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    John Courtenay (c. 1435 – 4 May 1471) was the third son of Thomas Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon, and Margaret Beaufort, and was styled Earl of Devon by...
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    V, the Earls of Devon were treated with suspicion by the Tudors, perhaps unfairly, partly because William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1475–1511), had...
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  • Hugh Rupert Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, DL (5 May 1942 – 18 August 2015), styled as Lord Courtenay until 1998, of Powderham Castle in Devon, was a British...
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    Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, KG (died 1509) was an English nobleman. He was a member of the ancient Courtenay family. Edward Courtenay was the...
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    William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1475 – 9 June 1511), feudal baron of Okehampton and feudal baron of Plympton, was a member of the leading noble...
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  • 15th Earl of Devon (c. 1435 – 1471) John Courtenay (1738–1816), Member of Parliament for Tamworth and Appleby in the United Kingdom John Courtenay Trewin...
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  • Countess of Devon (c. 1409–1449), daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset; mother of Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon, and John Courtenay, 15th Earl...
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    Thomas de Courtenay, 5th/13th Earl of Devon (3 May 1414 – 3 February 1458) was a nobleman from South West England. His seat was at Colcombe Castle near...
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    John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain KG PC (c. 1482 – 21 March 1540) was an English peer and courtier. John de Vere, born about 1482...
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    to William Courtenay, son and heir of the Earl of Devon, an ardent supporter of Henry VII. In 1502, Catherine's husband was suspected of being involved...
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    de Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports: 1398 Admiral of the West: 1397 Admiral of the Irish Fleet: 1397 Lieutenant of Aquitaine:...
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    1st Earl of Devon, 1st Baron Stafford of Southwick (ca. 1439[a] – 17 August 1469) was a dominant magnate in South West England in the mid-15th century...
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  • title of Earl of Devon which belongs to the Courtenay family. Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1563–1606) William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire...
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    Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd/10th Earl of Devon that Maud would marry Devon's grandson Hugh Courtenay. Devon promised to award Maud an annuity of 200 marks...
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  • Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon (1414–1458), for whom she bore three sons and five daughters. Her sons were all killed or executed during the Wars of the...
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    Lancastrian John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon (1471) – beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury for being a Lancastrian Sir Hugh Courtenay (1471) – beheaded...
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    William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon PC (14 April 1807 – 18 November 1888), styled Lord Courtenay between 1835 and 1859, was a British politician...
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    peerage of England in 1525 for Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon. For more information on this creation, which was forfeited in 1538, see Earl of Devon. The...
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    John Courtenay, 7th Earl of Devon Henry Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan Eleanor de Clare Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of...
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    jure, and John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon (died 1471), killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury. Edward Courtenay was the son of Sir Hugh Courtenay (c.1427–6...
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    Margaret's only son, Edward of Westminster, was killed by Clarence's men, while the Duke of Somerset and John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon were both killed. The...
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    shire for Devon in 1395, 1397 and 1421. He was a grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd/10th Earl of Devon (1303–1377), was the younger brother of Edward de...
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    is a separate title from that of Earl of Devon, which still belongs to the Courtenay family. The fifth Duke and Duchess of Devonshire are portrayed in the...
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  • subsequently made Earl of Devon in 1335. During his life, his son Hugh de Courtenay the younger, was summoned as 2nd Baron Courtenay in 1337, with the...
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    to Lady Margaret Courtenay, daughter of William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, by Catherine of York, daughter of Edward IV, King of England. Margaret...
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    Sir Edward Courtenay (c.1385 – c. August 1418) was the eldest son of Edward de Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon (d. 5 December 1419). He fought at Agincourt...
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    William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Devon)
    south-west of England took up more of his time and energy, as he became involved in a feud with his powerful neighbour Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon. In 1437...
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    senior line of Courtenay of Tiverton Castle, Earls of Devon, was one of the most influential and best connected in Devon from the 15th century onwards...
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    Great Fulford (category Historic estates in Devon)
    by the Courtenay family, later Earls of Devon. Baldwin FitzGilbert's tenant in 1086 was Modbert, who also held from him the Devonshire manors of Kelly...
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    John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford KG PC JP (c. 1485 – 14 March 1555) was an English royal minister in the Tudor era. He served variously as Lord High...
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