Richard de Beauchamp of Earl of Warwick 
Richard de Beauchamp of was born in Salwarpe, Worcestershire. Richard de Beauchamp of's father was Sir Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and his mother was Margaret de Ferrers. His paternal grandparents were Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and Katherine de Mortimer; his maternal grandparents were William de Ferrers VI Baron Ferrers of Groby and Margaret de Ufford. He had a sister named Margaret. He died on April 30th, 1439 in Rouen, Normandy, France.General Notes
Richard Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick, (b. Jan. 25/28, 1382, Salwarpe, Worcestershire, Eng.--d. April 30, 1439, Rouen, Fr.), soldier and diplomatist, a knightly hero who served the English kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI.
Richard Beauchamp succeeded his father, the 4th earl, in 1401. He fought for Henry IV against Sir Henry Percy ("Hotspur") in the Battle of Shrewsbury (July 21, 1403), and he assisted in the suppression of Owen Glendower's rebellion in Wales. On his return from a pilgrimage to Rome and the Holy Land, Warwick was made a member of the King's Council (1410).
Warwick was appointed captain of Calais (February 1414) by Henry V, was the king's chief lay representative at the Council of Constance [October 1414), and frequently was employed in diplomatic negotiations with the French and Burgundian courts. He was also one of Henry V's principal lieutenants in the conquest of Normandy and Picardy (1417-22); as a reward he received the French county of Aumale (1419).
After the death of Henry V (Aug. 31, 1422), Warwick helped to prevent Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, from becoming regent for the infant Henry VI. Although he was a member of the council that ruled England for some years, Warwick evidently spent much time in France. Because of his prudence, the council appointed him tutor to the young king (June 1428-May 1436). While attending the king in France (1430-32), Warwick was present at the trial and execution of Joan of Arc and scored a notable victory over the French near Beauvais (1431). He died while serving as English military governor in France and Normandy (from 1437).
One of the greatest English landowners, Warwick enlarged his estates by successive marriages to two heiresses. He founded (1422-23) a chantry at Guys Cliffe, Warwickshire; a chaplain there, John Rous, in the second half of the 15th century wrote a biography of the earl, stressing his deeds of chivalry. The Beauchamp Chapel in the Church of St. Mary, Warwick, was built (1443-64) by the earl's executors. In the chapel is the earl's tomb (a brass recumbent effigy on a Purbeck marble tomb chest), one of the finest medieval monuments in England. [EncyclopEdia Britannica CD '97, WARWICK, RCHARD BEAUCHAMP, 5TH EARL OF]
-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
-
*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1215 in Elmsley Castle, Worcestershire d.AFT. 7 JAN 1267/68 in Worcester, England
- b.1237 in of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England d.05 Jun 1298 in Elmley, Worcestershire, England
- b.1217 in Warwick, Warwickshire d.7 JAN 1267/68
- b.BET. 1272 - 1278 in of Elmley Castle, Elmley, Worcestershire, England d.12 Aug 1315 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire
- b.~ 1208 in Shere, Surrey, England d.23 Nov 1258
- b.BET. 1244 - 1250 in Shere, Surrey, England d.16 Apr 1301 in Grey Friars, Worcestershire
- b.1210 in of Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1239
- b.14 FEB 1312/13 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England d.13 Nov 1369 in Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.~29 Sep 1235 d.<12 May 1264
- b.1255 d.<29 Jul 1295 in Gascony
- b.1242 in of Flamsted, Hertfordshire, England d.1264
- b.ABT. 8 JAN 1282/83 in of Flamsted, Hertfordshire, England d.8 JAN 1324/25
- d.> 1283
- b.BEF. 16 MAR 1338/39 d.08 Apr 1401
- b.1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales d.27 Oct 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
- b.1252 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire
- b.BET. 1226 - 1230 in Breconshire, Wales d.20 MAR 1300/01
- b.03 May 1287 in of Netherwood, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d.29 Nov 1330 in Elms, Tyburn, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1245 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England d.11 Jul 1302 in Courtral, Flandre, Occidential, Belgium
- b.1262 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.7 FEB 1333/34
- b.1216 in Abbeville, France d.15 MAR 1278/79 in Abbeville, France
- b.BET. 1309 - 1310 d.<06 Sep 1369
- b.~ 1226 in Dublin, Ireland d.21 Oct 1314 in Trim, Ireland
- b.BET. 1244 - 1256 in Dublin, Ireland d.Jun 1292 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
- b.~ 1230 in Dublin, Ireland d.11 Apr 1303
- b.2 FEB 1285/86 d.19 Oct 1356
- b.1240 in AngoulIme, Charente, France d.1270
- b.~ 1262 d.~Sep 1322
- b.~ 1242 d.1274
- b.25 JAN 1380/81 in Salwarpe, Worcestershire d.30 Apr 1439 in Rouen, Normandy, France
- b.1240 in of Groby, Leicestershire, England d.20 Dec 1287
- b.30 JAN 1271/72 in of Groby, Leicestershire d.20 MAR 1324/25
- b.~ 1252 d.~ 1322
- b.BET. 1294 - 1304 in Groby, Leicestershire d.15 Sep 1343 in Groby, Leicestershire
- b.1256 in of Seagrave, Leicestershire, England d.1325 in Gascony
- b.BET. 1271 - 1290 d.Jun 1343
- b.1263 in of Stottesdon, Shropshire, England d.08 May 1331
- b.28 FEB 1332/33 in Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire d.8 JAN 1370/71 in Stebbing
- b.~ 1248 d.24 Aug 1309 in Alton, Staffordshire
- b.08 Sep 1278 d.27 Jul 1316 in Alton, Staffordshire
- b.21 MAR 1316/17 in Amesbury, Wiltshire d.25 Jul 1349
- b.02 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d.07 Dec 1299 in Monmouth Castle, England
- b.16 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire d.04 Nov 1360
- b.1272 in Acre, Palestine d.23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England
- d.22 JAN 1406/07
- d.BET. 1298 - 1300
- b.~ 1279 d.1316
- b.~ 1298 d.1369
- b.~ 1330 d.1368
- b. in of Sculthorpe, Norfolk d.1328
-
Richard de Beauchamp of and Elizabeth de Berkeley were married in a religious ceremony in September 1393. They had three daughters named Margaret, Eleanor and Elizabeth.
-
Children
Elizabeth Beauchamp
Elizabeth was born on September 16th, 1417 in Hanley Castle, Worchestershire, England. She died at the age of 30 on June 18th, 1448.
Richard de Beauchamp of and Isabel Despenser were married in a religious ceremony on November 26th, 1423 in Hanley Castle, Worcester. They had a son and a daughter, named Henry Beauchamp and Anne.
-
Children
Anne Beauchamp
Anne was born in September 1426 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England. She died at the age of 66 on September 20th, 1492 in England.
Henry Beauchamp Duke of Warwick
Henry Beauchamp was born in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. He died on June 11th, 1446 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England.
Page last modified