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     Sir John Tuchet Knt married Margaret/Margery de Mortimer, daughter of Sir Roger de Mortimer Knt., KG, 2nd Earl of March and Philippa de Montagu.^2,1
Sir John Tuchet Knt was born circa 1347.¹
Sir John Tuchet Knt died on 23 June 1372 at La Rochelle.^3,1
      ; van de Pas cites: 1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, London, Reference: 182
2. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: I 340
3. The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, wife of Reverend John Owsley, 3rd Edition, 1999, Bodine, Ronnie O. & Thomas W Spalding Jr, Reference: 656.¹

; per van de Pas: "In 1369, under the Earl of Pembroke, he served in Poitou and Anjou. Before 1371 he married Maud whose parentage is unknown. On 23 June 1372, he was slain in the naval battle off La Rochelle, in the Bay of Biscay, when the Earl of Pembroke's ship was captured by the Spaniards."¹

; Faris (1999) pp. 359-360: "John Tuchet, Knt. (of Magna Carta Surety descent and descendant of Charlemagne.)"

     Maud le Scrope married Thomas de Willardby, son of Adelard de Willardby.¹

     Margaret Arundel married Sir William de Ros Knt., KG, 6th Lord de Ros of Helmsley, son of Sir Thomas de Ros Knt., 4th Lord de Ros of Helmesley and Beatrice de Stafford, on 10 September 1394 at Sterborough, co. Surrey, England,
; Burke's Peerage says marriage ca 9 Oct 1394; Genealogy.EU (Arundel 2 page) says marriace contract 9 Oct. 1394; Richardson says license date 9 Oct. 1394.^7,1,2,4 Margaret Arundel and an unknown person obtained a marriage license on 9 October 1394.⁸
Margaret Arundel died on 3 July 1438; died testate.^7,9,2,4
      ; NB Burke's (Norfolk Family) and Genealogy.EU (Arundel 2 page) show this Margaret Arundel to be the dau. of Sir John d'Arundel, 2nd Lord Arundel and his wife, Elizabeth le Despenser. Leo van de Past (http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00117415&tree=LEO) shows the same relationship. But John Ravilious (email 20 Aug 2005) shows her to have been the dau. of John de Arundel (1st Lord Arundel and Baron Mautravers) and Eleanor Mautravers. Louise Staley (email 20 Aug 2005 quotes CP to say that she was the dau. of John de Arundel (1st Lord) and Eleanor Mautravers.^2,1,5

; per Richardson: [quote]JOHN BOHUN, Knt., of Midhurst, Newtimber, etc., Sussex, Weston Corbett, Hampshire, Filliols Hall (in Kelvedon), Essex, eldest surviving son and heir by his father’s 2nd marriage, born at Cowdray, Sussex 6 Jan. 1362/3. He married (1st) ALICE _____. They had two sons, Humphrey, Knt., and Hugh, and one daughter, Beatrice. His wife, Alice, was living 14 Dec. 1419, and at her death was buried in Easebourne Priory. He married (2nd) before 25 Oct. 1429 ANNE HALSHAM, daughter of John Halsham, of West Grinstead and Applesham, Sussex, by his 2nd wife, Maud Mawley. Sometime before his death, he granted the manor of Filliols Hall (in Kelvedon), Essex to Thomas Dale, clerk, and John Leget, chaplain, without the king’s leave. SIR JOHN BOHUN died 25 Jan. 1432/3, and was buried in Easebourne Priory. His widow, Anne, married (2nd) in 1433 ROBERT ROOS, Knt., of Moor End (in Potterspury), Northamptonshire, King’s carver, King’s knight, Keeper of Rockingham Castle, 1443–1448, Chamberlain and Customer of Berwick-on-Tweed, 1445, 4th son of William Roos, K.G., 6th Lord Roos of Helmsley, by Margaret, daughter of John de Arundel, Knt., 1st Lord Arundel [see ROOS 7 for his ancestry]. He was born about 1409 or 1410. They had one son, Henry, Knt., and one daughter, Eleanor (wife successively of Robert Lovell, Thomas Proute (or Proude), Esq., and Richard Haute, Knt.) He was the older brother of Richard Roos, Knt., the Lancastrian poet. In 1438 he was granted the issues of the manor of Beckford, Gloucestershire for life, which grant he surrendered in 1445. In 1440 he was appointed one of the ambassadors to negotiate a peace with France. In 1442 he was sent to treat for the king’s marriage. The same year he and his wife, Anne, were granted an annuity of £60 for the term of their lives. In 1443 he performed the office of Chamberlain to John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury, at his installation, as proxy for his minor nephew, Thomas Roos. In 1445 he and his wife, Anne, were granted an annuity of 100 marks for the terms of their lives, upon his surrender of another grant. In 1447 he was granted the Castle, manor, and lordship of Moor End (in Potterspury), Northamptonshire by the king. His wife, Anne, presented to the church of Weston Corbett, Hampshire in 1447. In 1448 he was sent to conclude a truce with France. SIR ROBERT ROOS died testate 30 Dec. 1448. On 3 Jan. 1449 custody of his lands and his heir were granted to his widow, Anne, and his executors. His widow, Anne, presented to the church of Weston Corbett, Hampshire in 1486.

References:

Willement, Heraldic Notices of Canterbury Cathedral (1827): 94. Nicolas, A Journal by One of the Suite of Thomas Beckington (1828): lxviii–lxxi (biog. of Sir Robert Roos). Burke, Dict. of the Peerages…Extinct, Dormant & in Abeyance (1831): 63 (sub Bohun). Birch, Cat. of Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 521 (seal of John Bohun, Knt., of Midhurst dated 1430 bears a shield of arms, couché: a cross [BOHUN]. C.P.R. 1467–1477 (1900): 90, 460–461. C.P.R. 1429–1436 (1907): 267. VCH Hampshire 3 (1908): 386–388. C.P.R. 1446–1452 (1909): 217–218. C.P. 2 (1912): 201 (sub Bohun). Salzman, Feet of Fines Rel. Sussex 3 (Sussex Rec. Soc. 23) (1916): 264–269. Farrer & Curwen, Recs. rel. to the Barony of Kendale 1 (1923): 22–47. VCH Northampton 4 (1937): 94–95. VCH Sussex 4 (1953): 74–80; 5(1) (1997): 182–190; 7 (1940): 204–208. Seaton, Sir Richard Roos, c.1410–1482, Lancastrian Poet (1961): 33–34, 37, 42, 44, 52–53, 150. VCH Gloucester 8 (1968): 250–262. Fifteenth Century Studies 2 (1978): 11. Reeves, Lancastrian Englishmen (1981): 231, 239. Horrox, Richard III: A Study of Service (1989): 81. Busby & Lacy, Conjunctures: Medieval Studies in Honor of Douglas Kelly (1994): 76. Baldwin, Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower (2002): 82. Busby, Codex & Context 2 (2002): 676. Phillips, Medieval Maidens: Young Women and Gender in England, 1270–1540 (2003): 64, 98, 109, 135. Laynesmith, Last Medieval Queens (2004): 148.[end quote]³

     Sir Richard Burley Knt., KG, of Burgate, Hampshire married Beatrice de Stafford, daughter of Sir Ralph de Stafford KG, KB, 2nd Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley Baroness Audley suo jure, before 20 August 1385
; Her 3rd husband; they had no issue.^3,4,2
Sir Richard Burley Knt., KG, of Burgate, Hampshire died on 23 May 1387 at Villapando, Spain; dsp.^3,4,2
      .³

     Margaret (Maud) de Ros married Sir John de Welle 4th Lord Welles, son of Adam de Welle 3rd Lord Welle and Margaret Bardolf, circa 1344.²

Margaret (Maud) de Ros died after 1396.³
     EDV-18.

; "...reviewing Clay's Extinct and Dormant Peerages, I see under his account of the Roos family on pg. 183 that he lists a daughter Maud for William de Roos, 2nd Lord Roos, and his wife, Margery de Badlesmere. He says this Maud de Roos married "John, 4th Lord Welles." He doesn't give any source for Maud's marriage. But under her sister, Margaret, he cites "Rievaulx Cart., pg. 361" which source presumably has information on the Roos family. If correct, quite possibly the Rievaulx Cartulary might provide some additional documentation for Maud de Roos' existence and her marriage to John de Welle(s)."⁴

.^5,6

     Thomas de Ros Knt., 8th Lord de Ros of Helmsley was born on 26 September 1406 at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England; aged 14 1/2 in 1421.^4,2,3 He married Lady Eleanor (Alianor) Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Richard de Beauchamp KB, KG, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley Baroness Berkeley, Lisle and Teyes, circa 17 December 1423
; her 1st husband; date of license.^4,5,6,3,7
Thomas de Ros Knt., 8th Lord de Ros of Helmsley died on 18 August 1430 at France at age 23; drowned attempting to ford the Marne in France.^4,2,3
      ; THOMAS de ROS, 8th Lord (Baron) De Ros of Helmsley, PC (1429); 26 Sept 1406; ktd 1426; m Eleanor (m 2nd by 7 March 1437/8 Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (see BEAUFORT, D)), dau and coheir of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (see WARWICK, BROOKE and, E), and d 18 Aug 1430.² He was 8th Lord (Baron) De Ros of Helmsley.²

; Faris (1999) pp. 312-313: [quote] THOMAS ROOS, Knt., 8th Lord Roos, younger son, was born in 26 Sep. 1406. He was brother and heir to John Roos, 7th Lord Roos, and was aged fourteen at his brother's death. He was knighted by the King at Leicester on 19 May 1426, served in France under the Duke of Bedford in 1427, and was summoned to Parliament in 1429. He was married to ALIANOR BEAUCHAMP, second daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (descendant of King Edward 1), by Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Berkeley, Lord Berkeley (descendant of King Edward I). She was co-heiress to her mother as to the Baronies of Berkeley and Lisle [see BEAUCHAMP 9 for her ancestry]. THOMAS ROOS, Lord Roos, died 18 Aug. 1430 "in the King's wars in France'. His widow was married for the second time to Edmund Beaufort, Earl of Dorset, afterwards Duke of Somerset (slain at the first battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455) [see SOMERSET 9 for descendants of this marriage]. She died on 4 Mar. 1467.
Clay (1913), p. 184. CF. 11:104-105 (1949) (his widow, said to have been married, third, Walter Rokesley). [end quote]⁴

     Lady Eleanor (Alianor) Beauchamp was born in September 1408 at Walthamstow, co. Essex, England.^9,7,4 She married Thomas de Ros Knt., 8th Lord de Ros of Helmsley, son of Sir William de Ros Knt., KG, 6th Lord de Ros of Helmsley and Margaret Arundel, circa 17 December 1423
; her 1st husband; date of license.^10,6,2,3,4 Lady Eleanor (Alianor) Beauchamp married Sir Edmund Beaufort KG, Earl of Dorset, 4th Earl of Somerset; Count of Mortain, son of Sir John Beaufort KG, 1st Earl of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset and Margaret de Holand, before 21 October 1434
; her 2nd husband; date of papal indult.^{10,9,5,11,2,3,4} Lady Eleanor (Alianor) Beauchamp married Walter Rokesley Esq. after 1455
; date opf her 2nd husband's death.^12,4
Lady Eleanor (Alianor) Beauchamp died on 4 March 1467 at Baynard's Castle, co. Surrey, England, at age 58; died testate.^13,7,3,4
     EDV-17 GKJ-15.

; Staley cites: CP XII:/1: 49-53.⁷

     Sir Edmund Beaufort KG, Earl of Dorset, 4th Earl of Somerset; Count of Mortain was born on 15 March 1406 at East Barnet, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England.^8,5,7,4,9 He married Lady Eleanor (Alianor) Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Richard de Beauchamp KB, KG, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley Baroness Berkeley, Lisle and Teyes, before 21 October 1434
; her 2nd husband; date of papal indult.^{10,8,5,6,11,12,4}
Sir Edmund Beaufort KG, Earl of Dorset, 4th Earl of Somerset; Count of Mortain died on 22 May 1455 at Battle of St. Albans, St. Albans, St. Albans District, Hertfordshire, England, at age 49; Faris (1999) p. 313: "...slain at the first battle of St. Albans..."^13,5,7,4,9
Sir Edmund Beaufort KG, Earl of Dorset, 4th Earl of Somerset; Count of Mortain was buried after 22 May 1455 at Lady's Chapel, Abbey Church, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     25 Mar 1406, East Barnet, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England
     DEATH     22 May 1455 (aged 49), St Albans, St Albans District, Hertfordshire, England
     English Aristocrat. Born the son of Sir John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret de Holand, he was granted the title of Count of Mortain in April 1427. He married Lady Eleanor Beauchamp sometime between 1431 and 1435 in a unlicensed marriage, although he was pardoned in March 1438. The marriage produced ten children. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter by May 1436. By 1440 he succeeded in recapturing Harfleur in Normandy. He was created 1st Earl of Dorset in August 1442; was created Marquess of Dorset in June 1443; and succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Somerset in May 1444. That year, England settled a truce with France, ceding Anjou and Maine in an unpopular move. In a breach of the truce, Somerset surprised the town of Fougères, capturing it and refused to give it up or exchange it. He was created 1st Duke of Somerset in March 1448, and the following year was hard pressed by French partisans and gave up seven English strongholds in France and also paid a ransom in order to obtain safe passage for his wife, children, and goods. During the campaign of 1450, English troops were decimated at Formigny, and Somerset's garrison at Caen capitulated after a three weeks' siege. He then tried and failed to re-establish the English in Gascony. His king, Henry VI, suffered intermittent bouts of mental instability and during one such, the Duke of York took the role of protector and sent Somerset to the Tower. He was saved by the king's recovery and restored to power. He was made captain of Calais, but the dynastic feud that would grow into the Wars of the Roses had been ignited. In May 1455 at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Somerset faced York and the Earl of Warwick with 2,000 troops against half again as many Yorkists. After several hours of negotiations, the two armies clashed. During a charge by Warwick, the Lancastrians were routed and Somerset killed. Bio by: Iola
     Family Members
     Parents
      John de Beaufort 1371–1410
      Margaret de Holland de Beaufort 1380–1439
     Siblings
      Margaret Beaufort Courtenay unknown–1449
      John Beaufort 1404–1444
      Joan Beaufort 1404–1445
      Edmund Beaufort 1406–1455
      Thomas Beaufort 1405–1431
     Children
      Eleanor Beaufort Spencer unknown–1501
      Henry Beaufort 1436–1464
      Edmund de Beaufort 1439–1471
      Anne Beaufort Paston 1443–1496
      John de Beaufort 1455–1471
     BURIAL     St Alban's Cathedral, St Albans, St Albans District, Hertfordshire, England
     PLOT     Burial is in Lady's Chapel--the exact site is unknown
     Maintained by: Find A Grave
     Added: 17 Jun 2001
     Find A Grave Memorial 22776.^7,4
      ; "Sir EDMUND BEAUFORT, 4th EARL OF SOMERSET and 1st DUKE OF SOMERSET, as which cr:31 March 1448, as also earlier 28 Aug 1442 EARL OF DORSET and 24 June 1443 MARQUESS OF DORSET (all E), KG (1436); b c 1406; Constable of England 1450; m by 1436 Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, dau of Richard Earl of Warwick (see WARWICK, BROOKE and, E) and widow of 8th Lord (Baron) De Ros (qv)of Helmsley, and was k fighting on the Lancastrian side at the Yorkist victory of St Albans 22 May 1455, leaving, with at least two daus (Eleanor, m 1st 5th Earl of Ormonde (see 1970 edn) and 2nd SirRobert Spencer and had issue (see NORTHUMBERLAND, D); Margaret, m 1st Humphrey, Earl of Stafford, s of 1st Duke of Buckingham of the 1444 cr (see STAFFORD, B) and had issue; m 2nd Sir Richard Darell.)¹ He was 4th Earl of Somerset.¹ EDV-17 GKJ-15. He was Lieutenant General of France, Normandy and Guienne.¹⁴

; Faris (1999, pp. 333-334): [quote] EDMUND BEAUFORT, K.G., younger son, was born about 1405-6, and held military command in the French wars from 1431 to 1453. He was married, without license, about 1435 (pardon dated 7 Mar. 1438) to ALIANOR BEAUCHAMP, widow of THOMAS ROOS, 8th Lord Roos (died 18 Aug. 1430) [see ROOS 9 for descendants of this marriage], and daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick (descendant of King Edward I), by his first wife Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of Thomas Berkeley, 10th Lord Berkeley (descendant of King Edward I) [see BEAUCHAMP 9 for her ancestry]. She was born at Edgenoch, co. Warwick, in 1407. He was created Earl of Dorset on 28 Aug. 1441, and was summoned to Parliament from 13 Jan. 1444/5. He was created Duke of Somerset on 31 Mar. 1448. EDMUND BEAUFORT, Duke of Somerset, was slain on the Lancastrian side at the first Battle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455, and was buried in the Abbey Church. His widow was married for the second time to WALTER ROKESLEY, Esq., and died at Baynard's Castle, London, on 6 Mar. 1466/7.
D.N.B. 2:38-39 (1908) ("His blood was the first shed in the war of the Roses, which proved fatal to his sons, and ended the male line of the Beauforts"). C.P. 2:131 footnote c (1912). C.P. 4:417 (1916). TAG 19:199 (Apr. 1943). C.P. 12(1):49-58 (1953) (said to have been slain by Warwick; he was accused by the Duke of York of having been the sole cause of the civil war; he was marked by extreme avarice, although a very rich man, being the heir of his uncle Henry).
Children of Edmund Beaufort, by Alianor Beauchamp:
i.     HENRY BEAUFORT, 2nd Duke of Somerset, son and heir, born 26 Jan. 1436 [see next].
ii.     EDMUND BEAUFORT, 3rd Duke of Somerset, born about 1439, fled after the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471 to take refuge in Tewkesbuiy Abbey, beheaded by the Yorkists in the town of Tewkesbury on 6 May 1471, buried in the Abbey Church. With him the house of Beaufort became extinct.
iii.     JOHN BEAUFORT, styled Earl of Dorset, slain at Tewkesbury 4 May 1471.
iv.     THOMAS BEAUFORT, died young before 1463.
v.     MARGARET BEAUFORT, married HUMPHREY DE STAFFORD [see STAFFORD 7].2
vi.     ELEANOR BEAUFORT, married ROBERT SPENCER [see CAREY 5].3
vii. ANNE BEAUFORT, married WILUAM PASTON, Knt.
viii. JOAN BEAUFORT, married ROBERT ST. LAWRENCE, Lord Howth, RICHARD FRY, Knt.
ix.     ELIZABETH BEAUFORT, died before 1475; married HENRY [FITZ] LEWIS, Knt.
x.     MARY BEAUFORT, married _____ BURGH. [end quote]

; Staley cites: CP XII:/1: 49-53.⁷ He was Earl of Dorset on 28 August 1441.¹⁵ He was Marquess of Dorset on 24 June 1443.¹ He was M.P. on 13 January 1444/45.¹⁵ He was 1st Duke of Somerset of the 1448 cr. The Dukedom of Somerset created in 1443 expired with the death of the grantee in 1444. His brother inherited as 4th Earl of Somerset, however, and in 1448 was promoted Duke, despite a military career of relative failure during the last phase of the Hundred Years War. He died fighting on the Lancastrian side at the 1st Battle of St Albans in 1455. on 31 March 1448.^15,16,17,18

     Sir Richard de Beauchamp KB, KG, 13th Earl of Warwick was born between 25 January 1380 and 28 January 1381 at Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England.^4,1,2 He married Elizabeth de Berkeley Baroness Berkeley, Lisle and Teyes, daughter of Thomas 'The Magnificent' de Berkeley 5th Lord Berkeley, Viscount Lisle and Margaret de Lisle Baroness Lisle, between September 1392 and 5 October 1397
; "His lordship m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of Thomas, Lord Berkeley, Viscount LIsle, by whom he had three daus., viz.,
Margaret, m. to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury (his lordship's 2nd wife, by whom he had one son, John Talbot, Lord Viscount Lisle, of whom the Dudleys, Earls of Warwick derived).
Alianor, m. 1st to Thomas, Lord de Ros, from whom the Dukes of Rutland derive; and 2ndly, to Edmund, Duke of Somerset
Elizabeth, m. to George Nevil, Lord Latimer."^5,6 Sir Richard de Beauchamp KB, KG, 13th Earl of Warwick married Isabel le Despenser Baroness Burghersh, daughter of Sir Thomas le Despenser Knt., KG, Earl of Gloucester, 2nd Lord le Despenser and Constance (?) of York, on 26 November 1423 at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England,
; "The earl m. 2ndly, Isabel, dau. and eventually heiress of Thomas le Despenser, Earl of Gloucester, and widow of his cousin, Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester (for which marriage he obtained a papal dispensation, and had a son and a dau, - namely,
Henry, his successor, whose sponsors were Cardinal Beaufort, Humphrey, Earl of Stafford, and Joane, Lady Bergavenny.
Anne, who m. Sir Richard Nevil, son and heir of Richard, Earl of Salisbury, and grandson of Ralph Nevil, 1st Earl of Westmoreland."^7,8,6,9
Sir Richard de Beauchamp KB, KG, 13th Earl of Warwick died on 30 April 1439.^10,9
Sir Richard de Beauchamp KB, KG, 13th Earl of Warwick was buried after 30 April 1439 at Warwick, England; his tomb at Warwick being justly famous for its beauty and splendour.¹
     EDV-17 GKJ-16.

; RICHARD de BEAUCHAMP, 13th EARL OF WARWICK, KG (1403); b 25 or 28 Jan 1381/2; ktd 1399; fought against Owen Glendower in Wales 1403, Ld High Steward for HENRY V's Coronation 1413, Capt Calais Feb 1413/4, took charge of prisoners en route to Calais Sept-Oct 1415, hence (pace Shakespeare) absent at time of Agincourt; participated, however, in successful sea Battle of Harfleur 1416; also at Sieges of Caen 1417, Caudebec 1418 and Rouen Jan 1418/9, cr 19 May 1419 COUNT OF AUMALE (part of HENRY V's policy of creating English nobles with French titles and fiefs in English-occupied France); undertook further Sieges of Melun 1420 and Meaux 1421, also Gamaches 1422 and St Valéry-sur-Somme; Capt Rouen by end Jan 1422/3; took Pontorson, Brittany, 1427; beaten by French Battle of Montargis Sept 1427; victor over French at Beauvais 1431; apptd by HENRY VI Lt and Govr France and Normandy 1437; m 1st by 5 Oct 1397 Elizabeth (dspm 28 Dec 1422), Baroness Berkeley, Lisle and Teyes in her own right according to later doctrine, only dau of 5th Lord (Baron) Berkeley (qv). The 13th EARL m 2nd 26 Nov 1423 Isabel, Baroness Burghersh in her own right according to later doctrine, widow of his cousin Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, and sis and heir of Richard le Despenser (see FALMOUTH, V), de jure Lord (Baron) Burghersh, and d 30 April 1439 (his tomb at Warwick being justly famous for its beauty and splendour.¹ He was Earl of Albemarle.¹¹ He was 13th Earl of Warwick of the 1088 cr.^11,12,13 He was Chamberlain of the Exchequer.⁴

; Faris (1999, pp. 12-13): [quote] RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, Knt., K.B., K.G., 13th Earl of Warwick, hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, son and heir, was born at Salwarpe, co. Worcester on 25 or 28 Jan. 1381/2. He served in Wales against Owen Glendower, defeating him near Machynlleth, co. Montgomery, and capturing his banner, in 1402 (dated by the appearance of Halley's comet at the time). He was married for the first time, with covenant dated September 1392 but before 5 Oct. 1397, to ELIZABETH BERKELEY, daughter and heiress of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley (descendant of King Edward I), by Margaret, daughter and heiress of Warin de Lisle, 2nd Lord Lisle (of Kingston Lisle) and Lord Teyes [see BERKELEY 9 for her ancestry]. She was born about 1386 (aged under seven in 1392). He was present at the death-bed of King Henry V, 30-31 Aug. 1422, who made him an executor, and bequeathed to his care the education of his infant son, Henry VI. His wife Elizabeth died s.p.m. on 28 Dec. 1422, and was buried in Kingswood Abbey, co. Gloucester (or Wilts). He was married for the second time at Hanley Castle, co. Worcester on 26 Nov. 1423 to ISABEL LE DESPENSER, widow of his cousin, Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester (died s.p.m. March 1421/2) only surviving sister and heiress of Richard le Despenser, Lord Burghersh de jure (who died 7 Oct. 1414 s.p.), posthumous daughter and eventually sole heiress of Thomas le Despenser, Earl of Gloucester and Lord le Despenser, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of York [of Langley], Duke of York, fifth son of King Edward III). She was born at Cardiff on 26 July 1400 [see CLARE 8 for her ancest1y, and BERGAVENNY 7 for descendants of this marriage]. From 1 June 1428 till 19 May 1436 Richard Beauchamp was Tutor and Governor to the young King, whom he bore to Westminster Abbey for his Coronation on 6 Nov. 1429. On 16 July 1437 he was appointed lieutenant of France and Normandy, the most serious responsibility of his life, remaining in France thereafter. "Richard Beauchamp therl of Warwyk" died testate (P.C.C., 19 Rous) aged fifty-seven at Rouen on 30 Apr. 1439, and was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, being afterwards removed to the Lady Chapel, where is a superb monument to him. His widow died testate aged thirty-nine at Friars Minoresses, London, on 27 Dec. 1439, buried in Tewkesbury Abbey.
D.N.B.     (1908) 2:29-31 ("a brave and chivalrous warrior in an age of chivalry"). C.P. 2:131 footnote c (1912). C.P. 4:282 (1916). C.P. 8:54-55 (1932). C.P. 12(2):378-382 (1959).
Children of Richard Beauchamp, by Elizabeth Berkeley:
i.     ALLANOR BEAUCHAMP, married, first, THOMAS ROOS [see ROOS 9],1 second, EDMUND BEAUFORT [see SOMERSET 9].2
ii.     ELIZABETH BEAUCHAMP, married GEORGE NEVILLE [see LATIMER 7].3 Child of Richard Beauchamp, by Isabel Ie Despenser:
iii.     ANNE BEAUCHAMP, married RICHARD NEVILLE [see MONTAGU 7].4 [end quote].⁵

; "Richard de Beauchamp, 5th earl, b. 28 January, 1381. This nobleman was made a knight of the Bath at the coronation of King Henry IV., and at the coronation of the Queen in the following year, attained high reputation for the gallantry he had displayed in the lists. In the 4th year of the same monarch (1402-3), he was pre-eminently distinguished against Owen Glendower, whose banner he captured, and put the rebel himself to flight; and about the same time he won fresh laurels in the memorable battle of Shrewsbury, against the Percys, after which he as made a knight of the most noble order of the Garter. Of his lordship's pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Dugdale gives the following account: - 'In the 9th Henry IV. [1407/8], obtaining license to visit the Holy Land, he fitted himself with all necessaries for that journey, and passed the sea: in which voyage, visiting his cousin, the Duke of Barr, he was nobly received and entertained by him for eight days, who thence accompanied him to Paris; where being arrived, the king of France then wearing the crown, in reverence of that holy feast, made him to sit at his table, and at his departure sent an herald to conduct him safely through that realm. Out of which, entering Lumbardy, he was met by another herald from Sir Pandulph Malacet, with a challenge to perform certain feats of arms with him at Verona, upon a day assigned, for the order of the Garter; and in the presence of Sir Galiot of Mantua; whereunto he gave his assent. And as soon as he had performed his pilgrimage at Rome, returned to Verona, where he and his challenger were first to just, next to fight with axes, afterwards with arming swords, and lastly with sharp daggers. At the day and place assigned for which exercises, came great resort of people, Sir Pandulph entering the lists with nine spears borne before him: but the act of spears being ended, they fell to it with axes; in which encounter Sir Pandulph received a sore wound on the shoulder and had been utterly slain, but that Sir Galiot cried peace. 'When he came to Jerusalem, he had much respect shewed him by the patriarch's deputy, and having performed his offerings at the sepulchre of our Saviour, he set up his arms on the north side of the temple. While at Jerusalem, a noble person, called Baltredam (the Soldan's lieutenant), hearing that he was descended from the famous Sir Guy of Warwick, whose story they had in books of their own language, invited him to his palace, and royally feasting him, 'presented him with three precious stones of great value.' besides divers cloaths of silk and gold given to his servants. Where this Baltredam told him privately, that he faithfully believed as he did, though he durst not discover himself; and rehearsed the articles of the creed. But on the morrow he feasted Sir Baltredam's servants, and gave them scarlet, with other English cloth, which being shewed to Sir Baltredam, he returned again to him, and said, he would wear his livery and be marshal of his hall. Whereupon he gave Sir Baltredam a gown of black peak, furred: and had much discourse with him, for he was skilful in sundry languages.' At the coronation of King Henry V., in whose service, when Prince of Wales, his lordship had been engaged, the earl was constituted High Steward of England for the solemnity, and in the next year, we find him actively engaged for the king against the Lollards. In the 3rd of Henry V (1415-16) he was at Calais, and there his chivalric disposition led him into an encounter with three French knights...[he wins]...and so rode to Calais with great honor. About this time the earl attended the deputation of bishops and other learned persons from England to the Council of Constance, and during his stay there slew a great duke in justing. In the next year, he was with King Henry at the siege of Caen, and upon the surrender of that place was appointed governor of its castle. His lordship continued actively engaged in military and diplomatic services during the remainder of the reign of King Henry V., by whose will he was appointed governor to his infant son and successor, Henry VI., which charge having fulfilled with great wisdom and fidelity, his lordship was appointed, upon the death of John Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, Lieutenant-General of the whole realm of France and Duchy of Normandy. The earl, who had been created Earl of Albemarle, for life, in 1417, d. in the castle of Roan, in his French government, on 30 April 1439 - having by his will ordered his body to be brought over to England, where it was afterwards deposited, under a stately monument*, [*This magnificent tomb (which yet remains in uncommon in London (?) is inferior to none in England, unless that of Henry VII. in Westminster Abbey.] appointed by the deceased lord to be erected in the collegiate church of St. Mary, at Warwick...The Earl of Warwick was s. by his son, Henry de Beauchamp..."¹⁴ He was hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire.⁴ He was Count of Aumale by Henry V on 19 May 1419.¹

     Elizabeth de Berkeley Baroness Berkeley, Lisle and Teyes was born circa 1386.^7,8 She married Sir Richard de Beauchamp KB, KG, 13th Earl of Warwick, son of Thomas de Beauchamp Knt., KG, 12th Earl of Warwick and Margaret de Ferrers, between September 1392 and 5 October 1397
; "His lordship m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of Thomas, Lord Berkeley, Viscount LIsle, by whom he had three daus., viz.,
Margaret, m. to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury (his lordship's 2nd wife, by whom he had one son, John Talbot, Lord Viscount Lisle, of whom the Dudleys, Earls of Warwick derived).
Alianor, m. 1st to Thomas, Lord de Ros, from whom the Dukes of Rutland derive; and 2ndly, to Edmund, Duke of Somerset
Elizabeth, m. to George Nevil, Lord Latimer."^9,2
Elizabeth de Berkeley Baroness Berkeley, Lisle and Teyes died on 28 December 1422.⁷
     EDV-17 GKJ-16. She was Lady Lisle and Teye.¹⁰

; Elizabeth; b c 1386; by later doctrine she would have inherited her f's Barony as a peeress in her own right (together indeed with her mother's Barony of Lisle) and it/they would then have fallen into abeyance on her death without male issue, but it is probable that according to the notions then prevailing the Barony of Berkeley was considered to go with physical and legal possession of Berkeley Castle (see also ABERGAVENNY, M, for a discussion of the concept of barony by tenure), so that by a combination of this, together with what was then considered good practice as regards inheritance of baronies by writ (topped up by the political influence wielded by Elizabeth's cousin James de Berkeley) and what later became the legal doctrine, her cousin James, who was called to Parl by writs from 1421, thereby became the grantee of a totally new creation; m by 5 Oct 1397, as his 1st w, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (qv) of the 1088 cr.⁸

.¹¹

     Thomas 'The Magnificent' de Berkeley 5th Lord Berkeley, Viscount Lisle was buried at Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England.⁸ He was born on 5 January 1352/53 at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England.^8,9,4 He married Margaret de Lisle Baroness Lisle, daughter of Warin de Lisle 2nd Lord Lisle, 5th Lord Teyes and Margaret Pipard, in November 1367 at Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England.^{10,8,9,2,3,4,11}

Thomas 'The Magnificent' de Berkeley 5th Lord Berkeley, Viscount Lisle died on 13 July 1417 at age 64; dspm43.^8,2,3,4
     EDV-18 GKJ-17.

; THOMAS de BERKELEY, 5th LORD (Baron) BERKELEY, PC; b 5 Jan 1352/3; a Commr for deposition of RICHARD II 30 Sept 1399, Adml S and W 1403, Jt Warden Welsh Marches 1404, a Regent of the Kingdom April 1416; m Nov 1367 Margaret de Lisle (d 20 March 1391/2), dau and heir of 2nd Lord (Baron) Lisle of the 1347 cr, and on the latter's death in 1382 styled himself LORD LISLE by right of his w; dspm 13 July 1417.⁹ He was Lord Berkeley.¹²

; Faris (1999, pp. 22-23) "THOMAS DE BERKELEY, 5th Lord Berkeley, born at Berkeley Castle on 5 Jan. 1352/3. He was summoned to Parliament 1381-1415, and served in the wars in France, Spain, Brittany and Scotland 1378-1385. In 1386 he entertained King Richard II at Berkeley Castle, for the deposition of whom, however, he was, 30 Sep. 1399, one of the Commissioners. He was P.C. to Kings Richard II and Henry IV, Admiral of the South and West 1403, and a Regent of the Kingdom April 1416. He was married, aged fifteen, at Wingrave, co. Buckingham, in November 1367, to MARGARET BE LISLE, only daughter and heiress of Warin de Lisle, Lord Lisle, by Margaret, daughter of William Pipard. She was born about 1362, and died on 20 Mar. 1391/2. THOMAS DE BERKELEY, 5th Lord Berkeley, died testate on 13 July 1417 s.p.m. They were buried at Wotton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester. C.P. (1932) 8:53-54..
a.     ELIZABETH DE BERKELEY, mar RICHARD DE BEAUCHAMP [see BEAUCHAMP9].2."¹³

; van de Pas cites: 1. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America bef.1700, 7th Edition, 1992, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Reference: 43
2. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: II 130
3. A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Burke, Sir Bernard, Reference: 44.⁴ He was Viscount Lisle.¹ He was M.P. between 1378 and 1415.⁸

     Sir John Montagu Knt., 1st Lord Montagu was buried at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.⁵ He was born at London, City of London, Greater London, England.² He married Margaret de Monthermer Lady Monthermer, daughter of Sir Thomas de Monthermer Knt., 2nd Lord Monthermer and Margaret (?), between 1 February 1340 and 12 December 1343.^5,3,1

Sir John Montagu Knt., 1st Lord Montagu was buried after 25 February 1390 at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England;
From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1328, Donyatt, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
     DEATH     25 Feb 1390 (aged 61–62), Salisbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
     Lord Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Knight of Wark-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, of Stokenham, Davon and of St Clemens Danes.
     Younger son of Sir William de Montagu, Earl of Salisbury and Marshal of England by Katherine Grandison, daughter of Sir William.
     Husband of Margaret de Monthermer, daughter of Thomas de Monthemer and Margaret de Tyeys, daughter of Henry. Grand daughter of Ralph de Monthermer and Joan of Acre. They married before the end of 1343, some reports state 02 July 1340 in Stokenham, Devon. They had three sons and four daughters:
     * Sir John, Knight of the Garter
     * Thomas, cleric and Dean of Salisbury
     * Sir Richard
     * Eleanor
     * Sibyl, a nun
     * Katherine
     * Margaret, a nun
     John was at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, and fought at Poitiers in 1356, summoned to Parliament in 1357 as Johanni de Monte Acuto. Steward of the Household to the King Richard II. He leased the castle and barony of Wark to Joan, widow of John Coupland for a period of seven years. His widow died 24 March 1695.
     Death date is also given as March 4th. His plague reads 1398. Richardson lists his death as 1389/1390. Lundy lists his death as 1396 with sources. McBride lists his death as 1389.
     His name is also listed as Montacute.
     Bio by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
     Family Members
     Parents
      William Montagu 1301–1344
      Catherine de Grandison Montagu 1304–1349
     Spouse
      Margaret de Monthermer de Montacute 1329–1394
     Siblings
      Elizabeth de Montagu 1325–1359
      William Montacute 1328–1397
      Philippa Montagu 1333–1381
     Children
      John Montagu 1350–1400
      Eleanor de Montacute Dynham 1357–1393
     BURIAL     Salisbury Cathedral,Salisbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, EnglandMaintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
     Originally Created by: Connie Nisinger
     Added: 1 Jul 2005
     Find A Grave Memorial 11276296.^3,1,6
Sir John Montagu Knt., 1st Lord Montagu died on 25 February 1389/90; died testate.^5,3
     He was Steward of the Household to King Richard II 1381-1386/7.⁷

; The Barony of Montagu created in 1299 became forfeited along with the Earldom on the attainder of John de Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, in Jan 1399/1400 but was revived for John's son, Thomas de Montagu, in 1421.⁸ EDV-18 GKJ-18.

; Per Wikipedia: John Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu
     "John de Montacute (c.?1330 – c.?1390) was a 14th-century English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III. He was the son of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury by his wife Catherine Grandison, and younger brother of William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1328–1397). He also had several younger sisters.
     "Montacute was summoned to parliament in 1357.[1] Jean Froissart named "Lord John Mountacute" as one of the participants with King Edward III at the Siege of Calais in 1349.[2]
     "He married Margaret de Monthermer, daughter and heiress of Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd Baron de Monthermer by his wife Margaret de Brewes. Their children included John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (c.?1350 – 1400); Eleanor Montacute, who married John Dinham (1359–1428);[3] Thomas Montagu, Dean of Salisbury Cathedral; and Sybil Montagu, Prioress of Amesbury.
     "Montagu's descendants quartered the arms of Monthermer: Or, an eagle displayed vert beaked and membered gules.
References
1. Stephen, Sir Leslie; Lee, Sir Sidney (1909). Dictionary of national biography. Smith, Elder & Co.
2. Froissart, John (1844). The Chronicles of England, France and Spain. London: William Smith. pp. 192–5.
3. Douglas Richardson, D. Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Salt Lake City, 2011), I:660-1.⁹

Reference: van de Pas cites:
     1. A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Burke, Sir Bernard. 372
     2. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. 9:86-8; 11:391.¹

Sir John Montagu Knt., 1st Lord Montagu lived at Wark-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.³ He was 3rd Earl of Salisbury.¹⁰ Sir John Montagu Knt., 1st Lord Montagu was also known as Sir John de Montagu Knt., KG, of Wark-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.^11,2,3

; 11.     MARGARET DE MONTHERMER, daughter and heiress, was born at Stokenham on 14 Oct. 1329. She was married before the end of 1343 to JOHN DE MONTAGU, Knt., of Wark-upon-Tweed, younger son of William de Montagu, Knt., 3rd Lord Montagu (of baronial descent), by Katherine (descendant of Charlemagne), daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Lord Grandison, of Lambourn, cc. Berks. He was at the Battle of Crécy on 26 Aug. 1346, and fought at Poitiers on 19 Sep. 1356. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Feb. 1357 by writs directed Johanni de Monte Acuto. He was Steward of the Household to King Richard II, 1381-1386/7. JOHN DE MONTAGU [Lord Montagu] died testate on 25 Feb. or 4 Mar. 1389/90, and was buried at Salisbury Cathedral. His widow died intestate on 24 Mar. 1394/5.
C.P. 9:82,86-89, 143-144(1936) (tomb bore his arms: Azure 3 fusils in fesse, within a bordure; impaling a spread-eagle). C.P. 11:388 footnote b. Paget (1957) 372:8-9.⁵

; fougt at the Battle of Crecy.³ He was 1st Lord Montagu in 1357.^7,1

     Margaret de Monthermer Lady Monthermer was born on 14 October 1329 at Stokenham, Devonshire, England.^4,2 She married Sir John Montagu Knt., 1st Lord Montagu, son of Sir William de Montagu Knt., 3rd Lord Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Katherine de Grandson, between 1 February 1340 and 12 December 1343.^4,2,5

Margaret de Monthermer Lady Monthermer died on 24 March 1394/95 at age 65; died testate.^4,2
      ; van de Pas cites: The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: IX 143; XI 391.¹ EDV-18 GKJ-18.

; 11.     MARGARET DE MONTHERMER, daughter and heiress, was born at Stokenham on 14 Oct. 1329. She was married before the end of 1343 to JOHN DE MONTAGU, Knt., of Wark-upon-Tweed, younger son of William de Montagu, Knt., 3rd Lord Montagu (of baronial descent), by Katherine (descendant of Charlemagne), daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Lord Grandison, of Lambourn, cc. Berks. He was at the Battle of Crécy on 26 Aug. 1346, and fought at Poitiers on 19 Sep. 1356. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Feb. 1357 by writs directed Johanni de Monte Acuto. He was Steward of the Household to King Richard II, 1381-1386/7. JOHN DE MONTAGU [Lord Montagu] died testate on 25 Feb. or 4 Mar. 1389/90, and was buried at Salisbury Cathedral. His widow died intestate on 24 Mar. 1394/5.
C.P. 9:82,86-89, 143-144(1936) (tomb bore his arms: Azure 3 fusils in fesse, within a bordure; impaling a spread-eagle). C.P. 11:388 footnote b. Paget (1957) 372:8-9.⁴

     Sir Thomas de Monthermer Knt., 2nd Lord Monthermer was born on 4 October 1301.^6,2,3 He married Margaret (?) after 23 July 1326.^7,3,2

Sir Thomas de Monthermer Knt., 2nd Lord Monthermer died on 24 June 1340 at Battle of Sluys, Holland (Netherlands now), at age 38.^6,3
     EDV-19 GKJ-19. He was 2nd Lord Monthermer.⁸

; van de Pas cites: The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: IX 143.²

; Faris (1999) pp. 242-243: "THOMAS DE MONTHERMER, Knt., of Stokenham, Devon, 2nd Lord Monthermer, was born on 4 Oct. 1301. He was not summoned to Parliament. He was married to MARGARET _____, widow of Henry le Teyes, Lord Teyes (executed 1321). THOMAS DE MONTHERMER, 2nd Lord Monthermer, died on 24 June 1340 s.p.m., being slain at the Battle of Sluys. His widow died on 15, 22 or 26 May 1349. Note:     Henry le Teyes and his wife Margaret were granted lands in Bockhampton in Lambourne, Co. Berks, for life; Bockhampton was held after Henry's death by Margaret de Monthermer (V.C.H. Berks. 4:258 (1924); Feudal Aids 1:62 (1899)). C.P. 9:88, 143-144 (1936)."⁷

     Margaret (?) married Henry le Teyes Lord.¹
Margaret (?) married Sir Henry le Tyeys Knt., 2nd Lord Tyeys, of Chilton Foliat, Wiltsire
; her 1st husband.² Margaret (?) married Sir Thomas de Monthermer Knt., 2nd Lord Monthermer, son of Sir Ralph de Monthermer Knt., Earl of Gloucester and Hertford and Joan of Acre (?) Princess of England, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford, after 23 July 1326.^1,2,3

Margaret (?) died between 15 May 1349 and 26 May 1349.^1,2
     EDV-19 GKJ-19.

     Henry le Teyes Lord married Margaret (?)¹

Henry le Teyes Lord died in 1321; executed.¹

     Sir Ralph de Monthermer Knt., Earl of Gloucester and Hertford was buried at Grey Friars, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.² He was born between 1261 and 1262; Faris (1999) p. 83: "...of unknown parentage and had been a squire in the late Earl's household." Med Lands says b. 1261/62.^2,3 He married Joan of Acre (?) Princess of England, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford, daughter of Edward I "Longshanks" (?) King of England and Doña Eleanor/Alianore (?) Infanta de Castilla, Cts de Pontheiu, in 1297
;
Her 2nd husband; his 1st wife.^{4,5,6,7,8,1,9,3} Sir Ralph de Monthermer Knt., Earl of Gloucester and Hertford married Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Hugh "the Elder" le Despenser Knt., Lord le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester and Isabel de Beauchamp, before 20 November 1318
;
Her 2nd husband; his 2nd wife.^2,1,10,3,11
Sir Ralph de Monthermer Knt., Earl of Gloucester and Hertford died between 5 April 1325 and 10 May 1325; died testate.^2,1,3
Sir Ralph de Monthermer Knt., Earl of Gloucester and Hertford was buried circa 10 May 1325 at Grey Friars' Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.^1,3
     He was Earl of Gloucester and Hertford.⁴ EDV-20 GKJ-20.

; Faris [1999:83]:
     "JOAN OF ENGLAND was married for the second time, clandestinely, presumably early in 1297, to RALPH DE MONTHERMER. He was born in 1262 of unknown parentage, and had been a squire in the late Earl's household. The marriage enraged her father, the King, and he committed Ralph to prison in Bristol Castle, and all Joan's lands were seized into the King's hand. By the mediation of Anthony Bec, Bishop of Durham, however, peace was made between the King and his daughter, and her lands were restored to her on 31 July 1297, Ralph having done homage. The King afterwards became much attached to his new son-in-law, who was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Gloucester and Hertford during the minority of his step-son, Gilbert de Dare. He was at the siege of Carlaverock in the summer of 1300. JOAN OF ENGLAND died, aged thirty-five, on 23 Apr. 1307, and was buried in the Austin Friars' at Clare, Suffolk. Ralph de Monthermer was summoned to Parliament from 4 Mar. 1308/9 by writs directed Raulpho de Monte Hermerii, and was granted the barony of Erlestoke, co. Wilts. He fought at Bannockburn in 1314. In December 1315 he had permission to go on pilgrimage to Santiago of Compostella in Spain. He was married for the second time before 20 Nov. 1318 to Isabel le Despenser, widow of John de Hastings, of Ashill, Norfolk (died 1313), and daughter of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester, by Isabel, daughter of William de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. RALPH DE MONTHERMER [Lord Monthermer] died testate aged sixty-three on 10 May or 5 Apr. 1325, and was buried at Grey Friars', Salisbury.
C.P. 1:346 (1910), CF. 3:244 (1913). C.P. 4:269 (1916). C.P. 5:346, 373, 702-712 (1926). CF. 6:503 (1926). C.P. 9:140-142, footnote c (1936) (Ralph probably pronounced his name Mehermer; it is so spelt in a deed of his, and in his petitions. His arms: Or, an eagle displayed yen--the arms of Lyndsey of Northumberland) (1936). Paget (1957) 130:13. Sanders (1960), pp. 6,34-35,42. TAG 69:138 (July 1994) (birthdates of daughters Alianor and Margaret).
Child of Ralph de Monthermer, by Joan of England:
iv.     THOMAS DE MONTHERMER, married MARGARET _____ [see MONTAGU 12]."

; Per Med Lands:
     "RALPH de Monthermer, son of --- ([1261/62]-5 Apr 1325, bur Salisbury, Grey Friars Church). He was a member of the household of Gilbert Earl of Gloucester and Hereford, and was secretly married to his widow. He was imprisoned by the King at Bristol when he learned of this marriage, but pardoned at Eltham 2 Aug 1297[1887]. He was styled Earl of Gloucester and Hertford after his marriage but never acquired full comital rank. He lost the name of earl on his wife's death[1888]. He was created Earl of Atholl 12 Oct 1306, but he resigned this earldom 24 Jun 1307 in favour of David of Strathbogie. He was summoned to parliament 4 Mar 1309, whereby he is held to have become Lord Monthermer. King Edward II granted “manerium de Stoke in Hamme” to “Radulpho de Monte Hermerii et Thomæ et Edwardo filiis eius, nepotibus nostris” and other properties by charter dated 16 Sep 1309[1889].
     "m firstly (secretly early 1297 or [12 May/3 Jul] 1297) as her second husband, JOAN of England "of Acre", widow of GILBERT de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, daughter of EDWARD I King of England & his first wife Infanta doña Leonor de Castilla (Acre, Palestine Spring 1272-Clare Manor, Suffolk 23 Apr 1307, bur 26 Apr 1307 Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk). The Annals of Dunstable record that “comitssa Gloverniæ, filia domini regis” married “cuidam militia sine assensu regio” in 1296[1890]. The primary source which confirms her second marriage more precisely has not yet been identified. This marriage was clandestine. The king, her father, did not know that Joan was already married when he agreed 16 Mar 1297 her marriage to Amédée Comte de Savoie. He confiscated Joan's lands 3 Jul 1297 when he found out about the marriage, but pardoned her 2 Aug 1297[1891]. A manuscript history of the foundation of Dunmow Priory records the death in 1307 of “Johanna de Acres comitissa de Clare” and her burial “in ecclesia fratrum S. Augustini apud Clare”[1892].
     "m secondly (before 20 Nov 1318) as her second husband, ISABEL le Despencer, widow of JOHN de Hastings Lord Hastings, daughter of HUGH le Despencer Lord le Despencer [later Earl of Winchester] & his wife Isabel de Beauchamp of Warwick (-4/5 Dec 1334). King Edward II pardoned “Radulphus de Montehermerii” for marrying “Isabellam quæ fuit uxor Johannis de Hastinges defuncti” without royal consent by charter dated 12 Aug 1319[1893]."
Med Lands cites: He was 1st Lord Monthermer in 1308.⁴

     Hugues XI "le Brun" de Lusignan Comte de la Marche et Angouleme,Comte de Ponthieu was born circa 1221 at Vienne, France.^7,1,2,3 He and Jeanne/Joan (?) Cts de Toulouse were engaged in 1224.^3,8 Hugues XI "le Brun" de Lusignan Comte de la Marche et Angouleme,Comte de Ponthieu and Saint Isabel (?) de France were engaged in March 1227.³ Hugues XI "le Brun" de Lusignan Comte de la Marche et Angouleme,Comte de Ponthieu married Yolande de Dreux Cts de Penthievre et de Porhoet, daughter of Pierre I Mauclerc de Dreux Cmte de Dreux, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond and Alix de Thouars Duchess of Brittany, in January 1235.^{7,9,1,10,11,2,3,5,12}

Hugues XI "le Brun" de Lusignan Comte de la Marche et Angouleme,Comte de Ponthieu died in April 1250 at Fariskur, Damietta, Egypt; Weis (AR7) says d. 1250; Genealogy.EU (Lusignan 2 page) says d. 1260.^7,2,3,5
      ; Hugues XI, Seigneur de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche et d'Angouleme 5.6.1249, Comte de Penthievre et de Porhoet, *ca 1221, +1260; m.1235 Yolande (*1218, +10.10.1272, bur Villeneuve-lez-Nantes), dau.of Pierre I Mauclerc, Duc de Bretagne, by Alix, Duchesse de Bretagne.² EDV-21. He was Comte de Penthievre et de Porhoet.² He was Crusader.⁵

; van de Pas cites: 1. Europäische Stammtafeln, Band II, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von, Reference: page 29
2. Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.), Reference: vol III/3 page 564.⁵

.¹³ Hugues XI "le Brun" de Lusignan Comte de la Marche et Angouleme,Comte de Ponthieu was also known as Hugh le Brun Earl of Picardy.¹⁰ He was Comte de la Marche et d'Angouleme on 5 June 1249.²

     Yolande de Dreux Cts de Penthievre et de Porhoet was born in 1218.^2,3,5,8 She and Henry III (?) of Winchester, King of England were engaged before 19 October 1226.^9,8 Yolande de Dreux Cts de Penthievre et de Porhoet and Jean (?) de France, Cte d'Anjou et du Maine were engaged in March 1227.⁸ Yolande de Dreux Cts de Penthievre et de Porhoet and Teobaldo (Thibault) I-IV "le Grand" (?) King of Navarre, Cte de Champagne et de Brie were engaged in 1231.^8,10 Yolande de Dreux Cts de Penthievre et de Porhoet married Hugues XI "le Brun" de Lusignan Comte de la Marche et Angouleme,Comte de Ponthieu, son of Hugues X "Le Brun" de Lusignan Comte de La Marche et d'Angoulême and Isabelle d'Angouleme (?) comtesse d'Angouleme, Queen Consort of England, in January 1235.^{11,12,13,1,2,3,5,14,8}

Yolande de Dreux Cts de Penthievre et de Porhoet died on 10 October 1272 at château de Bouteville.^13,2,3,5,8
Yolande de Dreux Cts de Penthievre et de Porhoet was buried at Villeneuve-lez-Nantes, France (now).³
     ; Per Med Lands:
     "THIBAUT de Champagne, son of THIBAUT III Comte de Champagne & his wife Infanta doña Blanca de Navarra (Pamplona 3 May 1201-Pamplona 8 Jul 1253, bur Pamplona). Villehardouin records that the wife of Comte Thibaut "had borne him a little daughter and was about to bear a son" when her husband died[615]. He succeeded his father in 1201 as THIBAUT IV Comte de Champagne et de Brie. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that "comes Campaniensis Theobaldus" joined his [maternal] uncle in Navarre in 1225[616]. He succeeded his maternal uncle in 1234 as TEOBALDO I "le Grand" King of Navarre. He answered the call of Pope Gregory IX for a Crusade in 1239, and led a French contingent which landed at Acre 1 Sep 1239. He marched south to attack the Egyptian outposts of Ascalon and Gaza, where they were defeated. He returned to Europe in Sep 1240[617]. The necrology of Sens cathedral records the death "Kal Mai " of "Theobaldus illustris rex Navarre et comes Campanie"[618]. The necrology of Saint-Etienne, Troyes records the death "11 Jul" of "Theobaldus rex Navarre, Campanie et Brie comes palatinus"[619]. The "Corónicas" Navarras record the death "Id Iul…apud Pampilonam" in 1253 of "Teobaldus…rex Navarre et comes palatinus Campanie atque Brie" and his burial in Pamplona[620].
     "[621]Betrothed (1219) MARGARET of Scotland, daughter of WILLIAM I "the Lion" King of Scotland & his wife Ermengarde de Beaumont (1193-1259, bur Church of the Black Friars, London).
     "m firstly (mid-May 1220, repudiated 1222) as her second husband, GERTRUD von Dagsburg, widow of THIBAUT I Duke of Lorraine, daughter of ALBERT II Graf von Dagsburg & his wife Gertrud von Baden ([May 1205/mid-1206]-before 19 Mar 1225). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the second marriage in 1220 of "Gertrudem comitissam de Daburc [relictam Theobaldi iuvenis dux Lotharingie]" and "iuvenis comes Theobaldus Campaniensis" and their separation two years later on grounds of consanguinity[622]. Richer records that "ducem Lotoringie Theobaldum" was married to "filiam comitis de Daxporc", that he inherited the county through her, that after her first husband died she married "comes…Campanie adhuc adolescens" who in his turn inherited the county, that she was repudiated for sterility by her second husband and married thirdly "comiti de Lignigne", and that after the couple's death soon afterwards there were no heirs to her county which (including "castra…Hernestem et Turquestem, et…opida…Albam et Saleborc") was annexed by "Metensis episcopus Iohannes" but that "frater…dicti comitis defuncti" captured "castrum Daxporc"[623]. She married thirdly (1224 before Sep) Simon von Leiningen.
     "m secondly (1222) AGNES de Beaujeu, daughter of GUICHARD [V] “le Grand” Sire de Beaujeu & his wife Sibylle de Hainaut [Flanders] (-11 Jul 1231, bur Clairvaux). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the second marriage of "Theobaldus comes Campaniensis" and "Agnetem sororem Humberti filiam Wichardi de Belloioco"[624]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death "1231 V Id Jul" of "Agnes comitissa Campanie" and her burial "in Clarevalle in capella comitis Flandrie matris sue avunculi"[625].
     "[626]Betrothed ([1231/32]) to YOLANDE de Bretagne, daughter of PIERRE Duke of Brittany & his first wife Alix de Thouars (in Brittany end 1218-château de Bouteville 10 Oct 1272, bur Villeneuve-les-Nantes, église abbatiale de Notre Dame). Her betrothal to Thibaut IV Comte de Champagne is confirmed by a letter from King Louis IX to Comte Thibaut, dated 1229, which states that the king had “entendu que vous avez convenancé et promis à prendre à femme la fille du Comte Pierre de Bretaigne” and forbade him from proceeding, adding “la raison pourquoi vous savez bien” (without providing any further explanation)[627]. The 1229 date (cited by Lobineau) is presumably incorrect, assuming that the date of death of Comte Thibaut´s second wife is correctly reported as 11 Jul 1231 as shown above. This suggested redating is confirmed by a letter from Pope Gregory IX to the archbishop of Bourges dated 24 Apr 1232 stating that “Campaniæ et Britanniæ comites” intended to arrange a marriage alliance prohibited by the degrees of consanguinity and forbidding the arrangement[628].
     "m thirdly (contract Mar 1232, 22 Sep 1232) MARGUERITE de Bourbon, daughter of ARCHAMBAUD [VIII] "le Grand" Sire de Bourbon [Dampierre] & his wife [Beatrix de Montluçon] (-Provins, Brie 12 Apr 1256, bur Clairval). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the marriage of "comes Campaniensis Theobaldus" and "Margaretam filiam Erchenbaldi de Borbona"[629]. The contract of marriage between “Theobaldus Campanie et Brie comes palatinus” and “Archambaldus dominus Borbonii…Margarita filia” is dated Mar 1232[630]. She was regent of Champagne and Navarre 1253-1256 during the minority of her son. "Don Alfonso, yffante primero fijo del rey d´Aragon" consented to any alliance between "mio padre don Jagme…rey d´Aragon" and "dona Margarita…reyna de Navarra, de Campayna et de Bria condessa palatina, et con vuestro fijo don Thibalt rey de Navarra", by charter dated 1 Aug 1253[631]. “Marguerite…royne de Navarre, de Champaigne et de Brye conteste palatine” settled a dispute between “les nobles barons Jehan conte de Bourgoigne et signour de Salins…et Thiebaut conte de Barz” by charter dated 3 Nov 1254[632]. The necrology of Saint-Etienne, Troyes records the death "29 Mar" of "Margarita regina Navarre"[633]. The necrology of the Chapelle Saint-Blaise, Provins records the death on 29 Mar of "Margarita regina"[634]. The "Corónicas" Navarras record the death "II Id Apr…apud Privignum" in 1256 of "Margarita…regina Navarre, commitissa Canpanie atque Brie" and her burial in "apud Claram vallem"[635].
Med Lands cites:

; Per Geneaalogy.EU: "Yolande (*1218, +10.10.1272, bur Villeneuve-lez-Nantes), dau.of Pierre I Mauclerc, Duc de Bretagne, by Alix, Duchesse de Bretagne."³

; Per Med Lands: "YOLANDE de Bretagne (in Brittany end 1218-château de Bouteville 10 Oct 1272, bur Villeneuve-les-Nantes, église abbatiale de Notre Dame). A letter of King Henry III dated 19 Oct 1226 confirms his betrothal to "Jolentam filiam Petri ducis Brittanniæ et comitis Richemundiæ"[361]. The Chronicon Turonense records the betrothal of "Rex Franciæ Joannem fratrem suum, puerum octennem" and "filiæ Petri Comitis Britanniæ", and the grant of the county of Anjou to him[362]. The marriage contract between “P. dux Britannie, comes Richemondie…Yolendi filie mee” and “Ludovicus, rex Francorum…Johannem fratrem suum” is dated 27 Mar [1226/27][363]. The Annals of Dunstable record the betrothal of “filiam comitis Britanniæ” and “rex Franciæ…fratri suo minori”, who received the county of Anjou, in 1227[364]. Her betrothal to Thibaut IV Comte de Champagne is confirmed by a letter from King Louis IX to Comte Thibaut, dated 1229, which states that the king had “entendu que vous avez convenancé et promis à prendre à femme la fille du Comte Pierre de Bretaigne” and forbade him from proceeding, adding “la raison pourquoi vous savez bien” (without providing any further explanation)[365]. The 1229 date (cited by Lobineau) is presumably incorrect, assuming that the date of death of Comte Thibaut´s second wife is correctly reported as 11 Jul 1231 as shown above. This suggested redating is confirmed by a letter from Pope Gregory IX to the archbishop of Bourges dated 24 Apr 1232 stating that “Campaniæ et Britanniæ comites” intended to arrange a marriage alliance prohibited by the degrees of consanguinity and forbidding the arrangement[366]. Dame de la Fère-en-Tardenois, de Chailly et de Longjumeau. Ctss de Penthièvre 1236, as her dowry. The Chronicon Britannicum records in 1236 that "Penthevria excepto Jugonio" was granted to “Hugoni filio comitis de Marchia” with “filia Petri comitis totius Britanniæ”[367]. Ctss de Porhoët, by grant of her brother. "Hugo Lebrun, filius comitis Marchie primogenitus, et dominus Lambalie et Hyolandis uxor sua" noted the end of the excommunication of "Guidonem de Argenteio dominum de Plancoit" in a charter dated 1246[368]. "Hugo Brunus comes Engolisme et domina Hiolendis uxor eius heres et domina Penthevrie" confirmed the donation to Lamballe made by “domini P. quondam ducis Britannie genitoris predicte Hiolendis uxoris nostre...domine Ælidis ducisse Britannie et comitisse Richem. genitricis predicte Hiolendis” by charter dated Jul 1247[369]. Regent of La Marche and Angoulême 1250-1256. Betrothed (before 19 Oct 1226) to HENRY III King of England, son of JOHN King of England & his second wife Isabelle Ctss d'Angoulême (Winchester Castle 1 Oct 1207-Palace of Westminster 16 Nov 1272, bur Westminster Abbey). Betrothed (Mar 1227) to JEAN de France Comte d'Anjou et du Maine, son of LOUIS VIII King of France & his wife Infanta doña Blanca de Castilla (Sep 1219-1232, bur Notre-Dame de Poissy). [370]Betrothed ([1231], terminated) to THIBAUT IV Comte de Champagne, son of THIBAUT III Comte de Champagne & his wife Infanta doña Blanca de Navarra (Pamplona 3 May 1201-Pamplona 8 Jul 1253, bur Pamplona). m (Jan 1236) HUGUES [XII] de Lusignan, son of HUGUES [XI] de Lusignan Comte de la Marche et d'Angoulême & his wife Isabelle Ctss d'Angoulême ([1221]-Damietta Apr 1250, bur Abbaye de la Couronne, Charente). He succeeded his father in 1250 as Seigneur de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche et d'Angoulême."
Med Lands cites: EDV-21.

     Pierre I Mauclerc de Dreux Cmte de Dreux, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond was born in 1187; Genealogy.EU says b. 1191; MedLands says b. 1187.^2,8,9 He married Alix de Thouars Duchess of Brittany, daughter of Guy de Thouars Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond (jure uxoris) and Constance de Penthievre Duchess of Brittany, between 1212 and 1213
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His 1st wife.^{10,1,2,11,12,13} Pierre I Mauclerc de Dreux Cmte de Dreux, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond and Marie de Lusignan Comtesse de Brienne were engaged before 21 July 1229.¹⁴ Pierre I Mauclerc de Dreux Cmte de Dreux, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond married Nicole (?) circa 1230
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His 2nd wife.² Pierre I Mauclerc de Dreux Cmte de Dreux, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond married Marguerite de Montagu Dame de Machecoul, daughter of Maurice II de Commequiers, in 1235
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His 3rd wife; her 2nd husband.^10,2,12
Pierre I Mauclerc de Dreux Cmte de Dreux, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond died in May 1250 at Died at sea off Damietta, Damietta, Egypt.^10,2,15
Pierre I Mauclerc de Dreux Cmte de Dreux, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond was buried after May 1250 at L'église abbatiale Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1191
     DEATH     6 Jul 1250 (aged 58–59)
     Comte de Dreux, duc de Bretagne, dit le Mauclerc.
     Family Members
     Parents
          Robert II de Dreux 1154–1218
          Yolande de Coucy de Dreux 1170–1222
     Spouses
          Alix de Thouars 1201–1221
          Nicole unknown–1232
     Siblings
          Alix de Dreux de Vienne unknown–1258
          Robert III de Dreux 1185–1234
          Jeanne de Dreux 1199–1275
     Children
          Jean de Bretagne 1217–1286
          Yolande de Bretagne 1218–1272
          Olivier de Machecoul 1229–1279
     BURIAL     L'église abbatiale Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
     Created by: Todd Whitesides
     Added: 3 Nov 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial 79795612.^2,16
     He was Earl of Richmond.² He was Comte de Penthievre.²

; Per Genealogy.EU: "Cte Pierre I de Dreux (1213-37), Duc de Bretagne (1213-37), Cte de Penthievre, Earl of Richmond, etc, *1191, +V.1250, bur Saint Yved de Braine; 1m: 1213 Alix de Thouars, Dss de Bretagne (*1201 +1221); 2m: ca 1230 Nicole N (+1232, bur Nantes); 3m: before 1236 Marguerite de Montaigu, Dame de Machecoul (*1188/90 +1241) dau.of Maurice II de Commequiers."²

; Per Wikipedia:
     "Peter I (French: Pierre; c. 1187 – 26 May 1250), also known as Peter Mauclerc, was Duke of Brittany jure uxoris from 1213 to 1221, and regent of the duchy for his minor son John I from 1221 to 1237. As duke he was also 1st Earl of Richmond from 1218 to 1235.
Origins
     "Peter was the second son of Robert II, Count of Dreux and Yolande de Coucy.[1] The latter was in turn the son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, a younger brother of Louis VII of France. Peter was thus a Capetian, a second cousin of Louis VIII of France.
     "Despite being of royal descent, as the younger son of a cadet branch Peter's early prospects were that of a minor noble, with a few scattered fiefs in the Île-de-France and Champagne. He was initially destined for a career in the clergy, which he later renounced, earning him the nickname Mauclerc (French: mauvais clerc, bad-cleric). He broke the convention of ecclesiastical heraldry by placing on the canton of his paternal arms the ermine, then reserved for the clergy.[citation needed]
Accession
     "In 1212 King Philip II of France needed to find a weak and faithful ruler for Brittany. The duchy lay athwart the sea lanes between England and the English territories in Gascony. Furthermore, it bordered on Anjou and Normandy, which the English had lost ten or twelve years before and were eager to recover. It was being ruled with less than a strong hand by Guy of Thouars, as regent for his young daughter Alix. Also worrisome was that Alix's older half-sister Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany, was in an English prison.
     "King Philip thus broke off the betrothal of Alix and the Breton lord Henry of Penthièvre, and turned to his French cousin Peter, then in his early twenties. Peter married Alix, and on 27 January 1213, paid homage to the king for Brittany.
     "There is some ambiguity regarding whether Peter should be considered duke or count. The duchy was legally held by his wife. The King of France and the Pope (and their courts) always addressed him as count, but Peter in his own charters called himself duke.
Relations with the English
     "In 1214 King John of England had assembled a formidable coalition against the French. He landed in Poitou while King Otto of Germany prepared to invade from the north. John chased off some French forces in the north of Poitou, and then moved to the southern edge of Brittany, opposite Nantes. Peter drove him off after a brief skirmish but did nothing to hinder John's subsequent movement up the Loire valley where he took a few Breton fortresses and then besieged La Roche-aux-Moines. John's Poitevin vassals, however, refused to fight against a French force led by the King of France's son Louis. Meanwhile, Otto's army was crushed at Bouvines, and the entire invasion foundered.
     "It is not clear why John attempted to capture Nantes, even less why he would do so the hardest way, via the very well-defended bridge across the Loire. Nor is it clear why Peter declined to harass his forces from the rear as John marched east. A likely explanation is that the two had come to some sort of agreement whereby John would leave Brittany alone for the moment, and in return the Bretons would not hinder him elsewhere.
     "John had a prize he could dangle in front of Peter: the Earldom of Richmond. This great English honour (land) had traditionally been held by the dukes of Brittany, and in fact a constant theme in Peter's political affairs was the desire to hold and retain the English revenues from Richmond.
Peter did not yield to King John's offers to accept the earldom and take up the King's side in his conflicts with the English barons, probably because he deemed the King's prospects too uncertain. Moreover, Louis was again fighting against the English. But when Louis was defeated, Peter was sent as one of the negotiators for a peace treaty. After the negotiations were completed (in 1218), William Marshal, the regent for the young Henry III of England, recognized Peter as Earl of Richmond, in place of Eleanor of Brittany who, as a potential threat to English crown, would never be released from imprisonment. The center of the earldom's properties in Yorkshire was in the hands of the Earl of Chester, whom the regent could not afford to antagonize, but Peter did receive the properties of the earldom outside of Yorkshire, which in fact generated the bulk of the earldom's income. In 1219 he participated in the capture of Marmande and the Siege of Toulouse during the Albigensian Crusade.
Consolidation of power
     "Peter turned his attention to his next goal. The authority of the dukes of Brittany had traditionally been weak, in comparison to the great peers of northern France. For example, the duke could not limit the building of castles by his counts. Nor did he have the right to guardianship of minor heirs of his vassals. Peter aimed to re-establish his relationship with his vassals (or subjects) more along the lines of what he knew from the Capetian royal court. To that end Peter simply declared new rules by fiat, and then faced the inevitable turmoil that resulted from the reaction of his barons. There followed a series of small civil wars and political maneuverings. In 1222 he suppressed a revolt by Breton barons in the Battle of Châteaubriant. By 1223, the barons had all acquiesced to the changes or been dispossessed.
     "The six Breton bishops were the other threat to the ducal power, for they had substantial landholdings (including control of all or part of the few cities in Brittany), and were recalcitrant in the face of Peter's attempts to raise revenues by increasing taxes or simply taking possession of episcopal holdings. For this he was excommunicated for a time in 1219–1221. Peter submitted in the end, but this was not to be the last of his conflict with the bishops.
Regency
     "Peter's wife died on 21 October 1221, leaving behind four young children. She was then only 21, and little is known about her beyond the basic genealogical facts. Her death meant that Peter was no longer duke, although he continued to rule the Duchy with undiminished authority, as regent for his son John, then a boy of four or so.
     "Alix's death changed Peter's goals in two ways. First, he aimed to acquire some additional territory, not part of the Duchy, to augment his retirement after his son came of age. Second, there was a strong tradition in France that a minor heir should, when coming of age, have his property in the state it was in when he inherited it. Thus Peter could not now take some risks without fear of harming the prospects of his son.
     "Peter helped Philip II's successor, Louis VIII, in his fight against Henry III of England (in the sieges of Niort and La Rochelle in 1224). He also accompanied Louis VIII by joining the Albigensian Crusade, but with the latter's death, he participated, with Count Theobald IV of Champagne and Count Hugh X of La Marche, in rebellions against the regent Blanche of Castile, between 1227 and 1234.[2] Around this time he renounced his allegiance to the king of England and suffered forfeiture of his English earldom.[3]
Crusades and death
     "Peter's son John reached the age of majority in 1237. Peter Mauclerc then participated in the Barons' Crusade to the Holy Land in 1239. While there, Peter's troops along with some local knights were attacked by heavily armed Mamluk cavalry, firing their bows, but the crusader force managed to outflank and defeat them, taking a few prisoners with them back to Jaffa.
     "In early November, two days into a march from Acre to Ascalon, Peter and his lieutenant Raoul de Soissons split off from the main force to conduct a raid. They divided their force in half and each waited in ambush along a possible route for the Muslim caravan which was moving up the Jordan to Damascus. Peter's half clashed with the Muslims outside of a castle, and after some fighting, he sounded his horn to summon Raoul. The Muslims were routed and fled inside the castle, where Peter's men followed them, killed many, took some captives, and seized the booty and edible animals of the caravan.[4] This minor victory would soon be overshadowed by a serious defeat at Gaza.
     "Back in France, he won some success against the English at sea in 1242 and 1243. In 1249, he participated in the Seventh Crusade to Egypt under King Louis IX. He died at the sea before he was able to return home. He was buried in Braine, France.
Marriages and children
     "Peter was married three times:
     "His first wife was Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (1201-1221).[1] Alix and Peter had three children:
     "His second wife was Nicole (died February 1232). Nicole and Peter had a son:
     "His third wife was Marguerite de Montaigu, Lady of Montaigu, Commequiers, La Garnache[b] then Machecoul,[c] and widow of Hugh I de Thouars (died 1230), a brother to Guy of Thouars; this made Marguerite a paternal line aunt of Alix. They married by 1236, and had no issue.
Notes
a. Braine refers possibly to Braine, Aisne
b. The communities of Montaigu, Commequiers, and La Garnache are all in the Vendee.
c. Machecoul is in the Loire Atlantique and borders the Vendee.
References
1. Jackson-Laufer 1999, p. 19.
2. Puylaurens 2003, p. 81 n168.
3. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: McNeill, Ronald John (1911). "Richmond, Earls and Dukes of". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.) Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 (11th ed.) Cambridge University Press. p. 308.
4. Painter 1969, p. 473-475.
Bibliography
** Jackson-Laufer, Guida Myrl (1999). Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide. ABC-CLIO.
** Painter, Sidney (1969). "The Crusade of Theobald of Champagne and Richard of Cornwall, 1239–1241". In Robert Lee Wolff; Harry W. Hazard (eds.) A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Later Crusades, 1189–1311. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
** Puylaurens, William of (2003). The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens: The Albigensian Crusade and its Aftermath. Translated by Sibly, W.A; Sibly, M.D. Boydell Press.
Further reading
** Painter, Sidney. The Scourge of the Clergy: Peter of Dreux, Duke of Brittany. Oxford University Press: London, 1937."⁹

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Genealogics:
     "Pierre was born about 1190, the second son of Robert II, comte de Dreux, and his second wife Yolande de Coucy. Pierre was descended from the Capetian dynasty, and was a second cousin of Louis VIII of France. Despite being of royal descent, as the younger son of a cadet branch Pierre's early prospects were those of a minor noble, with a few scattered fiefs in the île-de-France and Champagne.
     "However, in 1212 King Philippe II August of France needed to find a weak and faithful ruler for Brittany. The duchy lay close to the sea lanes between England and the English territories in Gascony. It was being ruled with a less than strong hand by Guy de Thouars, widower of Constance, duchesse de Bretagne, as regent for their young daughter Alix. Also of concern was that Alix's older half-sister Eleanor de Bretagne, heiress of Brittany, was in an English prison.
     "King Philippe broke off the betrothal of Alix and the Breton prince Henri de Penthièvre, and turned to his French cousin Pierre, then in his early twenties. Pierre married Alix, and on 27 January 1213 he paid homage to the king for Brittany. There is some ambiguity regarding whether Pierre should be considered duke or count of Brittany. King and pope (and their courts) always addressed him as 'count', but Pierre in his own charters used 'duke'.
     "In 1214 King John of England had assembled a formidable coalition against the French. He landed in Poitou while Emperor Otto IV prepared to invade from the north. John chased off some French forces in the north of Poitou, and then moved to the southern edge of Brittany, opposite Nantes. Pierre drove him off after a brief skirmish but did nothing to hinder John's subsequent movement up the Loire valley where he took a few Breton fortresses and then besieged La Roche-au-Moin. John's Poitevin vassals, however, refused to fight against a French force led by Prince Louis (later Louis VIII of France). Meanwhile, Otto's army was crushed at Bouvines on 27 July 1214, and the entire invasion foundered.
     "It is not clear why John attempted to capture Nantes, even less why he would do so the hardest way, via the very well-defended bridge across the Loire. Nor is it clear why Pierre declined to harass his forces from the rear as John marched east. A likely explanation is that the two had come to some sort of agreement whereby John would leave Brittany alone for the moment, and in return the Bretons would not hinder him elsewhere. John had a prize he could dangle in front of Pierre: the earldom of Richmond. This great English honour (land) had traditionally been held by the dukes of Brittany, and in fact a constant theme in Pierre's political affairs was the desire to hold and retain the English revenues from Richmond.
     "Pierre did not yield to King John's offer to accept the earldom and take up the king's side in his conflicts with the English barons, probably because he deemed the king's prospects too uncertain. Moreover, Prince Louis was again fighting against the English. But when Louis was defeated, Pierre was sent as one of the negotiators for a peace treaty. After the negotiations were completed (in 1218), William Marshal, the regent for the young Henry III of England, recognised Pierre as earl of Richmond. The centre of the earldom's properties in Yorkshire was in the hands of Ranulfe de Blundeville, 7th earl of Chester, earl of Lincoln, whom the regent could not afford to antagonise, but Pierre did receive the properties of the earldom outside of Yorkshire, which in fact generated the bulk of the earldom's income. Ranulfe was the former husband of Constance, duchesse de Bretagne, mother of Pierre's wife Alix.
     "While the negotiations were slowly proceeding, Pierre turned his attentions to his next goal. The authority of the dukes of Brittany had traditionally been weak, in comparison to the great peers of northern France. For example, the duke could not limit the building of castles by his counts. Nor did he have the right to guardianship of minor heirs of his vassals. Pierre aimed to re-establish his relationship with his vassals more along the lines of what he knew from the Capetian royal court.
     "To that end Pierre simply declared new rules by fiat, and then faced the inevitable turmoil that resulted from the reaction of his barons. There followed a series of small civil wars and political manoeuvring, but by 1223 the barons had all acquiesced to the changes or been dispossessed.
     "The six Breton bishops were the other threat to ducal power, for they had substantial landholdings (including control of all or part of the few cities in Brittany), and were recalcitrant in the face of Pierre's attempts to raise revenues by increasing taxes or simply taking possession of episcopal holdings. For this he was excommunicated for a time in 1219-1221. Pierre submitted in the end, but this was not to be the last of his conflicts with the bishops. Pierre's wife Alix died on 21 November 1221, leaving behind four young children, of whom two, Jean I and Yolande, would have progeny. Alix was only 21, and little is known about her beyond the basic genealogical facts. Her death meant that Pierre was no longer duke, although he continued to rule the duchy with undiminished authority, as regent for his son Jean, then a boy of four or so.
     "Alix's death changed Pierre's goals in two ways. First, he aimed to acquire some additional territory, not part of the duchy, to augment his retirement after his son came of age. Second, there was a strong tradition in France that a minor heir should, when coming of age, have his property in the state it was in when he inherited it. Thus Pierre could not now take some risks without fear of harming the prospects of his son. Jean reached his majority in 1237 and took over the rule of Brittany from his father.
     "About 1230 Pierre married a lady called Nicole, but she died in 1232 without progeny. Before 1236 he married Marguerite de Commequiers, dite de Montaigu, dame de Montaigu, widow of Vicomte Hugues II de Thouars, seigneur de Vihiers, and daughter of Maurice II de Commequiers, seigneur de Montaigu, and Elvis de La Garnache. They had a son Olivier I who would have progeny.
     "Pierre died on 22 June 1250."¹² EDV-23.

Reference: Faris [1999:83].¹⁷

; Per Burke's: "Peter de Dreux (called Mauclerc), obtained a grant of the dignities of Earl of Richmond and Duke of Brittany, but he does not appear to have enjoyed the whole honour of Richmond, for in 1241, we find a grant from King Henry III, to Peter de Savoy of divers towns, castles, manors, land, &c., belonging to the honour of Richmond. This nobleman had issue, by Alice, co-heir of Constance of Brittany,
John, his successor
Joland, m. to Hugh le Brun, Earl of Picardy.
His lordship d. about in the year 1250..."¹

; Per Med Lands:
     "PIERRE de Dreux, son of ROBERT [II] Comte de Dreux et de Braine & his second wife Yolande de Coucy ([1187]-at sea off Damietta end-May 1250, bur Braine, église abbatiale de Saint-Ived). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names (in order) "Henricum archiepiscopum Remensem et tres comites, Robertum de Brana, Petrum de Britannia, Iohannem Masticonesem et eorum sorores numero septem" as children of "comiti de Brana Roberto" and his wife Yolande[343]. He swore allegiance at Paris 27 Jan 1213 to Philippe II "Auguste" King of France as PIERRE I "Mauclerc" Duke of Brittany. Comte de Penthièvre by annexation 1214. He was created Earl of Richmond by Henry III King of England 16 Jan 1219 (confiscated Nov 1224, restored Oct 1229, confiscated again Jan 1235). “Johannes comes Matisconensis” names “frater meus P. comes Britannie” in a charter dated Aug 1234[344]. He surrendered the duchy of Brittany to his son in 1237, after which he is sometimes referred to as PIERRE de Braine. William of Tyre (Continuator) names "Pierre de Drues cuens de Bretaigne" among those who took part in the crusade from France which landed at Acre in 1239[345]. He accompanied King Louis IX on crusade in 1249 and was captured at Faraskur 6 Apr 1250, after being wounded at the battle of Mansurah. He died at sea on his return to western Europe.
     "m firstly ([Mar 1213/Oct 1214]) ALIX de Thouars Dss of Brittany, daughter of GUY de Thouars & his second wife Constance Dss of Brittany ([1200]-21 Oct 1221, bur 24 Nov 1225 Villeneuve-les-Nantes, Abbaye de Notre-Dame). The Genealogia Comitum Richemundiæ names "Adelicia" as the daughter of "Constantia filia Conani" and her third husband "Guidoni de Thoarcio", stating that she married "domno Petro Mauclerc"[346]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "unam filiam Mabiliam" as the child of "Constantiam comitis Conani filia" and her [third] husband "Guido frater vicecomitem de Tuart"[347]. The Chronique de Guillaume de Nangis records that daughter of Guy de Thouars and Constance de Bretagne married "Pierre Mauclerc, fils de Robert comte de Dreux"[348]. A Chronicon Comitum Pictaviæ et Aquitaniæ Ducum names "Alipsam et Catherinam" as the two daughters of "Wido…comes de Thoarcio" and "Constantiam Gaufridi Ducis Britanniæ relictam", stating that Alix married "Petro Comiti Drocarum"[349]. The Chronicon Britannicum records the death "XII Kal Nov" in 1221 of "Aalis Ducissa Britanniæ"[350].
     "Betrothed (before 21 Jul 1229) to [MARIE] de Lusignan, daughter of HUGUES I King of Cyprus & his wife Alix of Jerusalem Ctss of Jaffa ([before 1215]-[1251/53]). A Papal prohibition on the marriage between "comes Britannie" and "filiam reginam Cypri", by reason of 4o consanguinity, is dated at Pérouse 21 Jul 1229[351]. It is not known which daughter was betrothed to the Duke of Brittany, but it is a reasonable assumption that it was Marie who was the older of the queen’s two daughters.
     "m secondly ([1230]) NICOLE, daughter of --- (-Feb 1232, bur Villeneuve-les-Nantes, Abbaye de Notre-Dame). Her marriage is confirmed by an epitaph at Villeneuve which records the burial of "Nicolle, la mère monsour Olivier de Machecou"[352], read together with the charter dated 10 Mar 1258 under which "Jehan duc de Bretaigne conte de Richemont" confirmed an agreement between "Morice de Belle Ville, par raison de Jehanne sa femme, dame de la Roche sur Yon et de Luçon" and "Olivier nostre frère" concerning "la terre de Machecoul et de Saint Philbert"[353]. No indication has been found of Nicole’s parentage.
     "m thirdly (before Jan 1236) as her second husband, MARGUERITE de Montaigu Dame de Montaigu et de La Garnache [en Poitou], widow of HUGUES de Thouars Seigneur de Montaigu, daughter of --- ([1188/90]-after 27 Nov 1241). "Petrus dux Britanie, comes Richemundie, dominus Gasnapie et Margarita uxor eius" confirmed donations to the abbey Blanche de Noirmoutier by charter dated 1236[354]. The difficulties connected with identifying Marguerite’s correct parentage are discussed in the section showing the seigneurs de Montaigu in the document POITOU -WESTERN. "Margarita uxor…Petri de Brana, Montis Acuti et Gasnapie domina" confirmed the same donations to the abbey Blanche de Noirmoutier by charter dated 1239[355]. "Margarita domina Gasnapie, Montis Acuti et Machecolii" confirmed the donation of a marsh made to Buzay by "le curé de Bouin" by charter dated Jul 1239[356]. "Margarita Montis Acuti et Guasnapiæ domina et hæres" donated property to the abbey of Geneston, with the consent of "viro nostro Petro de Brana", by charter dated 27 Nov 1241[357]. A charter dated 27 Nov 1241, contained in a vidimus dated 6 May 1644, records that “Margarita Montis Acuti et Ganachiæ domina et heres” donated property to the hospital at Montaigu, with the consent of “viro nostro Petro de Brana”[358].
Med Lands cites:

; Per Med Lands:
     "ALIX de Thouars ([1200]-21 Oct 1221, bur 24 Nov 1225 Villeneuve-les-Nantes, Abbaye de Notre-Dame). The Genealogia Comitum Richemundiæ names "Adelicia" as the daughter of "Constantia filia Conani" and her third husband "Guidoni de Thoarcio", stating that she married "domno Petro Mauclerc"[320]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "unam filiam Mabiliam" as the child of "Constantiam comitis Conani filia" and her [third] husband "Guido frater vicecomitem de Tuart"[321]. A Chronicon Comitum Pictaviæ et Aquitaniæ Ducum names "Alipsam et Catherinam" as the two daughters of "Wido…comes de Thoarcio" and "Constantiam Gaufridi Ducis Britanniæ relictam", stating that Alix married "Petro Comiti Drocarum"[322]. She succeeded her half-brother in 1203 as ALIX Dss of Brittany, Ctss of Richmond. The marriage contract between "G. de Thoarco comes Britannie...A filia mea quam habeo de comitissa Britannie Constancia" and "Alanus filius comitis...Henricus filius predicti Alani primogenitus" is dated 1209[323]. Her first betrothal is confirmed by the charter dated 1209 under which "Alanus comes, Henrici comitis filius" granted letters of assurance to "domino Andreæ de Vitreio", with the consent of "Henrico filio meo et Alici uxori eius"[324]. The Chronique de Guillaume de Nangis records that daughter of Guy de Thouars and Constance de Bretagne married "Pierre Mauclerc, fils de Robert comte de Dreux"[325]. The Chronicon Britannicum records the death "XII Kal Nov" in 1221 of "Aalis Ducissa Britanniæ"[326].
     "Betrothed (contract Paris 7 Dec 1209, broken) to HENRI d'Avaugour, son of ALAIN de Bretagne Comte de Penthièvre & his second wife Adélaïde --- ([1205]-6 Oct 1281, bur Dinan). He succeeded his father in 1212 as Comte de Penthièvre. m ([Mar 1213/Oct 1214]) as his first wife, PIERRE de Dreux, son of ROBERT II Comte de Dreux et de Braine & his second wife Yolande de Coucy ([1187]-at sea off Damietta end-May 1250, bur Braine, église abbatiale de Saint-Ived). He swore allegiance at Paris 27 Jan 1213 to Philippe II "Auguste" King of France as PIERRE I "Mauclerc" Duke of Brittany. Comte de Penthièvre by annexation 1214. Created Earl of Richmond by Henry III King of England 16 Jan 1218/19 (confiscated Nov 1224, restored Oct 1229, confiscated again Jan 1235). He surrendered the Duchy of Brittany to his son in 1237, after which he called himself PIERRE de Braine. He accompanied King Louis IX on crusade in 1249 and was captured at Faraskur 6 Apr 1250, after being wounded at the battle of Mansourah. He died at sea on his way back to western Europe."
Med Lands cites:
; Per Med Lands:
     "MARIE de Lusignan ([before 1215]-5 Jul [1251/53]). William of Tyre (Continuator) names her, gives her parentage and specifies that she was the older daughter as well as naming her husband[182]. The Thomas Tusci Gesta Imperatorum et Pontificum records that the wife of "Galteranus comes Iopensis" was "rex Cypri filiam"[183]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that "sororem…Henrici [regis Cypri]" married "Galtherus comes Brenensis" in 1233 but does not name her[184]. Her children were passed over in the succession to the kingdom of Cyprus after the death of King Hugues II in 1267 in favour of the son of her younger sister. The necrology of Saint-Etienne, Troyes records the death "5 Jul" of "Maria comitissa Brene"[185]. It is assumed that this refers to Marie de Lusignan as she is the only known Ctss de Brienne of that name.
     "[Betrothed (before 21 Jul 1229) to PIERRE "Mauclerc" Duke of Brittany, son of ROBERT [II] Comte de Dreux et de Braine & his second wife Yolande de Coucy ([1187]-at sea off Damietta end-May 1250, bur Braine, église abbatiale de Saint-Ived). A Papal prohibition on the marriage between "comes Britannie" and "filiam reginam Cypri", by reason of 4o consanguinity, is dated at Pérouse 21 Jul 1229[186]. It is not known which daughter was betrothed to the Duke of Brittany, but it is a reasonable assumption that it was Marie who was the older of the queen’s two daughters.]
     "m (1233) GAUTHIER [IV] de Brienne Count of Jaffa, son of GAUTHIER [III] de Brienne Comte de Brienne, Principe di Tarento & his wife Elvira of Sicily (1205-murdered Cairo [17 Oct 1244/47]). His marriage in 1233 is recorded by William of Tyre (Continuator)[187]. He took part in the civil war in Cyprus against the supporters of Emperor Friedrich II. He fought at the battle of Gaza 18 Oct 1244, but was captured and taken in chains to Cairo[188]. The Chronicle of Amadi records the death [in 1250, from the context] of "Conte Galtier, marito della sorella del re Henrico de Cypro" who had been "in preson di Saracini, preso a la battaglia de Forbie"[189]."
Med Lands cites: He was Duc de Bretagne between 1213 and 1221.^2,9 He was Comte de Dreux between 1213 and 1237.² He was 1st Earl of Richmond between 1218 and 1235.⁹

     William La Zouche of Mortimer, 1st Lord Zouche married Alice de Toeni, daughter of Ralph VII de Toeni Lord of Flamstead, co. Hertford and Mary (Clarissa) (?), before 25 February 1317.^8,1,9,10,11
William La Zouche of Mortimer, 1st Lord Zouche married Lady Eleanor (Alionore) de Clare, daughter of Sir Gilbert de Red de Clare Knt., 6th Earl of Hertford & Gloucester and Joan of Acre (?) Princess of England, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford, circa January 1328/29
; her 2nd husband.^2,9,12,13
William La Zouche of Mortimer, 1st Lord Zouche died on 28 February 1336/37.^2,9,13
     William La Zouche of Mortimer, 1st Lord Zouche lived at Richard's Castle, Mortimer or Ashby, Leicestershire, England.^2,11

; WILLIAM De MORTIMER later LA ZOUCHE, 1st LORD (Baron) ZOUCHE (of Richard's Castle, Mortimer or Ashby, writs being addressed to him at various times under each of these three territorial qualifications) (E), so cr 26 Dec 1323 (according to later doctrine) by writ of summons to Parl; fought at Falkirk (see above) 1298; in autumn 1304 secured reversion of manor of Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Leics, and other lands in Cambs and Sussex from his cousin 1st LORD (Baron) (La) ZOUCHE of the Feb 1298/9 cr, coming into full possession of them 1314 on the latter's death spm; involved in the murder of EDWARD II's favourite Piers Gaveston but pardoned 1313; fought on EDWARD II's side at the Battle of Boroughbridge 16 March 1321/2, where the King temporarily defeated his opponents; Jt Keeper Caerphilly Castle Feb 1326/7, Keeper Glamorgan and Morganno and Chamberlain Cardiff Feb-June 1327, Keeper Tower London 1328-29, Justice Forest S of Trent 1328-29; m 1st by 25 Feb 1316/7, as her 3rd husb, Alice, sis of 1st and last Lord (Baron) Tony (see STAFFORD, B); m 2nd c Jan 1328/9 Lady Eleanor de Clare (b Oct 1292; d 30 June 1337), dau of 6th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford of the 1122 cr (see HERTFORD, M, preliminary remarks) by his 2nd w Joan (dau of EDWARD I) and widow of 1st Lord (Baron) Le Despenser of the 1314 cr (see FALMOUTH, V), and d 28 Feb 1336/7.⁹

; William de Mortimer, acquired the estates of Alan, Lord la Zouche (above) on his death in 1314, and subsequently took the name "la Zouche" and was eventually summoned to Parliament as Lord Zouche.⁴ He was 1st LORD (Baron) ZOUCHE on 26 December 1323.⁹

     Elizabeth le Despenser was buried at St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, London, City of London, Greater London, England.⁹ She was born circa 1327; Faris says b. "in or bef 127."^9,5 She married Maurice 'the Valiant' de Berkeley 4th Lord Berkeley, son of Thomas de Berkeley Knt., 3rd Lord Berkeley and Margaret de Mortimer, on 8 August 1338
; Richardson says "presumably in 1340."^{10,11,1,5,12,2,3} Elizabeth le Despenser married Sir Maurice Wythe Knt., of Portbury, Somerset before 29 May 1372
; her 2nd husband.⁵
Elizabeth le Despenser died on 13 July 1389.^11,13,5,2
Elizabeth le Despenser was buried after 13 July 1389 at St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, London, City of London, Greater London, England.^5,2
     EDV-17 GKJ-18.

; van de Pas cites: The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: II 130.²

.¹⁴

     Maurice 'the Valiant' de Berkeley 4th Lord Berkeley was born circa 1330.^8,1,2,3,4 He married Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of Sir Hugh "the Younger" le Despenser Knt., 1st Lord le Despenser, of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire and Lady Eleanor (Alionore) de Clare, on 8 August 1338
; Richardson says "presumably in 1340."^{9,10,2,3,4,11,12}
Maurice 'the Valiant' de Berkeley 4th Lord Berkeley died on 3 June 1368 at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England; of wounds received at Battle of Poitiers.^10,13,1,3,4
Maurice 'the Valiant' de Berkeley 4th Lord Berkeley was buried after 3 June 1368 at St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.³
      ; "MAURICE de BERKELEY, 4th LORD (Baron) BERKELEY; b 1330; severely wounded and taken prisoner at Battle of Poitiers 19 Sept 1356; m 1338 Elizabeth le Despenser (d 13 July 1389), dau of 2nd Lord (Baron) Le Despenser (see FALMOUTH, V) by Alianore de Clare, gdau of EDWARD I, and d 8 June 1368 of wounds received at Battle of Poitiers.¹ He was 4th Lord Berkeley.^8,1,2 EDV-17 GKJ-18.

; Faris (1999, pp. 22-23): [quote] ELIZABETH LE DESPENSER. was born no later than 1327 (father hanged 24 Nov. 1326). She was married in August 1338 to MAURICE DE BERKELEY, son and heir of Maurice de Berkeley, Knt., Baron of Berkeley, co. Gloucester (of Magna Carta Surety descent and descendant of Charlemagne, by Eve, daughter of Eudo Ia Zouche, of Harringworth, co. Northampton (descendant of Charlemagne). He was born about 1330 (aged eight at time of marriage). He was a commander in Gascony in 1355, and distinguished himself at the battle of Poitiers on 19 Sep. 1356, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner, ransomed for £1000. He was summoned to Parliament 1362-1368. MAURICE DE BERKELEY [4th Lord Berkeley], died at Berkeley Castle aged thirty-seven on 3 June 1368 from wounds received earlier at Poitiers, and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol. His widow died on 13 July 1389, and was buried at St. Botolph's, London.
H.S.P.     28:30 (1889) (1623 Vis. Salop). C.P. 2:130-131 (1912).
Children & grandchild of Maurice de Berkeley, by Elizabeth Despenser:
i.     THOMAS DE BERKELEY, 5th Lord Berkeley, born at Berkeley Castle on 5 Jan. 1352/3. He was summoned to Parliament 1381-1415, and served in the wars in France, Spain, Brittany and Scotland 1378-1385. In 1386 he entertained King Richard II at Berkeley Castle, for the deposition of whom, however, he was, 30 Sep. 1399, one of the Commissioners. He was P.C. to Kings Richard II and Henry IV, Admiral of the South and West 1403, and a Regent of the Kingdom April 1416. He was married, aged fifteen, at Wingrave, co. Buckingham, in November 1367, to MARGARET BE LISLE, only daughter and heiress of Warin de Lisle, Lord Lisle, by Margaret, daughter of William Pipard. She was born about 1362, and died on 20 Mar. 1391/2. THOMAS DE BERKELEY, 5th Lord Berkeley, died testate on 13 July 1417 s.p.m. They were buried at Wotton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester. C.P. (1932) 8:53-54..
a.     ELIZABETH DE BERKELEY, mar RICHARD DE BEAUCHAMP [see BEAUCHAMP9].2
ii.     JAMES DE BERKELEY [see next]. [end quote]¹⁴

; van de Pas cites: 1. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: II 130
2. A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Burke, Sir Bernard, Reference: 44.⁴ He was M.P. between 1362 and 1368.¹³

     Edmund de Holand KG, 4th/6th Earl of Kent, 8th Lord Wake was buried at Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, England.⁷ He was born on 6 January 1382/83.^7,1,2,3 He married Lucy/Lucia Visconti, daughter of Bernabo I Visconti Duke of Milan, Bergamo, Cremona, Lodi, Bologna and Parma and Beatrice detta Regina della Scala, on 24 January 1406/7 at Southwark
; her 2nd husband.^7,1,8,9,3
Edmund de Holand KG, 4th/6th Earl of Kent, 8th Lord Wake died on 15 September 1408 at Isle of Brehat, Brittany, France, at age 25; ka in an invasion of Brittany; Leo van de Pas says d. 15 Sep 1407.^7,1,2,3
Edmund de Holand KG, 4th/6th Earl of Kent, 8th Lord Wake was buried after 15 September 1408 at Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, England.³
     He was 8th Lord (Baron) Wake.¹ He was 4th/6th and last EARL OF KENT.¹

; Leo van de pas cites: 1. A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant,forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Sir Bernard Burke, Reference: 279
2. Cahiers de Saint Louis Magazine. , Jacques Dupont, Jacques Saillot, Reference: 16, 993.²

; EDMUND De HOLAND, 4th/6th and last EARL OF KENT and 8th LORD (Baron) WAKE, KG (c 1404), JP Hants, Kent, Surrey, Sussex (all 1406-07) and Dorset (1407); b seemingly 6 Jan 1382/3; Adml of the Fleet West and North 1407; m 24 Jan 1406/7 Lucy, 10th and yst dau of Barnabo Visconti, Ld of Milan, and dspl 15 Sept 1408, ka in an invasion of Brittany, when the Earldom expired and the Barony fell according to later doctrine into abeyance between his sisters or their issue, leaving illegitimately by Constance, dau of EDMUND OF LANGLEY, 1ST DUKE OF YORK of the 1385 cr (5th s of EDWARD III): Alianore/Eleanor.¹

; Faris (1999) pp. 186-187: [quote] EDMUND HOLAND, K.G., 4th Earl of Kent, Lord Wake, Lord Woodstock, Lord Holand, younger son, was born apparently on 6 Jan. 1382/3, and was brother and heir to Thomas, 3rd Earl of Kent (beheaded 6 Jan. 1399/1400). He was married on 24 Jan. 1406/7 to LUCY VISCONTI, tenth and youngest daughter of Barnabo Visconti, by Beatrice, daughter of Mastin della Scala. By CONSTANCE OF YORK, then the young widow of Thomas le Despenser, 5th Lord Despenser, and daughter of Edmund of York [of Langley], Duke of York (son of King Edward III) [see YORK 9 for her ancestry], he had a base-born daughter, Alianor. EDMUND HOLAND, 4th Earl of Kent, died on 15 Sep. 1408 s.p. legit, being slain in the attack on the Isle of Bréhat, Brittany, and was buried at Bourne Abbey, co. Lincoln. His widow died on 14 Apr. 1424, and was buried at Austin Friars', London.
Test. Vetusta, p. 205. Clay (1913), p. 230. CF. 4:159-163 (1916). CF. 7:161 footnote h (1929). [end quote]

; fought at the Battle of Shrewsbury.³

     Margaret de Holand was born circa 1380 at Up Holland, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England; aged 22 in 1408, 26 in 1411, 30 in 1416.^1,4,2,8 She married Sir John Beaufort KG, 1st Earl of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset, son of John of Gaunt (?) Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, KG and Katherine de Roet Duchess of Lancaster, before 28 September 1397
; her 1st husband.^{9,10,11,1,4,2} Margaret de Holand married Thomas (?) of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, 1st Earl of Aumale, Lord High Steward of England, son of Henry IV (of Bolingbroke) (?) K.G., Earl of Bolingbroke, King of England and Lady Mary de Bohun Queen Consort of England, LG, after 16 August 1410
; her 2nd husband; no issue; Genealogy.EU says (Anjou 6 page) m. 1412; date of papal mandate.^12,1,2
Margaret de Holand died on 30 December 1439 at Bermondsey Abbey, Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark, reater London, England.^{10,13,1,4,2,8}
Margaret de Holand was buried after 30 December 1439 at St. Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, City of Canterbury, co. Kent, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1380, Up Holland, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England
     DEATH     30 Dec 1439 (aged 58–59), Surrey, England
     Countess of Somerset, Daughter of Thomas de Holland and Alice FitzAlan. Margaret Holland Beaufort, Countess of Somerset was the daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, who was the son of Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent" (granddaughter of Edward I of England, wife of Edward the Black Prince and mother of Richard II of England). Margaret married John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, son of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his mistress Katherine Swynford. They had six children:
      Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (c.1401–25 Nov 1418).
      John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (baptized 25 March 1404–27 May 1444).
      Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Perche (c. 1405–1432).
      Joan Beaufort (c. 1406–15 July 1445) married James I of Scotland and Sir James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn.
      Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (c. 1406–22 May 1455).
      Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon (c. 1409–1449). Married Thomas de Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon.
     After Beaufort died in 1410 (in the Tower of London), she married his half-nephew Thomas Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, the son of King Henry IV. They had no children. Margaret and both her husbands are buried together in a carved alabaster tomb in Canterbury Cathedral that shows her lying between the two of them.
     The source of this bio is From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
     Family Members
     Parents
      Thomas de Holland 1354–1397
      Alice FitzAlan Holland 1350–1415
     Spouses
      John de Beaufort 1371–1410
      John Beaufort 1371–1410
      Thomas Plantagenet 1388–1421
     Siblings
      Alianor Holland Cherleton 1370–1405 (m. 1388)
      Thomas De Holland 1374–1400 (m. 1392)
      Thomas Holland 1374–1400
      Edmund de Holandv 1382–1408
      Eleanor de Holand 1386–1413
      Elizabeth de Holand Neville 1388–1423
     Children
      Margaret Beaufort Courtenay unknown–1449
      John Beaufort 1404–1444
      Joan Beaufort 1404–1445
      Thomas Beaufort 1405–1431
      Edmund Beaufort 1406–1455
      BURIAL     Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, City of Canterbury, Kent, England
      PLOT     St. Michael's Chapel/with husband
     Created by: Carolyn Gray-Yeaw
     Added: 3 Jan 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial 46305472
     SPONSORED BY Audrey DeCamp Hoffman.^4,2,8
     EDV-17.

; Staley cites: CP VII: 410-16, XIV: 421, XII:/1: 39-45.⁴

     Lucy/Lucia Visconti was born circa 1372.^1,7 She and Louis II (?) Duc d'Anjou, King of Naples were engaged on 2 August 1384.^2,8 Lucy/Lucia Visconti married Edmund de Holand KG, 4th/6th Earl of Kent, 8th Lord Wake, son of Sir Thomas de Holand Knt. KG, Lord Holand, 2nd/5th Earl Kent and Lady Alice Fitz Alan, on 24 January 1406/7 at Southwark
; her 2nd husband.^9,4,2,7,3
Lucy/Lucia Visconti died on 14 April 1424 at England.^9,2,7,3
Lucy/Lucia Visconti was buried after 14 April 1424 at Austin Friars Church, London, City of London, Greater London, England.^2,3
      ; Lucia, *ca 1372, +in England 14.4.1424; m.Soutwark 24.1.1407 Edmund Holand 4th Earl of Kent (*6.1.1383 +Isola di Briac 15.9.1407.)¹

; Lucia (* 1372 + in Inghilterra 14-4-1424)
= Southwark 24-1-1407 Edmund Holland 4° Conte di Kent (* 6-1-1383 + isola di Briac 15-9-1407).⁷


; Leo van de pas cites: Cahiers de Saint Louis Magazine. , Jacques Dupont, Jacques Saillot, Reference: page 993.²

     Edmund (?) 2nd Earl of Kent, Baron of Woodstock was born circa 1326.^10,1,5,2,3,4
Edmund (?) 2nd Earl of Kent, Baron of Woodstock died on 5 January 1333; Burke's Peerage: "dsp aged c five by 5 Oct. 1331."^10,1,5,2,3,4
      ; van de Pas cites: 1. Cahiers de Saint Louis , Dupont, Jacques and Saillot, Jacques, Reference: page 15/961
2. Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, London, 1973 , Reference: page 198.^10,4

     John (?) 3rd Earl of Kent, Lord Woodstock, 4th Lord Wake of Liddell was born on 7 April 1330 at Arundel Castle, Arundel, co. Sussex, England; Born posthumously.^9,1,10,2,3,5 He married Lady Elizabeth (?) von Jülich, Countess of Kent, daughter of Wilhelm V-I (?) Duke of Jülich and Jeanne (?) de Hainaut, circa 1352
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Her 1st husband; date of dispensation; Genealoogics says m. ca 1352; Med Lands says "Papal dispensation 3 Apr 1348."^{9,1,2,11,3,12,13,5}
John (?) 3rd Earl of Kent, Lord Woodstock, 4th Lord Wake of Liddell died circa 27 December 1352; dsp.^{9,1,10,2,11,3,5}
John (?) 3rd Earl of Kent, Lord Woodstock, 4th Lord Wake of Liddell was buried after 27 December 1352 at White Friar's, Winchester, co. Hampshire, England.³
      ; Per Med Lands:
     "JOHN (posthumously Arundel Castle, Sussex 7 Apr 1330-26/27 Dec 1352, bur Church of the Grey Friars, Winchester, Hampshire). He succeeded his brother in [1331] as Earl of Kent, Lord Woodstock, receiving livery of all his lands 10 Apr 1351 on coming of age. He succeeded his mother in 1349 as Lord Wake.
     "m (Papal dispensation 3 Apr 1348) as her first husband, ELISABETH von Jülich, daughter of WILHELM V Markgraf von Jülich & his wife Jeanne de Hainaut (-6 Jun 1411, bur Church of the Grey Friars, Winchester, Hampshire). Pope Clement VI granted dispensation for the marriage between “Iohanne comite Cantie” and “Elizabet nata Wilhelmi comitis Iuliacensis”, as part of the peace settlement between "Willelmum comitem Iuliacensem" and “Raynaldum ducem Gelrie consanguineum Iohannis comitis Cantie”, dated 3 Apr 1348[821]. She took a vow of chastity at Waverley Abbey after the death of her first husband, but broke it to marry secondly (Wingham, Kent 29 Sep 1360) Eustace d’Aubréchicourt (-Evreux soon after 1 Dec 1372). The will of "Elizabeth Juliers Countess of Kent", dated 20 Apr 1411, proved 29 Jun 1411, chose burial “in the church of the Friars Minors in the city of Winchester in the tomb of John late Earl of Kent late my husband”, bequeathed property to “my...sister Alice Countess of Kent...Joan Countess of Kent”[822]."
Med Lands cites: He was Earl of Kent.¹⁰

; Faris (1999) p. 185: "...JOHN OF KENT, born 7 Apr. 1330, brother and heir, Earl of Kent, Lord Wake on the death of his mother, died 26 or 27 Dec. 1352 s.p; married ELIZABETH OF JULICH."⁹

     Lady Elizabeth (?) von Jülich, Countess of Kent married John (?) 3rd Earl of Kent, Lord Woodstock, 4th Lord Wake of Liddell, son of Edmund (?) of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake 3rd Baroness Wake, circa 1352
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Her 1st husband; date of dispensation; Genealoogics says m. ca 1352; Med Lands says "Papal dispensation 3 Apr 1348."^{10,4,11,1,2,3,7,12} Lady Elizabeth (?) von Jülich, Countess of Kent married Sir Eustache d’Aubréchicourt Knt., of Upton, Northamptonshire, son of Nicholas d'Auberchicourt Seigneur de Bugnicourt et d’Aubréchicourt, on 29 September 1360 at Wingham, co. Kent, England,
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Her 2nd husband.^1,2,3,7
Lady Elizabeth (?) von Jülich, Countess of Kent died on 6 June 1411.^11,2,3
Lady Elizabeth (?) von Jülich, Countess of Kent was buried after 6 June 1411 at Grey Friars', Winchester, co. Hampshire, England.^2,3
      ; Per Med Lands:
     "ELISABETH (-6 Jun 1411, bur Church of the Grey Friars, Winchester, Hampshire). Pope Clement VI granted dispensation for the marriage between “Iohanne comite Cantie” and “Elizabet nata Wilhelmi comitis Iuliacensis”, as part of the peace settlement between "Willelmum comitem Iuliacensem" and “Raynaldum ducem Gelrie consanguineum Iohannis comitis Cantie”, dated 3 Apr 1348[1014]. She took a vow of chastity at Waverley Abbey after the death of her first husband, but broke it to marry her second husband. The will of "Elizabeth Juliers Countess of Kent", dated 20 Apr 1411, proved 29 Jun 1411, chose burial “in the church of the Friars Minors in the city of Winchester in the tomb of John late Earl of Kent late my husband”, bequeathed property to “my...sister Alice Countess of Kent...Joan Countess of Kent”[1015].
     "m firstly (Papal dispensation 3 Apr 1348) JOHN Earl of Kent, son of EDMUND "of Woodstock" Earl of Kent & his wife Margaret Wake, later Baroness Wake (posthumously Arundel Castle, Sussex 7 Apr 1330-26/27 Dec 1352, bur Church of the Grey Friars, Winchester, Hampshire).
     "m secondly (Wingham, Kent 29 Sep 1360) EUSTACHE d’Aubréchicourt, son of NICOLAS Seigneur de Bugnicourt et d’Aubréchicourt[1016] & his wife --- (-Evreux soon after 1 Dec 1372)."
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Genealogics cites: Lady Elizabeth (?) von Jülich, Countess of Kent was also known as Elizabeth (?) of Juliers.⁴

     John de Beaumont 2nd Lord Beaumont, Earl of Buchan was born circa 1318.^8,3,5 He married Alianor (Eleanor) Plantagenet of Lancaster, Countess of Arundel, daughter of Sir Henry (?) Knt., 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester and Maude de Chaworth, before June 1337
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Her 1st husband; van de pas says m. abt 23 Auf 1337.^{8,1,2,9,3,10,11,5,6}
John de Beaumont 2nd Lord Beaumont, Earl of Buchan died between 10 May 1342 and 25 May 1342 at Northamptonshire, England; Genealogics says d. 24 Feb 1342/25 May 1342.^8,2,3,5,6
John de Beaumont 2nd Lord Beaumont, Earl of Buchan was buried circa 25 May 1342 at Lewes Priory, Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1318
     DEATH     14 Apr 1342 (aged 23–24), Northamptonshire, England
     2nd Lord Beaumont. Son of Henry de Beaumont and Alice Comyn. Grandson of Louis de Brienne, Vicomte of Beaumont in Maine, France and Agnes de Beaumont, daughter of Raoul, Vicomte of Beaumont, Alexander Comyn and Joan de Latimer. He married Eleanor of Lancaster, daughter of Sir Henry Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and Maud, daughter and heiress of Patrick de Chaworth. They were married before June of 1337, and had one son, Henry de Beaumont, the 3rd Lord Beaumont. John was summoned to Parliament Deb 1343 as John de Bello Monte, but never served as Lord Buchan. John died at a tournament at Northampton, and his widow remarried Richard de Arundel FitzAlan 05 Feb 1345 in the presence of King Edward III.
     Family Members
     Parents
          Henri "Henry" De Beaumont 1285–1340
          Alice De Comyn Beaumont 1289–1349
     Spouse
          Eleanor Plantagenet FitzAlan de Arundel 1318–1372
     Siblings
          Elizabeth Beaumont de Audley unknown–1400
     Half Siblings
          Isabel de Beaumont unknown–1361
          Joan Beaumont FitzWarin 1321–1349
     Children
          Henry de Beaumont 1340–1369
     BURIAL     Lewes Priory, Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England
     Created by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
     Added: 29 Nov 2012
     Find a Grave Memorial 101480509.¹²
      ; Per Genealogy.EU: "E6. [1m.] Eleanor, *Grismond Castle 1311/18, +Arundel Castle 11.1.1372, bur Lewes Priory, Sussex; 1m: before 23.8.1337/II.1337 John, Lord Beaumont (*1318 +V.1342); 2m: Ditton 5.2.1345 Richard Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel (*1313 +24.1.1375.)⁹" EDV-20. He was 2nd Lord (Baron) Beaumont.²

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Faris [1999:143]: "ALIANOR OF LANCASTER, was married for the first time before June 1337 to JOHN DE BEAUMONT, Knt., 2nd Lord Beaumont, Earl of Buchan, son and heir of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Lord Beaumont, Earl of Buchan (descendant of Charlemagne), by Alice, daughter of Alexander Comyn, of Buchan, Sheriff of Aberdeen (of Magna Carta Surety descent and descendant of Charlemagne). He was born about 1318 (aged twenty-two at his father's death). He was summoned to Parliament on 23 Feb. 1342/3 by writ directed Johanni de Bello Monte, but never as Earl of Buchan. JOHN DE BEAUMONT, Lord Beaumont, died between 10 and 25 May 1342."⁸

; Per Med Lands:
     "JOHN Beaumont (-[10/25] May 1342). He succeeded his father as Lord Beaumont.
     "m (before Jun 1337) as her first husband, ELEANOR of Lancaster, daughter of HENRY Earl of Lancaster & his wife Matilda Chaworth ([1318]-Arundel Castle, Sussex 11 Jan 1372, bur Lewes Priory, Sussex). While her first husband was still alive, and before Earl Richard's annulment of his first marriage, she lived with her future second husband. She married secondly (Ditton Church, Stoke Poges, Bucks 5 Feb 1345, Papal dispensation 4 Mar 1345) as his second wife, Richard Fitzalan Earl of Arundel "Copped hat"."⁶

; Per Racines et Histoire: "John de Brienne dit «Beaumont» ° 1317/18 + 05/1342 2ème Lord Beaumont
     ép. dès 06/1334 Eleanor Plantagenêt (Lancaster) °09/1311/1312 ou 1318 ? + 11/01/1372 (Arundel, Sussex) Lady of Lancaster (fille d’Henry, earl of Lancaster and Leicester, et de Maud de Chaworth (alias Mahaut de Sourches) ; ép.2) 05/02/1345 Richard III FitzAlan, comte d’Arundel + 24/01/1372.)⁷ "

; Per Genealogy.EU: "B1. John, 2d Lord Beaumont, *1317/18, +V.1342; m.before VI.1337 Eleanor Plantagenet, Lady of Lancaster (*IX.1311/12, +11.1.1372.)³"