Reginald de Dunstanville 1st Earl of Cornwall
- Born: Abt 1110, Denestanville, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- Marriage: Beatrice (Mabel) Fitz Richard
- Died: 1 Jul 1175, Chertsey, Surrey, England about age 65 141
- Buried: Abbey of Reading 141
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information: 141
Reynold de Dunstanville, one of the 14 illegitimate children of Henry I, was the son of Sybil, daughter of Sir Robert Corbet, of Alcester, Warwick. He married Mabel, daughter and (in her issue) heir of William Fitz Richard, a man of huge estates in Cornwall, and Reynold was created about Apr 1141, Earl of Cornwall, probably by the Empress Maud,. This title was fully recognized subsequently by King Stephen. He was a witness to the compromise between Stephen and Henry, 1153. He was the sheriff of Devon, 1173-75. He was in command, ex parte Regis, Oct 1173, against the rebellious Barons. He died without legitimate male heirs, at Chertsey, Surrey, 1 July 1175, and was buried in the Abbey of Reading, when the Earldom reverted to the Crown.
~ Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, (Corwall), p. 207
Rainald of Dunstanville, whose mother was Sibyl, named also Adela and Lucy, daughter and in her issue coheir of Robert Corbet, of Alcester, county of Warwick, and Longden, Salop. Sibyl, after her liaison with Henry I, married Herbert Fitz Herbert. Rainald held land in Wiltshire in 1130. He was created, circa Apr. 1141, Earl of Cornwall, by his half-sister the Empress Maud. He married Beatrice, daughter and heir of William Fitz Richard. He died spms. leg. 1 Jul 1175 at Chertsey, Surrey, when his Earldom reverted to the Crown, and was buried, at Reading Abbey.
~Cockayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. XI, Appendix D, p. 107-108
Reginald married Beatrice (Mabel) Fitz Richard, daughter of William Fitz Richard and Mademoiselle de Mortaigne. (Beatrice (Mabel) Fitz Richard was born about 1114 in Cardinan, Cornwall, England and died in 1162.)
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