Henry of Almain

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Henry of Almain was a 13th-century English nobleman and politician, the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, who was murdered in Viterbo in 1271 amid the conflicts of the Second Barons' War.

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instanceOf 13th-century English politician
English nobleman
medieval politician
member of the English nobility
allegiance royalist faction in the Second Barons' War
associatedWith Earldom of Cornwall
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath stabbing
country Kingdom of England
cousin Edward I of England
dateOfBirth 1235
dateOfDeath 1271-03-13
deathCauseContext revenge killing for the death of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
deathPlaceContext murdered while attending mass at a church in Viterbo
dynasty House of Plantagenet
surface form: Plantagenet
era High Middle Ages
father Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
givenName Henry
house House of Plantagenet
killedBy Guy de Montfort
Simon de Montfort the Younger
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman French
Middle English
mannerOfDeath murder
mother Isabel Marshal
nobleTitle Lord of Tewkesbury
notableEvent murder in Viterbo in 1271
notableFor being murdered in a church in Viterbo
notableRelatives Edward I of England
Henry III of England
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
occupation politician
soldier
parentOf none
participatedIn Second Barons' War
paternalUncle Henry III of England
placeOfBirth Haldon, Devon
placeOfDeath Viterbo
positionHeld member of the king's household
royal councillor
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
spouse unmarried
titleHeldFrom Lord of Tewkesbury, from 1257

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