Hugh de Courtenay , 1st Earl of Devon 
Hugh de was born on July 14th, 1273 in Woodleigh, Devonshire, England. Hugh de's father was Hugh de Courtenay , Baron of Okehampton and his mother was Eleanor le Despenser. His paternal grandparents were John de Courtenay , Baron of Okehampton and Isabel de Vere; his maternal grandparents were Hugh 1st Baron le Despenser , Sir Knight and Unknown First Wife. He had five sisters named Eleanor de, Egeline de, Isabel de, Aveline de and Margaret de. He was the second oldest of the six children. He died at the age of 67 on December 23rd, 1340.General Notes
Hugh de Courtenay, 1st Lord (Baron) Courtenay, so created by writ of summons to Parliament 6 Feb 1298/9 and 1st Earl of Devon, so created by letters patent 22 Feb 1334/5; inherited from his father the Okehampton estates 1292 and such of the Reviers estates as had not been alieanated 1293; present at Siege of Carlaverock 1300, knighted 1306, knight banneret 1308, a Lord Ordainer 1313 (one of the 20 magnates chosen to restrict Edward II, particularly in his habit of advancing his favourites), Warden of Devon and Cornwall Coast 1324 and 1336. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1125 in Courtenay, Gatinais, Isle-de-France, France d.<Dec 1190 in Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Colston, Nottinghamshire, England d.27 Sep 1194 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1135 in Blankney, Lincolnshire, England d. in Ford Abbey, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1183 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.26 Jul 1242 in Iwerne, Dorsetshire, England
- b.< 1131 in Newenham, Oxfordshire, England d.< 1155
- b.~ 1150 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.31 Jul 1219 in Ford Abbey, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1130 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.21 Sep 1173 in England
- b.26 Jul 1224 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.03 May 1274 in Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1102 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England d.04 Jun 1155
- b.1155 in Exeter, Devonshire, England d.BET 8 AND 10 SEP 1217 in Christ Church, Tiverton, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1110 in England d.> 1155
- b.~ 1183 in Exeter, Devonshire, England d.1242
- b.~ 1141 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France d.1207 in Dunstanville, Kent, England
- b.~ 1162 in Dunstanville, Kent, England d.>01 May 1204
- b.~ 1140 in Launceston, Cornwall, England
- b.25 Mar 1250 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.28 FEB 1291/92 in Cullicomb, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1110 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England d.26 Dec 1194 in Earls Colne Priory, Halstead, Essex, England
- b.> 1164 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.<25 Oct 1221 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.BET 1151 AND 1152 in Haughley, Stow, Suffolk, England d.> 1194
- b.~ 1210 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.<23 Dec 1263 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.~ 1167 in Styford, Northumberland, England d.~ 1194
- b.~ 1184 in Hatfield, Essex, England d.3 FEB 1244/45
- b.~ 1170 in Stanstead Montfichet, Essex, England d.> 1215
- b.~ 1233 in Totnes, Devonshire, England d.11 Aug 1300 in Nutwell Manor, Woodbury, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1138 in Long Buckley, England, Northamptonshire, England d.<29 Sep 1198
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt, on way to Holy Land
- b.~ 1135 in Leuchars, Fifes, Scotland d.<Jun 1203
- b.~ 1195 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.AFT 3 FEB 1262/63
- b.< 1135 in Leicestershire, England d.31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo, Greece (went on crusade 1179)
- b.1154 in Leicestershire, England d.ABT 12 JAN 1234/35 in England
- b.~ 1130 in Leicestershire, England d.01 Apr 1212 in Leicestershire, England
- b.14 Jul 1273 in Woodleigh, Devonshire, England d.23 Dec 1340
- b.1122 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1159 in Burton-on-the-Wolds, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d.~ 1207 in Arnesby, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
- b.1125 in England
- b.1197 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d.<30 May 1238 in Ryhall, Stamford, Rutlandshire, England
- b.~ 1170 in England
- b.1223 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d.04 Aug 1265 in Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1250 in Ryhall, Rutland, England d.01 Oct 1328 in London, Middlessex, England
- b.~ 1225 in England
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Hugh de and Agnes de were married in a religious ceremony in 1292. They had two sons and a daughter, named Hugh de, Thomas de and Eleanor de.
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Children
Hugh de Courtenay , KG, 2nd Earl of Devon
Hugh de was born on July 12th, 1303 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England. He died at the age of 73 on May 2nd, 1377 in Exeter, Devonshire, England.
Thomas de Courtenay , Sir
Thomas de was born about 1305 in Woodleigh, Devonshire, England. He died on August 21st, 1356 in of Woodhuish & Dunterton, Devonshire, England.
Eleanor de Courtenay
Eleanor de was born about 1309 in Wotton, Devonshire, England. She died before 1330.
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