Sir
Hugh
Courtenay
KG
Born in Tiverton Castle, Devon, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Robert Courtenay, John (Courtenay) de Courtenay, Elizabeth (Courtenay) Luttrell, Thomas Courtenay, Katherine (Courtenay) Engaine, Unknown Courtenay, Margaret (Courtenay) Cobham, Edward (Courtenay) de Courtenay, Peter (Courtenay) de Courtenay KG, William Courtenay, Anne Courtenay, Margaret Courtenay, Joan (Courtenay) Cheverston, Philip (Courtenay) de Courtenay and Humphrey Courtenay
Husband of
Elizabeth (de Vere) Cossington
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Hugh (Courtenay) de Courtenay
Died before
before age 22
in Exeter, Devon, England
Profile last modified
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Biography
Sir Hugh de Courtenay (b. 22 Mar 1327, d.v.p bt 20 Apr 1348 - 2 Sep 1349; bur. Forde Abbey, Dorsetshire)
It was probably this Hugh rather than his father who fought at the Battle of Crecy and was made one of the founding Knights of the Garter in 1348.[1][2][3][4]
Sources
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, p. 540-541, Google Books
- ↑ G E Cokayne. The Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. IV, St Catherine Press, 1916, p. 325
- ↑ W A Shaw, The Knights of England, Vol. I, p. 1
- ↑ George Frederick Beitz. Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present Time, William Pickering, 1841, p. 52, Google Books
- Beltz, George Frederick. Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present Time, William Pickering, 1841, p. 52, Google Books
- Hope, W.H. (1901). "Plate XXXI," in the Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485]] Westminster: A. Constable and Co. Google Books. see also: Space: The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485
- Richardson, D. (2013?). Royal Ancestry, II, p. 327
- Richardson, D. (2015, April 24). C.P. Addition: Death Date of Sir Hugh de Courtenay, K.G., Son and Heir Apparent of Hugh de Courtenay, Earl of Devon. soc.genealogy.medieval. Google Groups.
- convo on date of death
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Mindy Silva
Isaac Taylor
Is he the 11th Earl of Devon?
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removed VP from DOA; circling back ... tasked to clean up mom Marg...
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Mindy Silva
He was born and buried in England. Should his death place be England?
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