking up arms to avenge the death of Arthur I
  • Ralph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester - granted in 1205; Ralph had been Constance's second husband.
  • Pierre Mauclerc - the husband of Alix of Thouars and the son-in-law of Guy of Thouars and Constance of Brittany; received a partial grant of the Honour in 1218, and forfeited to Henry III when Pierre paid homage to French King Louis IX; declined an offer of the Honour and the Earldom of Richmond from John I due to his loyalty to the French King.
  • Peter II, Count of Savoy, Earl of Richmond
  • John I, Duke of Brittany
  • John II, Duke of Brittany
  • John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond
  • John III, Duke of Brittany
  • John de Montfort, Earl of Richmond - upon his death, Earldom returned to the crown in 1342; it remained with the crown during most of the Breton War of Succession in part to ensure it would not fall into the hands of the King of France.
  • John of Gaunt - surrendered the Earldom and Honour, at the insistence of the King, to pursue Kingship of Castille
  • John V, Duke of Brittany, son and heir of John de Montfort; forefeited twice, in 1381 (due to the First Treaty of Guerande) and 1384 upon paying homage to French King Charles V; the second forfeit represented the permanent loss of the Honour and the Earldom by the Dukes of Brittany.
  • Anne of Bohemia
  • Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland - Honour held for life without peerage Earl of Richmond
  • John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford and 1st Earl of Richmond
  • reverted to the Crown (1435-1450)
  • Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland - partial grant of Richmond Castle in 1450
  • Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond - father of Henry VII
  • Henry Tudor - forfeited to Edward IV
  • George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence - granted Honour and castle without peerage Earl of Richmond by Edward IV in 1462
  • Richard, Duke of Gloucester - retained upon becoming Richard III of England
  • Henry Tudor - regained the Honour upon winning the crown of England in contest with Richard III; Honour merged with the Crown
  • Held by members of Tudor and Stuart Dynasties
  • Charles Lennox - conferred on Lennox Family in 1675 by Charles Lennox's father Charles II

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