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Biography of Hugh Courtenay 1327-1348

Paternal Family Tree: Courtenay

Maternal Family Tree: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles

1344 Creation of the Order of the Garter

1347 Tournament at Lichfield

1350 Creation of Garter Knights

On 11th August 1325 [his father] Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 22) and [his mother] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon (age 14) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [his grandmother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. He the son of [his grandfather] Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 48) and [his grandmother] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 50). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 22nd March 1327 Hugh Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 23) and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon (age 15). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 3rd September 1341 Hugh Courtenay (age 14) and Elizabeth de Vere were married. She the daughter of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford (age 29) and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford (age 33). He the son of Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 38) and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon (age 30). They were third cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Creation of the Order of the Garter

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Around 1345 [his son] Hugh Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay (age 17) and [his wife] Elizabeth de Vere. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.

Tournament at Lichfield

On 9th April 1347 Edward "Black Prince" (age 16) attended a Tournament at Lichfield. John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 28), [his father] Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 43) (or possibly his son also Hugh Courtenay (age 20) ) and Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 38) took part in the Tournament.

In 1348 Hugh Courtenay (age 20) died.

In 1350 [his former wife] Elizabeth de Vere died.

1350 Creation of Garter Knights

Annales of England by John Stow. This yeere, on Saint Georges day [23rd April 1350], the king held a great and solemne feast at his castle of Windsor, where he had augmented the chappel which Henry the first and other his progenitors, kings of England, had before erected, of eight chanons. He added to those eight chanons a deane and fifteene chanons more, and 24 poore and impotent knights, with other ministers and servants, as appeareth in his charter dated the two and twentieth of his reigne. Besides the king, there were other also that were contributors to the foundation of this colledge, as followeth: i. The sovereigne king Edward the third, 2. Edward, his eldest sonne, prince of Wales, 3. Henry, duke of Lancaster, 4. the earle of Warwicke (age 37), 5. Captaine de Bouch (age 19), 6. Ralph, earle of Stafford (age 48), 7. William Montacute (age 21), earle of Salisburie, 8. Roger, lorde Mortimer (age 21), earle of March, 9. sir John de Lisle (age 31), 10. sir Bartholomew Burwash (age 22), 11. sir John Beauchampe (age 34), 12. sir John Mahune (age 30), 13. sir Hugh Courtney, 14. sir Thomas Holland (age 36), 15. sir John Grey (age 49), 16. sir Richard Fitz Simon, 17. sir Miles Stapleton (age 30), 18. sir Thomas Walle (age 47), 19. sir Hugh Wrothesley (age 16), 20. sir Nele Loring (age 30), 21. sir John Chandos (age 30), 22. sir James de Audley (age 32), 23. sir Othes Holland (age 34), 24. sir Henry Eme, 25. sir Sechet Dabridgecourt (age 20), 26. sir Wiliam Panell (age 31). All these, together with the king, were clothed in gownes of russet, poudered with garters blew, wearing the like garters also on their right legges, and mantels of blew with scutcheons of S. George. In this sort of apparell they, being bare-headed, heard masse, which was celebrated by Simon Islip, archbishop of Canterbury, and the bishops of Winchester and Excester, and afterwards they went to the feast, setting themselves orderly at the table, for the honor of the feast, which they named to be of S. George the martyr and the choosing of the knights of the Garter.

Hugh Courtenay 1327-1348 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Hugh Courtenay 1327-1348

Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Hugh Courtenay 1327-1348

Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Courtenay 1st Baron Okehampton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Courcy

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Courtenay 2nd Baron Okehampton 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Redvers 5th Earl Devon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Vernon Redvers Baroness Okehampton 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mable de Beaumont Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Vere Baroness Okehampton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester

GrandFather: Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer

Great x 4 Grandmother: Recuara Harcourt

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Basset

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Basset 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Fitzrobert Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Reginar

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Reginar

Father: Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert St John

Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe Baron

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cantilupe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Cantilupe

GrandMother: Agnes St John Countess Devon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Fitzherbert

Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers Fitzherbert

Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald Fitzpiers

Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Fitzpiers

Hugh Courtenay Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Mandeville Countess Hereford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Lusignan Count of Eu

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Eu

Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex

Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber

Great x 4 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor de Braose

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eva Marshal

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke

GrandFather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex

Great x 4 Grandfather: Engeurrand "Crusader" Fiennes

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fiennes

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibylle Flanders

Great x 2 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Dammartin

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Provence

Mother: Margaret Bohun Countess Devon Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence

Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

GrandMother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Leon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 3 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin

Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu