Biography of Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick -1253

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Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick was born to [her father] Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick and [her mother] Margaret Oili.

After 1192 [her father] Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick and [her mother] Margaret Oili were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Waleran Beaumont 4th Earl Warwick (age 39) and [her grandmother] Margery Bohun Countess Warwick.

On 12th December 1204 [her grandfather] Waleran Beaumont 4th Earl Warwick (age 51) died. His son [her father] Henry (age 12) succeeded 5th Earl Warwick. Philipa Basset Countess Warwick by marriage Countess Warwick.

Before 10th October 1229 [her father] Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick (age 37) and Philipa Basset Countess Warwick were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Waleran Beaumont 4th Earl Warwick and [her grandmother] Margery Bohun Countess Warwick.

On 10th October 1229 [her father] Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick (age 37) died. His son [her half-brother] Thomas (age 21) succeeded 6th Earl Warwick. [her future sister-in-law] Ela Longespee Countess Warwick by marriage Countess Warwick.

In 1230 Richard Siward and Philipa Basset Countess Warwick were married less than a year after the death of her first husband [her father] Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick. He becoming the step-father of [her half-brother] Thomas Beaumont 6th Earl Warwick (age 22).

Before 26th June 1242 [her half-brother] Thomas Beaumont 6th Earl Warwick (age 34) and [her sister-in-law] Ela Longespee Countess Warwick were married. She the daughter of William Longespée Earl Salisbury and Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury (age 55). He the son of [her father] Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick and Philipa Basset Countess Warwick. They were half third cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

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On 26th June 1242 [her half-brother] Thomas Beaumont 6th Earl Warwick (age 34) died. His half sister Margaret succeeded 7th Countess Warwick.

Before August 1242 John Marshal Earl Warwick (age 30) and Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick were married. He by marriage Earl Warwick. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick and Margaret Oili. They were half fourth cousins.

In October 1242 [her husband] John Marshal Earl Warwick (age 30) died.

Before 14th September 1243 John Plessis Earl Warwick and Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick were married. He by marriage Earl Warwick. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont 5th Earl Warwick and Margaret Oili.

On 3rd June 1253 Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick died. Her half first cousin William (age 33) succeeded 8th Earl Warwick. Alice Segrave Countess Warwick (age 21) by marriage Countess Warwick.

On 20th February 1263 [her former husband] John Plessis Earl Warwick died.

                
                    After 18th November 1434. St Mary's Church, Ewelme [Map]. Monument to Thomas Chaucer (deceased) and Maud Burghesh (age 55).
                
                    The Arms in two rows left to right ...
                
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                    1 Beaufort Arms                

                    2 York Arms. Possibly Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York impaled Neville Arms                

                    3 Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter 1377 1426 Arms                

                    4 Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk 1300 1338 Arms impaled Neville Arms                

                    5 Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter 1377 1426 Arms (again?)
                
                    6 Stafford Arms impaled Neville Arms                

                    7 Montacute and Monthermer Arms impaled Chaucer Modern Arms.
                
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                    1 Beauchamp Arms quartered with Beaumont Arms; Earl Warwick reflecting the Beauchamp family having inherited the Earldom of Warwick through marriage to Isabel Maudit who was the sister of William Maudit 8th Earl Warwick who died without issue. Isabel Maudit and William Maudit 8th Earl Warwick were the children of William Maudit and [her aunt] Alice Beaumont. Alice Beaumont inherited the Earldom of Warwick when her half-niece Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick died.
                
                    2 Courtenay Arms impaled Beaufort Arms                

                    3 Montacute and Monthermer Arms impaled Mohun Arms                

                    4 Montacute and Monthermer Arms quartered Neville Arms                

                    5 De La Pole Arms quartered Chaucer Modern Arms                

                    6 Despencer Arms impaled Chaucer Modern Arms                

                    7 Mohun Arms impaled Chaucer Modern Arms. John Mohun 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster and Joan Burghesh Baroness Dunster.