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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 family of Devon. His principal seat was Tiverton Castle, Devon with further residences at Okehampton Castle and Colcombe Castle, also in that county.
Sir William Courtenay (1477 – November 1535) "The Great", of Powderham in Devon, was a leading member of the Devon gentry and a courtier of King Henry VIII having been from September 1512 one of the king's Esquires of the Body.
16 de ene. de 2019 · William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1475 – 9 June 1511) was the son of Sir Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon and Elizabeth Courtenay. He married Catherine of York the sixth daughter of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville.
- England
- circa 1475
- "William /Courtenay/ (3rd creation)"
- Devon, England, United Kingdom
9 de jun. de 2023 · On this day in Tudor history, 9th June 1511, in the reign of Henry VIII, William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, died of pleurisy at Greenwich. He was buried at Blackfriars, London, with the honours due an earl, even though he hadn't been officially invested yet.
Earl of Devon is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. It was possessed first (after the Norman Conquest of 1066) by the Redvers family ( alias de Reviers, Revieres, etc.), and later by the Courtenay family.
His place near the King had probably been found for him by his father or by his kinsman the 9th Earl of Devon. He took part in the military campaigns of 1514 and 1523, and was present at the Field of Cloth of Gold and the King’s meeting with Charles V at Gravelines.
William Courtenay (Earl de Devon) William "Kitty" Courtenay, noveno conde de Devon nació en el año 1768 y falleció el 26 de mayo de 1835. Fue el hijo menor de William Courtenay, octavo Jarl de Devon y de su esposa Frances Clack. Fue bautizado el 30 de agosto de 1768.
