Philip Courtenay

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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1383-86. Knight of the shire for Devon, 1383, 1386, 1388, 1390, 1393, 1395, 1399, 1401.

"Courtenay's career reveals a man of energy and ability in national and local affairs whose predilection for violence and thuggery was extreme even by medieval standards. Even so, and perhaps because of this unsavory reputation, he provided the house of Lancaster with important support at a critical time." [History of Parliament]

Philip married Anne Wake about 1378. Anne (daughter of Thomas Wake and Alice de Pateshulle) died after 30 Mar 1404. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Courtenay was born in of Powderham, Exminster, Devon, England; died before 1415.

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10th Earl of Devon. Summoned to Parliament by writ 23 Apr 1337. He was a founding knight of the Order of the Garter.

Hugh married Margaret de Bohun on 11 Aug 1325. Margaret (daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Elizabeth of England) was born on 3 Apr 1311; died on 16 Dec 1391; was buried in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marriage agreement dated 27 Sep 1314.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Between 1275 and 1276
• Alternate birth: 13 Sep 1276

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9th Earl of Devon.

Hugh married Agnes de St. John in 1292. Agnes (daughter of John de St. John and Agnes Fitz Reynold) died on 11 Jun 1345; was buried in Cowick Priory, Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 11 Jun 1340

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"He supported the rebellious Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and was killed at the battle of Boroughbridge, in Yorkshire, 16 Mar 1322 when endeavoring to force the bridge. He was buried in the Church of the Friars Preachers, York. At the siege of Caerlaverock, July 1300; knighted with Edward, Prince of Wales, at Westminster 22 May 1306, in preparation for an expedition into Scotland; fought at the battle of Bannockburn (English-Scottish Wars), 24 June 1314." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Humphrey married Elizabeth of England on 14 Nov 1302 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward I, King of England and Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England) was born on 7 Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales; died on 5 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England; was buried in Walden Abbey, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 25 Mar 1249

Hugh married Eleanor le Despenser. Eleanor (daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Aline Basset) died on 30 Sep 1328 in London, England; was buried in Cowick Priory, Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Lieutenant of Aquitaine, 12 July 1293, being then a knight, and Seneschal of Aquitaine, 1294, during the wars of Edward I. He was captured by the French, 1296/7, and upon his return in 1297 was summoned for military service in Flanders. From 1298 until his death he was engaged in military operations in Scotland, including the siege of Caerlaverock in July 1300, being then a knight banneret." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

John married Agnes Fitz Reynold before 29 Jun 1256. Agnes (daughter of Reynold fitz Peter and Alice de Stanford) died after 1305. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Alice FitzPiers.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1249

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Earl of Hereford; Earl of Essex; hereditary Constable of England.

"He was one of the leaders of the baronial mutiny against Edward I and when he refused to perform his service in Flanders was deprived of the Office of Constable." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Humphrey married Maud de Fiennes before 20 Jul 1275. Maud (daughter of Enguerrand de Fiennes and Isabel) died before 31 Dec 1298; was buried in Walden Abbey, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She predeceased her husband on a 6 Nov, year unknown.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 18 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England
• Alternate death: 8 Jul 1307, Burgh-by-Sands, Carlisle, Cumberland, England

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Edward Longshanks, Hammer of the Scots, conqueror of Wales. Although he is acclaimed for his many administrative accomplishments and for establishing Parliament as a permanent institution, he also expelled the Jews from England; significant numbers of them returned only 350 years later. He was tall (6' 4"), personally intimidating, and rigid in personal morality, in marked contrast to most earlier post-Conquest English rulers.

Edward married Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England on 18 Oct 1254 in Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of St. Fernando III, King Of Castile, León, Galicia, Toledo, Córdoba, Jaén, and Seville and Jeanne de Dammartin) was born in 1240; died on 28 Nov 1290 in Hardby, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1241, Burgos, Castile, Spain
• Alternate birth: Abt 1241

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Countess of Ponthieu.

Eleanor of Castile, first wife of Edward I, was a daughter of Ferdinand III, King of Castile, Leon, and Galicia, and the French noblewoman Jeanne de Dammartin, suo jure Countess of Ponthieu. Although her marriage (in 1254) to then-prince Edward was a political match designed to affirm English control of Gascony, the couple were unusually close; she even accompanied Edward on the Fourth Crusade, where he was wounded at Acre in Palestine. She was notably well-educated and maintained her own scriptorium, the only one in northern Europe at the time. Her preference for Spanish-style home decorations, kitchen utensils, and personal comforts had a great influence on English domestic life. She brought a considerable personal fortune to her marriage, and increased it all her life through shrewd purchases of lands and manors. Although this had a negative effect on her personal popularity, her husband always encouraged her in it.

Her heart was buried in the Dominican priory of Blackfriars in London, along with that of her son Alphonso. Her entrails were buried in Lincoln Cathedral.