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- He married, firstly, Constance de Bretagne, Duchesse de Bretagne, daughter of Conan IV de Bretagne, Duc de Bretagne and Margaret of Scotland, Countess of Hereford, on 3 February 1187/88.3 He and Constance de Bretagne, Duchesse de Bretagne were divorced in 1199 after Constance deserted her husband. He married, secondly, Clemence de Fougeres, daughter of William de Fougeres and Agatha du Hommet, on 7 October 1200. He died circa 27 October 1232 at Wallingford, Berkshire, England, without issue.
He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Chester [E., 1071] in 1181. He succeeded to the title of Vicomte d'Avranches [Normandy] in 1181. He was invested as a Knight on 1 January 1187/88 at Caen, Normandy, France. He was styled as Earl of Richmond between 1189 and 1199. He was styled as Duc de Bretagne between 1189 and 1199. He was Commander of the forces of King Richard I in 1194. He fought in the Wars with the Welsh between 1209 and 1214. He held the office of Governor of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1215. He held the office of Governor of the Peak Castle and Forest. He fought in the defeat of the rebels under the Count of Perche in April 1217, as Joint Commander of the Royal Army. He was created 1st Earl of Lincoln [England] on 23 May 1217. He held the office of Steward of the Honour of Lancashire. Between May 1218 and August 1220 he went on a crusade to the Holy Land. He fought in the Siege of Damietta circa 1219. He held the office of Sheriff of Shropshire. He held the office of Sheriff of Staffordshire. He held the office of Sheriff of Lancashire. In August 1220 he bagan building Beeston Castle, Cheshire, Cartley Castel, Staffordshire and the Abbey of Dieulacres, Staffordshire. In 1223 he was forced to surrender his castles. He was Chief Commander of the Royal troops in Britanny between October 1230 and July 1231. He was Joint Commissioner to treat with France in 1231. He resigned as Earldom of Lincoln between April 1231 and 1232.
On his death, his Earldom lapsed back the Crown.
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