William Earl of Devon De Courtenay
William Earl of Devon was born in 1474 in Powderham Castle, Devon.1 William Earl of Devon's father was Edward (8th Earl of Devon) De Courtenay and his mother is Unknown. His paternal grandparents were Hugh De Courtenay and Margaret Carminow. He was an only child. He died at the age of 11 in September 1485 in Powderham, Devonshire, England.2 General Notes
William de Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon was born circa 1475.
He was the son of Edward de Courtenay, 1st and last Earl of Devon and Elizabeth de Courtenay
He married Catherine Plantagenet , daughter of Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England and Elizabeth Wydevill , circa October 1495
He died on 9 June 1511
He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1487.
Between 1503 and 1509 he was imprisoned for alleged complicity in Edmund de la Pole's rebellion.
In February 1504 he was attainted.
He was created 1st Earl of Devon [England] on 9 May 1511.
Children of William de Courtenayde 1st Earl of Devon and Catherine Plantagenet
Sir Henry Courtenay, 1st and last Marquess of Exeter + b. c 1496, d. 9 Jan 1538/39
Edward Courtenay b. c 1497, d. 1502
Margaret Courtenay b. c 1499, d. b 15 Apr 1526
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.12 Jul 1303 in Okehampton, Devon, , England d.02 May 1377 in Exeter, Devon, , England
- b.< 1341 in Haccombe, , Devon, England d.< 1372 in Godlington, , Devon, England
- b.03 Apr 1311 in Caldecote, Northamptonshire, , England d.16 Dec 1391 in Exeter, Devon, , England
- b.< 1372 in Haccombe, Devon, England d.05 Mar 1425 in Church, Devon, , England
- d.1347
- b.~ 1328 in Ingoldsby,,Lincolnshire,England d.1372 in Haccombe,,Devon,England
- b.~ 1306 d.~ 1360
- b.1426 in , Cornwall, , England d.~ 1471 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, , England
- b.< 1391 in Heanton Punchardonm Devon, England
- b.1356 in Sherrill, Devon, , England d.03 Jul 1467 in , Devon, , England
- b.1452 in Of, Cornwall, , England d.03 Jul 1509
- b.1322 in Tresolyth, Cornwall, England d.1331 in Polrode, St Trudy, Launceston, England
- b.1351 in Trenowyth, Cornwall, England d.1407 in Cornwall, England
- b.1324 in Tiviton, Cornwall, England d.1356 in Polrode, Launceston St Tudy Cornwall, England
- b.1396 in Trenowyth, Cornwall, England d.1443 in Cornwall, England
- b.1372 in Treelowyth, Corn, England d.16 Oct 1420
- b.1431 in Devonshire, England d.1446 in Y
- b.1375 in , Somerset, , England d.25 Apr 1423 in Taunton, Somerset, , England
- b.1400 in , Cornwall, , England d.1427
- b.1370 in Lustleigh, Devon, , England d.1388 in Direct
- b.1474 in Powderham Castle, Devon d.Sep 1485 in Powderham, Devonshire, England
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They had a daughter named Margaret.
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Children
Henry De Courtenay
Henry was born in 1496 in Colcombe Castle, Devonshire, England.1 He died at the age of 43 on June 8th, 1539 in Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England.1
They had a son named Edward.
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Children
Edward De Courtenay
Edward was born in 1453 in Landrake, Cornwall, England.2 He died at the age of 56 on March 1st, 1509 in Cornwall, Landrake, MI, USA.2
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