Joan Courtenay
Joan Courtenay (* 1411 ; † 1465 ) was an English noblewoman.
Joan Courtenay was the only daughter of Sir Hugh Courtenay († 1426) and his second wife Philippa l'Arcedekne . Her father was a grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon . After the death of her father, she was married to Nicholas Carew , the eldest son and heir to Sir Thomas Carew . In addition to Haccombe , her mother's property, she inherited numerous other properties in South West England from her aunt Margery Arundell, a sister of her mother. With her husband, she had at least five sons and three daughters, including:
- Thomas Carew (* before 1427; † October 1461)
- Sir Nicholas Carew († September 13, 1469)
- Hugh Carew († 1470)
- Alexander Carew († 1492)
- Sir William Carew († 1501)
After the death of her first husband before 1449, she married Robert de Vere , a younger son of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford and Alice Sergeaux , in 1450 . With him she had at least one son:
- John de Vere
Her eldest son Thomas Carew inherited her husband's estates. Joan divided her own inheritance among her four younger sons from their first marriage, which formed several lines of the Carew family . Her grandson John de Vere , a son of her son John from her second marriage, inherited the title of Earl of Oxford in 1526 .
Web links
- Joan Courtenay on thepeerage.com , accessed June 15, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ^ The National Trust: Antony, Cornwall . The National Trust 2010. ISBN 978-1-84359-015-6 , p. 27
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Courtenay, Joan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carew, Joan; De Vere, Joan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1411 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1465 |