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Hugh de Courtenay 1251 – 1292 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1251

Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England

Death Date: 28 Feb 1292

Death Location: Colcombe, Devon, England

Father: John Courtenay

Mother: Isabel Vere

Spouse(s): Eleanor Despencer

Children(s): Hugh Courtenay, Philip Courtenay, Isabelle Courtenay, Margaret Courtenay, John Courtenay, Aveline Courtenay, Egelina Courtenay, Robert Courtenay

The story of Hugh de Courtenay began in 1251 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England. Hugh de Courtenay married Eleanor le Despencer, and had children including Hugh de Courtenay, Philip de Courtenay, Isabelle de Courtenay, Margaret de Courtenay, John De Courtenay, Aveline de Courtenay, Egelina de Courtenay, Robert de Courtenay. Hugh de Courtenay passed away in 1292 in Colcombe, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Hugh de Courtenay began in 1251 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England.
  • Hugh de Courtenay married Eleanor le Despencer, and had children including Hugh de Courtenay, Philip de Courtenay, Isabelle de Courtenay, Margaret de Courtenay, John De Courtenay, Aveline de Courtenay, Egelina de Courtenay, Robert de Courtenay.
  • Hugh de Courtenay passed away in 1292 in Colcombe, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Courtenay
1214 – 1274
Birth Location: Oakhampton, Devon, England
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Isabel Vere
1228 – 1299
Birth Location: Totnes, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Eleanor Despencer
1260 – 1328
Birth Location: Ryhall, Rutland, England
ED

Children(s)

Hugh Courtenay
1276 – 1340
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England
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Philip Courtenay
1277 – 1314
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England
PC
Isabelle Courtenay
1278 – 1325
Birth Location: Okehampton Castle, Devon, England
IC
Margaret Courtenay
1279 – 1349
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England
MC
John Courtenay
1280 – 1293
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England
JC
Aveline Courtenay
1281 – 1327
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England
AC
Egelina Courtenay
1282 – 1335
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England
EC
Robert Courtenay
1285 –
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England
RC

Hugh Courtenay's Ancestors

Self
Hugh Courtenay
1251 – 1292
Birth Place: Okehampton, Devonshire, England
Parents
John de Courtenay
1214 – 1274
Oakhampton, Devon, England
Isabel (de) Vere
1228 – 1299
Totnes, Devon, England
Grandparents
Robert (de) Courtenay
1172 – 1242
Courtenay, Galinois, France
Mary (de) Revieres
1184 – 1250
Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Hugh (de) Vere
1207 – 1263
Hatfield, Essex, England
Hawise (de) Quincy
1190 – 1263
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Renaud Courtenay
1125 – 1194
Hawise Courcy
1135 – 1219
William Reviers
1150 – 1217
Mabel Beaumont
1164 – 1204
Robert Vere
1165 – 1221
Isabelle Bolbec
1164 – 1245
Saer Quincy
1170 – 1219
Margaret Beaumont
1170 – 1235
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Reginald Courtenay
1100 – 1161
Hélène Donjon
1111 – 1158
William Courcy
1118 – 1176
Maud d'Avranches
1120 – 1173
Baldwin Redvers
1090 – 1155
Adeliza Baalum
1099 – 1168
Robert III
1141 – 1212
Maud Cornwall
1143 – 1220
Aubrey Vere
1115 – 1194
Agnes Essex
1151 – 1212
Hugh Bolebec
1125 – 1165
Margaret Montfichet
1135 – 1215
Robert Quincy
1140 – 1197
Orabilis
1135 – 1203
Robert Beaumont
1135 – 1190
Petronille Grentemesnil
1145 – 1212

Hugh Courtenay's Descendants

1.
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Hugh (de) Courtenay (25 Mar 1251 – 28 Feb 1292) m. Eleanor (le) Despencer (Abt 1260 – 30 Sep 1328)
  1. 1. Hugh (de) Courtenay (14 Sep 1276 – 23 Dec 1340) m. Agnes (St) John (1275 – 11 Jun 1345)
    1. 1. John (de) Courtenay (Abt 1300 – 1349)
    2. 2. Hugh (de) Courtenay (12 Jul 1303 – 2 May 1377) m. Margaret (de) Bohun (3 Apr 1311 – 16 Dec 1391)
      1. 1. Hugh Courtenay (Abt 1327 – 1349) m. Elizabeth (de) Vere (Abt 1333 – 16 Aug 1375)
      2. 2. Margaret Courtenay (Abt 1328 – 2 Aug 1395) m. John (de) Cobham (1324 – 10 Jan 1408)
        1. 1. Joan (de) Cobham (Abt 1346 – 2 Aug 1388) m. John (De La) Pole (1320 – 5 Sep 1389)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Cobham (1350 – Aug 1401) m. Philip (Le) Despencer (18 Oct 1342 – 4 Aug 1401)
        3. 3. Katherine Cobham (Abt 1350 – Abt 1400) m. William Seyliard (Abt 1346 – Abt 1400)
      3. 3. Thomas Courtenay (Abt 1330 – 1381)
      4. 4. Edward Courtenay (1331 – Bef 1 Apr 1371) m. Emeline Dawney (1330 – Bef 28 Feb 1371)
        1. 1. Edward Courtenay (3 May 1357 – 5 Dec 1419) m. Maud Camoys (Aft 1357 – )
        2. 2. Hugh (de) Courtenay (Aft 1358 – 5 Mar 1425) m. Elizabeth FitzPayn (Abt 1360 – Bef 1392) m. Elizabeth Cogan (1364 – 29 Oct 1397) m. Philippa L'Arcedekne (1387 – 1412) m. Maude Beaumont (Abt 1400 – 3 Jul 1467)
      5. 5. Elizabeth (de) Courtenay (Abt 1333 – 7 Aug 1395) m. John (de) Vere (Abt Dec 1335 – 23 Jun 1360) m. Andrew (De) Lutterell (Abt 1335 – 1378)
        1. 1. John Luttrell (Abt 1362 – ) m. Joan
        2. 2. Hugh (de) Luttrell (1364 – 24 Mar 1428) m. Katherine (De) Beaumont (Jul 1354 – 28 Aug 1435)
        3. 3. William Luttrell (1368 – 1370)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Lutterell (1539 – )
        5. 5. Blanche Luttrell m. Nicholas DeStucley
      6. 6. Catherine (de) Courtenay (Abt 1334 – 31 Dec 1399) m. Thomas D'Engayne (Abt 1331 – 1367) m. William Harrington (Abt 1330 – )
      7. 7. Joan Courtenay (Abt 1337 – Bet 9 Jan 1375 and 8 Jan 1376) m. John Cheverston (1333 – Abt 1375)
      8. 8. Matilda (de) Courtenay (1339 – Bet 1325 and 1418)
      9. 9. Philip (Courtenay Count Of) Devon (4 Dec 1341 – 29 Jul 1406) m. Anne (Margaret) Wake (14 Jun 1344 – 29 Jul 1406)
        1. 1. Margaret Courtenay (1380 – 1400) m. Robert Cary (1375 – 1431)
        2. 2. Agnes Courtenay (Abt 1380 – 10 Jan 1430) m. Seyntelere (Abt 1380 – ) m. Otho Champernon (Abt 1369 – 1422)
        3. 3. Richard Courtenay (1382 – 15 Sep 1415)
        4. 4. John (de) Courtenay (1384 – 29 Jul 1406) m. Joan Champernoun (1380 – 1419) m. Blanche (Joan) Champernowne
        5. 5. William Courtenay (1386 – 15 Oct 1418)
        6. 6. Ann (Margaret) Courtenay (1390 – ) m. William Peverell (1380 – 1442) m. William Peverell (1380 – 1442)
        7. 7. Elizabeth Courtenay
      10. 10. William Courtenay (4 Dec 1341 – 31 Jul 1396)
      11. 11. Peter Courtenay (1346 – 2 Feb 1405) m. Margaret Clyvedon (Abt 1340 – 5 Jan 1411)
      12. 12. John Courtenay (Abt 1346 – 1400)
      13. 13. Humphrey Courtenay (Abt 1351 – )
    3. 3. Eleanor (de) Courtenay (Abt 1305 – Bet 12 Jul 1326 and 20 Oct 1330) m. John (De) Grey (Bet 1305 and 1311 – 14 Dec 1392) m. John (de) Gay
    4. 4. Robert (de) Courtenay (1309 – 1334)
    5. 5. Thomas (de) Courtenay (1311 – 1356) m. Muriel (de) Moels (31 May 1322 – 12 Aug 1369)
      1. 1. Muriel (de) Courtenay (Abt 1339 – 12 Aug 1369) m. John (de) Dinham (1319 – 7 Jan 1383)
      2. 2. John (de) Courtenay (Abt 1347 – )
      3. 3. Margaret (De) Courtenay (1352 – 8 Dec 1422) m. Thomas (De) Peverell (1340 – 1402)
        1. 1. Catherine Peverell (Abt 1370 – Aft 1432)
        2. 2. George Peverell (Abt 1381 – )
        3. 3. Alianore Peverell (Abt 1382 – 11 Apr 1439) m. Otto (Trenewith alias) Bodrugan (Abt 1370 – Abt 1394) m. William Talbot (Abt 1363 – Abt 1429) m. John Raleigh (Abt 1365 – )
      4. 4. Joan (De) Courtenay (Abt 1355 – )
      5. 5. Katherine Courtenay
    6. 6. Elizabeth (de) Courtenay (Abt 1313 – Abt 1364) m. Bartholomew (de) Lisle (Abt 1311 – Abt 1345)
    7. 7. Baldwin (De) Courtenay (Abt 1314 – )
  2. 2. Philip (de) Courtenay (Abt 1277 – 24 Jun 1314)
  3. 3. Isabelle (de) Courtenay (1278 – 10 May 1325) m. John (St) John (29 Oct 1273 – 14 May 1329) m. William (de) Lea (1260 – Bet 9 Jan 1347 and 8 Jan 1348)
    1. 1. William (de) Lea (1302 – Abt 1378) m. Isabelle (de) Standish (1305 – )
      1. 1. Isolde (de) Lea (1326 – 1380) m. Robert Standish (1325 – 1380)
        1. 1. Anne (de) Standish (1348 – 1405) m. John (de) Ashton (1344 – 3 Sep 1403)
        2. 2. John Standish (1368 – ) m. Alice (De) Bretherton (Abt 1371 – )
  4. 4. Margaret (de) Courtenay (Abt 1279 – 18 Mar 1349) m. Nicholas Moels (10 Aug 1289 – 6 Feb 1315)
  5. 5. John (De) Courtenay (Abt 1280 – Abt 1293) m. Reynold Paveley (Abt 1283 – )
  6. 6. Aveline (de) Courtenay (1281 – 27 Apr 1327) m. John Giffard (24 Jun 1287 – 30 Mar 1328)
  7. 7. Egelina (de) Courtenay (Abt 1282 – 10 Oct 1335) m. Robert (De) Scales (1279 – 20 Mar 1324)
  8. 8. Robert (de) Courtenay (Abt 1285 – perhaps died young)

Hugh Courtenay's Timeline

3 Records

1251
25 Mar 1251
Birth of Hugh de Courtenay in Okehampton, Devonshire, England
Okehampton, Devonshire, England
1292
28 Feb 1292
Age 41
Death of Hugh de Courtenay in Colcombe, Devon, England
Colcombe, Devon, England
1292
10 Mar 1292
Age 41
Burial of Hugh de Courtenay in Cowick Priory, near Exeter, Devonshire, England
Cowick Priory, near Exeter, Devonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1251
    Event Place: Okehampton, Devonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Feb 1292
    Event Place: Colcombe, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1292
    Event Place: Cowick Priory, near Exeter, Devonshire, England
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