Richard de Camville
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Richard de Camville was an English
England
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 crusader knight, and one of Richard the Lionheart's senior commanders during the Third Crusade
Third Crusade
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. In June 1190, at Chinon
Chinon
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, he was, with 3 others, put in charge of King Richard's fleet sailing for the Holy Land
Holy Land
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. In 1191 he was appointed governor of Cyprus
Cyprus
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, jointly with Robert of Thornham
Robert of Thornham
Robert of Thornham was an English soldier and administrator. The namesake of his landowner father, he was the younger brother of Stephen of Thornham. Robert made his reputation in connection with the conquest of Cyprus in 1191 during the Third Crusade. On order of King Richard I, he led half the...

. He died later in the same year at the Siege of Acre.

He was the son of another Richard de Camville (died 1176), an Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman
The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...

 landowner, and Millicent, a kinswoman of Adeliza of Louvain
Adeliza of Louvain
Adeliza of Louvain, sometimes known in England as Adelicia of Louvain, also called Adela and Aleidis; was queen consort of the Kingdom of England from 1121 to 1135, the second wife of Henry I...

, the second wife of King Henry I
Henry I of England
Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...

. The family probably originated from Canville-les-Deux-Églises
Canville-les-Deux-Églises
Canville-les-Deux-Églises is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D89, D107 and the D307 roads....

 (Canvilla 1149, Camvilla 1153) in Normandy. He had at least one child, Gerard de Camville
Gerard de Camville
Gerard de Camville was an English nobleman, judge, and supporter of King John.His father was Richard de Camville, a baron and administrator under Kings Stephen and Henry II. The name Camville occurs in the Battle Abbey Roll....

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In England
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, his holdings included land at Stanton Harcourt
Stanton Harcourt
Stanton Harcourt is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about southeast of Witney and west of Oxford.-Archaeology:Within the parish of Stanton Harcourt is a series of paleochannel deposits buried beneath the second gravel terrace of the river Thames...

, Oxfordshire
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, Blackland, Wiltshire, and Speen
Speen, Berkshire
Speen is a village and civil parish in the unitary district of West Berkshire and county of Berkshire, England. The parish is about north west of Newbury....

 (possibly posthumously) and Avington
Avington, Berkshire
Avington is a hamlet in Berkshire, England. Its nearest town is Hungerford, which lies approximately west from the hamlet.The parish church of St Mark and St Luke is Norman and consists only of a chancel and nave. There is some rich Norman carving inside....

, both in Berkshire
Berkshire
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Richard de Camville of Warwickshire
Warwickshire
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Gerard, c. 1132-1214. Richard, c.1135-91. Maud, c. 1138- William, c. 1142-c.1208 Roger, c. 1145- Walter, c. 1148.
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Richard, c. 1178-1226. Isabel, c.1153-aft 1212. Geoffrey, c.1182 Maud, c. 1173.
=Eustacia Basset =Robert de Harcourt =Felicia =Thomas de Astley
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Idonea, c. 1210-1252 Felicia, c. 1220
=William II Longespee =Philip Durvassal
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