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Henry De BEAUCHAMP

Henry De BEAUCHAMP[1]

Male 1424 - 1446  (22 years)

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  • Name Henry De BEAUCHAMP  [2
    Born 22 Mar 1424  Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Name 14th Earl Of WARWICK 
    _UID AE89B8B6C6B844EC8E29BE5310A4493B53F4 
    Died 11 Jun 1446  Hanley Castle, Upton-On-Severn, Worcestershire, England (Dspm) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11020  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2006 

    Father Richard De BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick,   b. 28 Jan 1381, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1439, Rouen Castle, Seine-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Isabel Le DESPENSER, Baroness Burghersh,   b. 26 Jul 1400, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1439, Friars Minoresses, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1423  2ND Husband Same Name Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F6833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cecily De NEVILLE, Countess Of Worcester,   b. Abt 1426, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1450, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 24 years) 
    Married 1434  <, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. Anne De BEAUCHAMP, 15th Countess Of Warwick,   b. 14 Feb 1443-1444, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1448-1449, Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England (Dsp) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F3506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BARONY OF BURGHERSH (VII, 6) 1439

      EARLDOM OF WARWICK (XIV) 1439

      DUKEDOM OF WARWICK (I) 1445 to 1446

      HENRY (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK and COUNT OF AUMALE, also hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, only son and heir, by 2nd wife, was born 22 March 1424/5 at Hanley Castle, and baptised 24 or 27 March, Henry, Cardinal Beaufort, being a sponsor; apparently styled LORD LE DESPENSER till 1439; succeeded his mother de jure as LORD BURGHERSH, 27 December 1439; and was present in Council, 28 November 1441 and 6 July 1443. In consideration of his father's services he was created, 2 April 1444, PREMIER EARL, with the same precedence, as Earls, for his heirs male, presumably of his body. Constable and Steward of Tutbury, Master Forester of Needwood and Duffield Frith, and Steward and Master of the Game in High Peak, all in the Duchy of Lancaster, 23 October 1444. He was further created, 5 April 1445, DUKE OF WARWICK, with remainder to the heirs male of his body, and with precedence next after the Duke of Norfolk and before that of the Duke of Buckingham. Keeper of West Bere Forest, Hants.

      He married, in 1434, Cecily, 2nd daughter of Richard (NEVILLE), EARL OF SALISBURY, by Alice, suo jure COUNTESS OF SALISBURY, daughter and heir of Thomas (MONTAGU), 4th EARL OF SALISBURY. He died s.p.m. 11 June 1446 at his birthplace, Hanley Castle, and was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey afsd., aged 21 when the Dukedom of Warwick became extinct, as also did the titles of Premier Earl and Count of Aumale. His widow married (licence 3 April 1449), as his 1st wife, John (TIPTOFT), 1st EARL OF WORCESTER, who died, being beheaded, 18 October 1470, She, who was Sheriff of Worcestershire from 5 June 1449, died 28 July 1450 and was buried 31 July in the Lady Chapel of Tewkesbury Abbey. [Complete Peerage XII/2:383-4, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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