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Hugh Courtenay 1249 – 1292 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 MAR 1249

Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 28 FEB 1292

Death Location: Devon, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Courtenay

Mother: Isabel Vere

Spouse(s): Alianore Despencer, Eleanor Despenser

Children(s): Eleanor Courtenay, Robert Courtenay, Eleanor Courtenay, Margaret COURTENAY, Alice Courtenay, Margaret Keith, Philip Courtenay, Philip Courtenay, Philip Courtenay, Thomas Courtenay, Thomas Courtenay, Alice Courtenay, Margaret Courtenay, Thomas Courtenay, Avelina Courtenay, Thomas Courtenay, Egeline Courtenay, Isabel Courtenay, John Courtenay, John Courtenay, John Courtenay, Ezeline None, Robert Courtenay, Robert Courtenay, Isabel Courtenay, Ada Courtenay, Philip Courtenay, Thomas Courtenay, Hugh Courtney, Ada Courtenay

In 1249, Hugh Courtenay entered the world in Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to John de Courtenay and Isabel de Vere. Hugh Courtenay married Alianore (Eleanor) Le Despencer, Eleanor le Despenser, and had children including Eleanor De Courtenay, Robert de Courtenay, Eleanor De Courtenay, Margaret De COURTENAY, Alice Courtenay, Margaret Keith, Philip Le Courtenay, Philip De Courtenay, Philip de Courtenay Courtenay, Thomas De Courtenay, Thomas de Courtenay, Alice Courtenay, Margaret De Courtenay, Thomas De Courtenay, Avelina ( Ada) de Courtenay Courtenay, Thomas Courtenay, Egeline De Courtenay, Isabel de Courtenay, John Courtenay, John De Courtenay, John de Courtenay, Ezeline, Robert De Courtenay, Robert de Courtenay, Isabel De Courtenay, Ada De Courtenay, Philip De Courtenay, Thomas De Courtenay, Hugh De Courtney, Ada Courtenay. Hugh Courtenay passed away in 1292 in Devon, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1249, Hugh Courtenay entered the world in Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to John de Courtenay and Isabel de Vere.
  • Hugh Courtenay married Alianore (Eleanor) Le Despencer, Eleanor le Despenser, and had children including Eleanor De Courtenay, Robert de Courtenay, Eleanor De Courtenay, Margaret De COURTENAY, Alice Courtenay, Margaret Keith, Philip Le Courtenay, Philip De Courtenay, Philip de Courtenay Courtenay, Thomas De Courtenay, Thomas de Courtenay, Alice Courtenay, Margaret De Courtenay, Thomas De Courtenay, Avelina ( Ada) de Courtenay Courtenay, Thomas Courtenay, Egeline De Courtenay, Isabel de Courtenay, John Courtenay, John De Courtenay, John de Courtenay, Ezeline, Robert De Courtenay, Robert de Courtenay, Isabel De Courtenay, Ada De Courtenay, Philip De Courtenay, Thomas De Courtenay, Hugh De Courtney, Ada Courtenay.
  • Hugh Courtenay passed away in 1292 in Devon, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Courtenay
1218 – 1274
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Isabel Vere
1233 – 1300
Birth Location: Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Alianore Despencer
1249 – 1328
Birth Location: Wooton Manor, Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England
AD
Eleanor Despenser
Birth Location: –
ED

Children(s)

Eleanor Courtenay
1261 – 1308
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
EC
Robert Courtenay
1265 –
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
RC
Eleanor Courtenay
1265 – 1301
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
EC
Margaret COURTENAY
1265 –
Birth Location: United Kingdom
MC
Alice Courtenay
1267 –
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
AC
Margaret Keith
1269 – 1327
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
MK
Philip Courtenay
1277 – 1314
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
PC
Philip Courtenay
1277 – 1314
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
PC
Philip Courtenay
1277 – 1314
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
PC
Thomas Courtenay
1278 –
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
TC
Thomas Courtenay
1278 –
Birth Location: London, London, England
TC
Alice Courtenay
1279 –
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
AC
Margaret Courtenay
1279 – 1349
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
MC
Thomas Courtenay
1281 –
Birth Location: Of, London, Middlesex, England
TC
Avelina Courtenay
1281 – 1327
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
AC
Thomas Courtenay
1281 –
Birth Location: London St Bartholomew by The Royal Exchange, City of London, England, United Kingdom
TC
Egeline Courtenay
1282 – 1335
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
EC
Isabel Courtenay
1283 – 1325
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
IC
John Courtenay
1283 –
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
JC
John Courtenay
1283 –
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
JC
John Courtenay
1283 –
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
JC
Ezeline None
1284 –
Birth Location: Basing, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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Robert Courtenay
1285 –
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
RC
Robert Courtenay
1287 –
Birth Location: Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
RC
Isabel Courtenay
1289 – 1325
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
IC
Ada Courtenay
Birth Location: –
AC
Philip Courtenay
Birth Location: –
PC
Thomas Courtenay
Birth Location: –
TC
Hugh Courtney
Birth Location: –
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Ada Courtenay
1270 – 1330
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
AC

Hugh Courtenay's Ancestors

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Hugh Courtenay
1249 – 1292
Birth Place: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John de Courtenay
1218 – 1274
Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Isabel (de) Vere
1233 – 1300
Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hugh Courtenay's Descendants

1.
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Hugh Courtenay (25 MAR 1249 – 28 FEB 1292) m. Alianore ((Eleanor) Le) Despencer (1249 – 30 SEP 1328) m. Eleanor (le) Despenser
  1. 1. Eleanor (De) Courtenay (1261 – SEP 1308) m. Henry (de) Grey (1260 – SEP 1308)
  2. 2. Robert (de) Courtenay (1265 – ) m. Elizabeth (Mrs De) Courtenay (ABT 1310 – )
  3. 3. Eleanor (De) Courtenay (1265 – 6 JUN 1301) m. Henry (de) Grey (1260 – SEP 1308)
  4. 4. Margaret (De) COURTENAY (ABT 1265 – ) m. John (De SainT) JOHN (ABT 1258 – ) m. John (St.) John (OCT 1273 – 6 MAY 1329) m. Nicholas Molyneux (ABT 1312 – ) m. Nicholas (De) Moleyns (ABT 1312 – ) m. Nicholas (De) Moels (10 AUG 1289 – 29 JAN 1315) m. John (de) Meele
    1. 1. John (De) Moels (ABT 1315 – )
      1. 1. John (de Moels) III (1336 – ) m. Margaret Favel (1350 – )
        1. 1. Margaret (Upton de) Moels (1380 – 1404) m. James Mules (1366 – 1396)
  5. 5. Alice Courtenay (ABT 1267 – )
  6. 6. Margaret Keith (ABT 1269 – 27 APR 1327) m. John (Le Boeuf) Giffard (ABT 1267 – APR 1322) m. Nicholas (De) Moels (10 AUG 1289 – 29 JAN 1315)
  7. 7. Philip (Le) Courtenay (1277 – 24 JUN 1314) m. <Living>
  8. 8. Philip (De) Courtenay (ABT 1277 – 24 JUN 1314)
  9. 9. Philip (de Courtenay) Courtenay (ABT 1277 – 24 JUN 1314)
  10. 10. Thomas (De) Courtenay (ABT 1278 – ) m. Muriel (De) Moels (1292 – 1359)
    1. 1. Muriel (Or Joan De) Courtenay (1331 – ) m. John Dynham (1333 – 7 JAN 1382)
    2. 2. Muriel Courtenay (1340 – 12 AUG 1369) m. John Dinham (1319 – 1383) m. John (Dynham Durham) Dinham (1318 – ) m. John (De) Dinham (1295 – 14 APR 1331)
    3. 3. Margaret (De) Courtenay (<1358> – )
    4. 4. Muriel Courtenay ( – 1369) m. John Dinham (1319 – 1383)
  11. 11. Thomas (de) Courtenay (ABT 1278 – ) m. Thomas Courtenay (ABT 1280 – )
  12. 12. Alice Courtenay (1279 – )
  13. 13. Margaret (De) Courtenay (ABT 1279 – 11 APR 1349) m. John (De SainT) JOHN (ABT 1258 – ) m. John (de St) John m. Nicholas (De) Moels (10 AUG 1289 – 29 JAN 1315) m. John (De) Moels (1287 – ) m. Living
  14. 14. Thomas (De) Courtenay (ABT 1281 – ) m. Thomas Courtenay (ABT 1280 – )
  15. 15. Avelina (( Ada) de Courtenay) Courtenay (ABT 1281 – 27 APR 1327) m. John (Le Boeuf) Giffard (ABT 1267 – APR 1322)
    1. 1. Peter Giffard ( – 23 APR 1323) m. Ela Audley (ABT 1270 – ) m. Unknown (1st) wife
  16. 16. Thomas Courtenay (ABT 1281 – )
  17. 17. Egeline (De) Courtenay (ABT 1282 – 10 OCT 1335) m. Robert (Vii) Scales (From 1280 to 1305 – 20 MAR 1324)
    1. 1. Robert (Viii) Scales (1309 – 13 AUG 1369) m. Catherine Ufford (1321 – AFT 1370)
      1. 1. William (De) Scales (1334 – )
      2. 2. Margaret (Margery) Scales (1339 – 8 MAY 1416) m. Robert (I) Howard (1336 – 18 JUL 1388)
        1. 1. John (ABT 1355 – 17 NOV 1837)
        2. 2. John (Howard, Sherriff of Essex,) England (1365 – ) m. Alice Tendring (21 OCT 1365 – 18 OCT 1426) m. Margaret Plaiz (1365 – 14 AUG 1381) m. Margaret Plais
        3. 3. John Howard (1365 – 17 NOV 1437) m. Alice Tendring (21 OCT 1385 – 18 OCT 1426) m. Margaret Plaiz (1365 – 14 AUG 1381)
        4. 4. Robert Howard (ABT 1366 – 17 NOV 1436) m. <Living>
        5. 5. Robert Howard (ABT 1367 – )
        6. 6. Margaret Howard (1368 – 25 MAR 1433) m. William (de) Lisle (ABT 1364 – ) m. Constantine (De) Clifton (1329 – 1395)
        7. 7. Catherine Howard (1371 – 29 JUN 1478)
        8. 8. Edmond Howard (1373 – )
        9. 9. Edmund Howard (1373 – )
        10. 10. Edmund Howard (1373 – )
        11. 11. Edmund Howard (1373 – )
        12. 12. Robert Howard (1385 – )
      3. 3. Elizabeth Scales (1342 – 1367) m. Roger (de) Felbrigge (ABT 1316 – 1386)
      4. 4. Alana Scales (ABT 1343 – )
      5. 5. Roger (Iii) Scales (1 FEB 1346 – 25 DEC 1387) m. Joan (Northwood) Norwood (1363 – 3 JAN 1415)
    2. 2. Eleanor Scales (1315 – BEF 6 DEC 1361) m. John Sudeley (12 JUN 1305 – 19 FEB 1340)
      1. 1. Joan (de) Sudeley (1338 – AUG 1367) m. William (de) Boteler, (ABT 1331 – 14 AUG 1369)
        1. 1. Thomas Botiler (10 OCT 1358 – 20 SEP 1398) m. Alice Beauchamp (1365 – 8 FEB 1442)
  18. 18. Isabel (de) Courtenay (1283 – 10 MAY 1325) m. John (St.) John (OCT 1273 – 6 MAY 1329) m. John (St.) John (1273 – BEF 4 APR 1329) m. Reynold Paveley (ABT 1279 – ) m. Robert (de) Scales (ABT 1279 – ABT 1324) m. Robert (De) Scales (ABT 1281 – ) m. John (De Saint) John m. Living
    1. 1. Margaret (St) John (ABT 1308 – 19 NOV 1361) m. John (de) Beauchamp (4 OCT 1306 – 19 MAY 1343) m. John (Iii) Beauchamp (4 OCT 1306 – 19 MAY 1343)
      1. 1. Cecily (de) Beauchamp (1321 – 7 JUN 1394) m. Gilbert (Iv de) Turberville (ABT 1296 – AUG 1347)
      2. 2. Eleanor (de) Beauchamp (ABT 1325 – BEF 1361) m. John (le) Blount (1298 – 1358)
        1. 1. Wouter (Ii Sir Le) Blount (1348 – 21 JUL 1403)
        2. 2. Walter Blount (1351 – 21 JUL 1403) m. Sancha (de Ayala) Gomez (BEF 1 JUN 1360 – 1418) m. Sancha (DeAyala) Gomez (ABT 1360 – 1418)
        3. 3. Walter (le) Blount (1351 – 21 JUN 1403) m. Sancha (de Ayala) Gomez (BEF 1 JUN 1360 – 1418)
        4. 4. Thomas Blount (ABT 1352 – JAN 1400)
        5. 5. William LeBlount (ABT 1353 – 1416)
        6. 6. Isabel Blount (1356 – ) m. Alanus (De) Atkinson (1351 – )
      3. 3. Margaret Beauchamp (1326 – ) m. Thomas Challons (ABT 1336 – ) m. Thomas Challons (ABT 1328 – )
      4. 4. Edward Beauchamp (1330 – UNKNOWN)
      5. 5. William (De) Beauchamp (1331 – UNKNOWN)
      6. 6. John Beauchamp (20 JAN 1329 – 8 OCT 1361) m. Alice (de) Beauchamp (ABT 1345 – 26 OCT 1383) m. Alice (De) Beauchamp (1345 – 26 OCT 1383)
  19. 19. John Courtenay (1283 – ) m. Paveley (ABT 1283 – From 1299 to 1383) m. Reynold Paveley (ABT 1287 – )
  20. 20. John (De) Courtenay (1283 – UNKNOWN)
  21. 21. John (de) Courtenay (ABT 1283 – ) m. Living m. Living
  22. 22. Ezeline (ABT 1284 – )
  23. 23. Robert (De) Courtenay (1285 – ) m. Elizabeth (de ( Mrs)) Courtenay (ABT 1279 – )
  24. 24. Robert (de) Courtenay (ABT 1287 – )
  25. 25. Isabel (De) Courtenay (1289 – AFT 10 MAY 1325) m. John (De St. John II Lord St. John of) Basing (1280 – UNKNOWN)
  26. 26. Ada (De) Courtenay ( – UNKNOWN)
  27. 27. Philip (De) Courtenay ( – UNKNOWN)
  28. 28. Thomas (De) Courtenay ( – UNKNOWN)
  29. 29. Hugh (De) Courtney (UNKNOWN – UNKNOWN)
  30. 30. Ada Courtenay (ABT 1270 – AFT 1330) m. John (I) Gifford (4th son – 1307)
    1. 1. John (Ii) Giffard (1278 – AUG 1344) m. Catherine Stafford (ABT 1290 – )
      1. 1. Elizabeth Giffard (1306 – 1404) m. William (Iii) Boweles (1312 – 1348) m. William Colesonne ( – 1404)
        1. 1. Catherine Bowles (1328 – 1404) m. Robert (Grobbere) (Groberd) m. John Hewit (1321 – 1355)
      2. 2. Margaret Giffard (BEF 1315 – ) m. Ralph Lathebury ( – AFT 1315)
      3. 3. Edmund Giffard (1325 – 1378) m. Agnes (De) Whiston (1330 – ) m. Agnes (de) Whiston (1339 – ) m. Margaret
        1. 1. John Giffard (ABT 1390 – ) m. J (ohn) Giffard (ABT 1400 – )
      4. 4. Matilda Giffard (ABT 1336 – )
      5. 5. John (Iii) Giffard (BEF 1338 – 1350) m. Katherine Dunsowe
      6. 6. John Giffard ( – 1400) m. Mary Whitmore (1348 – 1402)
        1. 1. Thomas Giffard (ABT 1346 – 1416/1420) m. Joyce Francis (ABT 1390 – ) m. Joyce Frances (ABT 1372 – ) m. Joyce Francis (ABT 1416 – ) m. Joyce Francis (ABT 1421 – )
        2. 2. Joan Giffard (1368 – ABT 1417) m. Richard Knightley (1364 – 1417) m. Richard (De) Knightley (1335 – 1384)
    2. 2. Peter (Ii) Giffard ( – AFT 1322)

Hugh Courtenay's Timeline

3 Records

1249
25 MAR 1249
Birth of Hugh Courtenay in Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1291
1291
Age 42
Burial of Hugh Courtenay in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1292
28 FEB 1292
Age 43
Death of Hugh Courtenay in Devon, England, United Kingdom
Devon, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 MAR 1249
    Event Place: Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 FEB 1292
    Event Place: Devon, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1291
    Event Place: Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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