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Richard ("2nd Palatine Baron") le Fleming
b. circa 1150, d. 1176
Birth
Richard ("2nd Palatine Baron") le Fleming was born circa 1150.
Parents
| Father | Erchenbald le Fleming, 1st Palatine Baron Slane (b. circa 1100, d. circa 1173) |
Residence information
Richard ("2nd Palatine Baron") le Fleming possibly at Crandon manor in Somersetshire in 1170.1
Property
Richard ("2nd Palatine Baron") le Fleming possessed he or his father was granted land in County Meath probably by Hugh de Lacy in 1172.2 He possessed inherited estates in Devonshire, Cornwall and Ireland from his father circa 1174.
Death
Richard ("2nd Palatine Baron") le Fleming died in battle defending the Hill of Slane from Irish forces in 1176 at age ~26 in Slane, Ireland.3,4
Citations
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane (N.p.: Paragon Publishing, 2008), p99.
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane (N.p.: Paragon Publishing, 2008), p50.
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane (N.p.: Paragon Publishing, 2008), p50, 53 & 99.
- [S154] Whitley Stokes (editor), "The Annals of Tigernach, Abbot of Clonmacnoise, d 1088: [being annals of Ireland, 807 B.C. to A.D. 1178]," article, Revue Celtique journal, Internet Archive (archive.org : viewed 12 November 2025), Tome XVIII, p 296, The Continuation, dated 1176.
| Last Edited | 12 November 2025 |