Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros

Baron de Ros
Spouse(s)	Lady Eleanor Beauchamp
Issue
Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros Richard de Ros Margaret de Ros, Baroness Botreaux
Father	William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros
Mother	Margaret FitzAlan
Born	26 September 1406
Died	18 August 1430 (aged 23)

Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros of Helmsley (26 September 1406 – 18 August 1430) was an English nobleman.

Contents 1 Lineage 2 Inherited rank & privileges 3 Military service 4 Drowned in the Seine 5 Marriage & succession 6 Ancestry

Lineage

He was the second son of William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros and Margaret Fitzalan. His mother was a daughter of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel and Elizabeth le Despenser.

Inherited rank & privileges

He was also a younger brother of John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros.

His older brother died childless in the Battle of Beaugé of 1421. Thomas inherited his rank and privileges. He followed the example of his brother in participating in the Hundred Years' War.

Military service

He fought in the Battle of Verneuil under the successful command of John, Duke of Bedford. He was honored for his efforts, knighted by Henry VI of England on 19 May 1426. Henry was nephew of the Duke.

Thomas resumed service under the Duke in 1427. He was summoned to the Parliament of England in 1429.

Drowned in the Seine

He fell into the Seine during a minor skirmish and drowned in 1430.

Marriage & succession

He was married to Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his first wife Elizabeth Berkeley. Eleanor was an older half-sister of Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick and Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick. They were parents of three children:

• Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros (9 September 1427 – 17 May 1464).
• Richard de Ros (8 March 1429 – after 1492).
• Margaret de Ros (1432 – 10 December 1488). Married first William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux(d.1462), secondly Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough.

His widow was remarried to Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros

16. William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros               8. William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros                       17. Matilda de Vaux               4. Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros                             18. Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere               9. Margery de Badlesmere                       19. Margaret de Clare               2. William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros                                   20. Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford               10. Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford                       21. Margaret Bassett               5. Beatrice Stafford                             22. Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester               11. Margaret de Audley                       23. Margaret de Clare               1. Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros                                         24. Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel               12. Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel                       25. Alice de Warenne               6. John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel                             26. Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster               13. Eleanor of Lancaster                       27. Maud Chaworth               3. Margaret FitzAlan                                   14. John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers                       7. Eleanor Maltravers, 2nd Baroness Maltravers                             15. Gwenthin

Peerage of England
Preceded by John de Ros	Baron de Ros 1421-1430	Succeeded by Thomas de Ros

Persondata
Name	De Ros, Thomas De 9th Baron De Ros
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Date of birth	September 26, 1406
Place of birth
Date of death	August 18, 1430
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