Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere

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Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere (born October 18, 1314 , † June 7, 1338 ) was an English nobleman.

Giles was the only son of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare . His father, who held a high position at the royal court as steward of the Royal Household , surprisingly joined the nobility opposition to King Edward II in June 1321 . The king took military action against the rebels in the autumn of 1321 and captured Leeds Castle , the seat of Bartholomew de Badlesmere , on October 31, 1321 . In the conquest, Giles, his mother and sisters were captured. They were imprisoned in the Tower of London , where Giles remained in custody until at least 1324. The king managed to completely defeat the aristocratic opposition. His father was captured after the Battle of Boroughbridge and hanged as a traitor in April 1322, and his possessions were confiscated by the king. His nephew Henry Burghersh , the Bishop of Lincoln, was appointed guardian of his underage son Giles . Only after the overthrow of King Edward II at the end of 1326 was Giles de Badlesmere able to apply in November 1328 to get his family's possessions back. From November 1334 to February 1335 he took part in the campaign of King Edward III with an entourage of at least ten men-at-arms . to Roxburgh in Scotland. In 1336 and 1337 the king appointed him as 2nd Baron Badlesmere by Writ of Summons in parliament .

After February 1328 Giles married Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison . The marriage remained childless. On his death, his possessions were divided between his four sisters, his title falling into Abeyance . His widow married Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser , the eldest son of Hugh le Despenser .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Natalie Fryde: The tyranny and fall of Edward II, 1321-1326 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2003. ISBN 0-521-54806-3 , p. 160
  2. ^ Ranald Nicholson: Edward III and the Scots. The formative Years of a Military Career . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1965, p. 246
personal data
SURNAME De Badlesmere, Giles, 2nd Baron Badlesmere
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Badlesmere, Giles; Badlesmere, Giles, 2nd Baron de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1314
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1338