Career
De Redvers took part in Richard the Lionheart"s second coronation, in 1194, when the Canopy was supported by four Earls. He consistently supported King John. Nevertheless, at the end of John"s life, the King permitted Falkes de Breauté, one of his mercenary captains, to seize the Earl"s widowed daughter-in-law, force a marriage, and take her dowry.
These events are featured in Alfred Duggan"s novel, Leopards and Lilies (1954).
