Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon

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Hugh Courtenay (1303 – 1377) was the 10th Earl of Devon in England, and a founder knight of the Order of the Garter[1].

Hugh married Margaret daughter of Humphrey De Bohun, Earl of Hereford and of Essex and maternal granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

They had a large family which included Sir Hugh, Thomas, Edward of Godlington, William the Archbishop of Canterbury, John, Sir Philip of Powderham Castle, Humphrey and Sir Peter. Second son Edward married Emeline Downey[2] who bore Sir Hugh Courtenay, father of the Hugh Courtenay who was killed[3] at the battle of Tewkesbury, 1471.

[edit] Sources

  • Powderham Castle
  • Browning, Charles H., Americans of Royal Descent, 6th ed. 1905, p. 105-108.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (2005), p. 236.
  2. ^ thePeerage.com - Person Page 939
  3. ^ thePeerage.com - Person Page 940

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