Hugh Courtenay († 1348)
Sir Hugh Courtenay KG (also Hugh de Courtenay , * March 22, 1327 † 1348 ) was an English nobleman .
He was the eldest son and heir apparent of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (1303-1377) of the Courtenay family . He was a great-grandson of King Edward I through his mother Margaret de Bohun (1311-1391) and her mother Elisabeth of England .
In 1341 he married Elizabeth de Vere († 1375), daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford . With her he had a son and heir, Sir Hugh Courtenay († 1374) . Since his father survived both him and his son, neither inherited his title of Earl of Devon . This fell to Hugh's nephew Edward Courtenay when he died in 1377 .
Under his second uncle, King Edward III. he fought in the Hundred Years War in 1346 in the battle of Crécy and in 1347 in the siege of Calais . When the Order of the Garter was founded on April 23, 1348, he became a founding member of a Knight Companion of this order.
He died a little later, probably in the summer of 1348, and was buried in Forde Abbey in Dorset . Possibly he died of the black plague that was spreading from Somerset in England at the time. It is documented that Queen Philippa visited his tomb on September 2, 1349.
Literature and web links
- Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Volume 1, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 1122.
- Sir Hugh de Courtenay on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 1.
- ^ Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham: Magna Carta Ancestry. A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Volume 1, Salt Lake City 2011, p. 542.
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| SURNAME | Courtenay, Hugh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English knight |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1348 |