George de Cantilupe

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Sir George de Cantilupe (born April 7, 1251 in Abergavenny Castle , † September 14, 1273 ) was an English nobleman.

George de Cantilupe came from the Anglo-Norman family Cantilupe, who in the 13th century were loyal followers of the English kings Johann Ohneland and Heinrich III. had risen to become powerful barons. He was the third child and only son of William III de Cantilupe and his wife Eva de Briouze , a daughter and co-heir of the Marcher Lord William de Briouze and Eva Marshal . His father died in 1254, so that the young George Eaton inherited Bray in Bedfordshire and Bulwick in Northamptonshire . After his mother's death in 1255, he became the heir of Abergavenny and other estates in the Welsh Marches and in south-west England, including Totnes Castle . Even before the death of his father, who was one of the most important courtiers of Henry III. Cantilupe was betrothed to Margaret, daughter of Edmund de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln . After the death of his father, Lord Eduard , the heir to the throne and eldest son of Henry III, became his guardian. According to the chronicler Matthew Paris , his lands were given to Queen Eleanor , Edward's mother, in 1257 , who exploited the estates.

Cantilupe and Margaret de Lacy's marriage was probably never consummated, but Cantilupe remained linked to the Lacy family. In April 1270 Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln , Margaret's brother, together with Roger III Mortimer , a relative of his mother, paid Lord Eduard 800 marks , presumably to purchase the guardianship. In the same year Cantilupe testified together with Henry de Lacy a document, and together with de Lacy, Edmund of Cornwall and other young nobles, Cantilupe was on October 13, 1272 by Henry III. beaten to a Knight Bachelor degree in Westminster . Around April 23, 1273, the feast day of his namesake Georg , he was declared of legal age and received his possessions. On September 8, he confirmed a donation from one of his vassals to Dunstable Priory , but died only a few days later. He may have died in Brecknockshire fighting the Welsh.

Since he died childless, his possessions were divided between his two sisters or their heirs. John Hastings († 1313), the eldest son of his sister Joan, who died in 1271, inherited Abergavenny. His sister Millicent, who had married Eudo de la Zouche for the second time , inherited Eaton Bray, Totnes and the other estates in England, her son William Zouche inheriting her .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 5.
  2. ↑ Castles99: Abergavenny Castle. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME De Cantilupe, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Cantelupe, George; De Cauntelo, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1251
PLACE OF BIRTH Abergavenny Castle
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1273