COURTENAY

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury)

ELIZABETH COURTENAY, widow of John, Lord Harington, married, as his second wife, William Bonville of Chewton, Somerset, who was born on 30 August 1393 and beheaded on 18 February 1460/61. Elizabeth was the daughter of

EDWARD COURTENAY, Earl of Devon, married Maud Camoys.

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(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Saire de Quincey, Robert de Vere)

MURIEL (Joane) COURTENAY died before 12 August 1369. She married Sir John de Dinham, Knt., 4th Baron Dinham, who was born in 1320 and died on 7 January 1382/83. Muriel was the daughter of

SIR THOMAS COURTENAY of Southpole, Woodhuish and Dunterton, Devon, Wootton Courtenay and Cricket MaIhernbe, Somerset, died in 36th King Edward III. He married Muriel Moels. Sir Thomas was the son of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Saire de Quincey, Robert de Vere)

SIR HUGH de COURTENAY, Knt., Lord Courtenay, Earl of Devon, Banneret, was born about 1275 and died on 23 December 1340. In 1292, he married Agnes St. John who died on II June 1345.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Saire de Quincey, Robert de Vere)

EGELINE COURTENAY died on 10 October 1335. She married Robert de Scales, Lord Scales, who died on 20 March 1324/25.

SIR HUGH and EGELINE were the children of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Saire de Quincey, Robert de Vere)

SIR HUGH de COURTENAY, Baron of Oakhampton, was born on 25 March around 1248/51 and died on 28 February 1291/92. He married Eleanor le Despenser who died on I October 1328. Sir Hugh was the son of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Saire de Quincey, Robert de Vere)

SIR JOHN de COURTENAY, Baron of Oakhampton and Devon, died on 3 May 1274. He married Isabel de Vere. Sir John was the son of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury)

SIR ROBERT de COURTENAY, Baron of Oakhampton, Viscount of .Devonshire, Governor of the Castle of Exter, died on 26 July 1242. He married Mary of Vernon, heiress of Devon, who died in 1242. Sir Robert was the son of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury)

RENAUD de COURTENAY died on 27 September 1194. He married Hawise, Lady of Oak. hampton (see Avranches), who died on 31 July 1219.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

ELIZABETH COURTENAI died in 1250. She married Prince Pierre of France (Peter of France) (see below), Crusader, Lord of Courtenay, Lord of Auxerre, who was born in 1125. He took the name of Courtenay.

RENAUD and ELIZABETH were the children of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

RENAUD of Sutton, Berks, Sire de Courtenay, married, first, N. N., sister of Guy de Donjou. Renaud was the son of

MILES, Sire de Courtenay, died in 1127. He married, second, Ermengarde de Nevers, daughter of Renaud, Count of Nevers. Miles was the son of

JOSSELIN, Sire de Courtenay, died in 1065. He married Elizabeth de Mont'hery, daughter of Guy de Mont'hery. Josselin was the son of

ATHON, Sire de Courtenay and Chateau Renaud.

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ALIX COURTENAI de JOIGNY (Alice de Courtenay) married Aymer Taillefer de Valence, 14th Count of Angouleme, who died in 1217/18. She was the daughter of

PRINCE PIERRE of France (Peter of France) (see above), Crusader, Lord of Courtenay, Lord of Auxerre, was born in 1125. He married Elizabeth Courtenai who died in 1250. He took the name of Courtenay.

(Note: King Louis VII of France seized the Courtenay possessions in France and gave them to his youngest brother Pierre who had married Elizabeth de Courtenay about 1150.)

Prince Pierre was the son of

LOUIS VI, King of France 1108-37, was born in 1077/78 and died on 4 August 1137. Around 1115/20, he married, second, Adelaide of Savoy who was born in 1092 and died in 1154 (see France-Capetlan).

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YOLANDE de Courtenay died in 1232. She married, as his second wife, Andrew II, King of Hungary, who died in 1235.

Ref: Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 219, Vol. III, p. 465, Vol. IV, pps. 317 and 323, Vol. XI, p. 501; Ancestral Roots, pps. 65, 105 and 124, p. 19 of Supplement; Magna Charta, pps. 129, 402, 765, 1618 and 2010.