Margaret de Beaumont, 7th Countess of Warwick

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Margaret de Beaumont, Countess of Warwick (also Margaret de Newburgh or Margarey de Beaumont ) (* before 1220; † June 3, 1253 ) was an English noblewoman .

origin

Margaret de Beaumont came from the Anglo-Norman family Beaumont . She was the daughter of Henry de Beaumont, 5th Earl of Warwick and his first wife Margery de Oilly . After her mother's death before 1220, her father was second married to Philippa Basset , he died in 1229. Through her mother, she inherited the barony of Hook Norton in Oxfordshire . After the death of her brother Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick , who died childless on June 26, 1242, Margaret inherited the estates of the Beaumont family and became Countess of Warwick in her own right . However, since both her stepmother Philippa and Ela Longespée , her brother's widow, had a lifelong claim to extensive Wittum , the family's possessions were greatly reduced.

Before August 22, 1242, presumably earlier, she had married John Marshal , Lord of Hingham and Hockering of Norfolk, who was now entitled to the title of Earl of Warwick through her, but between October 3 and 23 Died in 1242. As a wealthy heiress, Margaret probably planned a new marriage herself, but King Henry III promised against her will . her marriage to John de Plessis , a knight of his household. The marriage took place before September 14, 1243, but since Margaret was reluctant to marry, allegedly having already been engaged again, Plessis was not recognized as Earl of Warwick until 1247. In negotiations with Margaret's relatives, Plessis succeeded in maintaining the lifelong right to use their lands in the event of their death.

When Margeret died childless in 1253, her aunt Alice de Newburgh became heiress of the Beaumont family estates and the title of Countess of Warwick. Contrary to current inheritance law, however, with the support of the king, Plessis achieved that he was not only allowed to keep the Beaumont estates for life and was also allowed to continue the title of Earl of Warwick, but also received Hook Norton as a fief that Margaret had inherited from her mother. He was not only allowed to use this for life, but also to bequeath it to his son Hugh de Plessis from his first marriage. This bowing to the right of the king embittered numerous barons who had already been bitter because of Margaret's forced second marriage to a little knight. After the death of John de Plessis, Margaret's cousin William Mauduit , the eldest son of Alice de Newburgh, inherited the estates of the Beaumont family and the title of Earl of Warwick.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Crouch: Marshal, Sir John (d. 1235). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ↑ Nicholas Vincent: Plessis, John de, seventh earl of Warwick (d. 1263). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
predecessor Office successor
Thomas de Beaumont Countess of Warwick
1242-1253 		John de Plessy
(de iure uxoris)
personal data
SURNAME Margaret de Beaumont, 7th Countess of Warwick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Beaumont, Margaret; Warwick, Margaret de Beaumont, Countess of; Margarey de Beaumont; Margaret de Newburgh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobles
DATE OF BIRTH before 1220
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1253