Piers de Gaveston

Bef 1283 - 1312  (> 28 years)

• Name	Piers de Gaveston  [1]
  Alternate birth	Bef 29 Jul 1283  [2]
  Birth	Bef Sep 1283	Gabaston, Bearn, Gascony, France   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1284  [4]
  Death	19 Jun 1312	Blacklow Hill near Warwick, Warwickshire, England   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Langley Abbey, Norfolk, England   [2]
  Person ID	I3537	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Arnaud de Gaveston,   b. of Gabaston, Bearn, Gascony, France d. 1302
  Mother	Claramonde de Marsan   d. Bef 5 Feb 1287
  Marriage	Bef 30 Jun 1272  [2]
  Family ID	F1439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(Unknown mistress of Piers de Gaveston)
  Children	+ 1. Amie de Gaveston,   b. Aft 6 Jan 1312   d. Aft 30 Nov 1357 (Age > 45 years)
  Family ID	F10816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret de Clare,   b. Abt 1292, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales d. 9 Apr 1342 (Age ~ 50 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1307	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England   [3, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F2201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  According to Kathryn Warner in 2012 (citation details below), he may have been born as early as 1275, which would make him significantly older than Edward II. Wikipedia: "Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – 19 June 1312) was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of King Edward II of England. "At a young age he made a good impression on King Edward I "Longshanks", and was assigned to the household of the King's son, Edward of Caernarfon. The prince's partiality for Gaveston was so extravagant that Edward I sent the favourite into exile, but he was recalled a few months later, after the King's death led to the prince's accession as Edward II. Edward bestowed the Earldom of Cornwall on Gaveston, and arranged for him to marry his niece Margaret de Clare, sister of the powerful Earl of Gloucester. "Gaveston's exclusive access to the King provoked several members of the nobility, and in 1307 the King was again forced to send him into exile. During this absence he served as the King's Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Edward managed to negotiate a deal with the opposition, however, and Gaveston returned the next year. Upon his return his behaviour became even more offensive, and by the Ordinances of 1311 it was decided that Gaveston should be exiled for a third time, to suffer outlawry if he returned. When he did return in 1312, he was hunted down and executed by a group of magnates led by Thomas of Lancaster and Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick."

  
  

• Sources

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