Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1485 creation)
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Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon KG
(died 1509) was an English peer
and member of the House of Lords
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A loyalist of the House of Tudor, he fought alongside Henry VII at Bosworth and had been one of his original companions in France. There he went to pay homage to the future King of the Lancastrian affinity to which he adhered. Edward was particularly opposed to Richard III, and as such sought the patronage of Margaret Beaufort and her secret alliance with the Dowager Queen Elizabeth Woodville on the murder of the princes. Courtenay acted a courier over the Channel in the dark days of 1480's. He also met Marquess of Dorset, the alienated Yorkist, whose disaffected support left Richard dangerously exposed on the flank of his kingdom.
The earldom was forfeited at his death by his son’s attainder for conspiracy with de la Pole, formerly Earls of Suffolk, whose continental dabblings with Cardinal Pole presented a dynastic threat to the Tudor inheritance, as the last of the Yorkists. The earldom was restored in 1512 to his grandson, William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon
through the marriage of the daughter, Elizabeth of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle. The extinction of the ancient medieval line continued in the cadet line of the cousinage to this day.
Edward died in May 1509, and it might be only hours after his will was made on May 27, 1509. It was proved at Lambeth on July 15, 1509.
The Earl's inheritance was disputed and became a celebrated Peerage Case in 19th Century.
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(died 1509) was an English peer
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A loyalist of the House of Tudor, he fought alongside Henry VII at Bosworth and had been one of his original companions in France. There he went to pay homage to the future King of the Lancastrian affinity to which he adhered. Edward was particularly opposed to Richard III, and as such sought the patronage of Margaret Beaufort and her secret alliance with the Dowager Queen Elizabeth Woodville on the murder of the princes. Courtenay acted a courier over the Channel in the dark days of 1480's. He also met Marquess of Dorset, the alienated Yorkist, whose disaffected support left Richard dangerously exposed on the flank of his kingdom.
The earldom was forfeited at his death by his son’s attainder for conspiracy with de la Pole, formerly Earls of Suffolk, whose continental dabblings with Cardinal Pole presented a dynastic threat to the Tudor inheritance, as the last of the Yorkists. The earldom was restored in 1512 to his grandson, William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon
William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon
William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon was the son of Sir Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon and Elizabeth Courtenay....
through the marriage of the daughter, Elizabeth of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle. The extinction of the ancient medieval line continued in the cadet line of the cousinage to this day.
Edward died in May 1509, and it might be only hours after his will was made on May 27, 1509. It was proved at Lambeth on July 15, 1509.
Children
- Walter, d.s.p
- Maud married John Arundell of Traherne
- Elizabeth married John Trethurffe
- Florence married John Trelawney, jnr.
The Earl's inheritance was disputed and became a celebrated Peerage Case in 19th Century.