| 词条 | William Courtenay (died 1557) |
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On 28 Nov 1545, he married Elizabeth Paulet (c. 1536 – 4 Nov. 1576), daughter to John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, by whom he had two children:[2][3][4] Jane, born 1551, and his heir, William (1553 – 24 June 1630). He took part in the battle of St. Quentin in August 1557 in Picardy, France, and died on 29 September 1557.[5]{{efn|Several sources state that he was killed at St. Quentin and/or give his date of death as 18 August 1557,[1][2][6] but the later Houses of Parliament biography asserts that he was neither killed, nor probably wounded there.[5]}} In 1831, a decision of the House of Lords determined that he had succeeded his sixth cousin once removed (Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon) as de jure 2nd Earl of Devon in 1556.[1] Notes{{notelist}}References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Sir William Courtenay, de jure 2nd Earl of Devon|work=Cracroft's Peerage|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/devon1553.htm?zoom_highlight=william+courtenay|publisher=Cracroftspeerage.co.uk|accessdate=23 September 2013}} {{s-start}}{{s-reg|en}}{{s-bef | before = Edward Courtenay}}{{s-ttl | title=Earl of Devon 2. ^1 {{cite web|work=Family Search: Community Trees. Europe: Royal and Noble Houses of Europe|title=Sir William Courtenay, Earl of Devon, 1529 - 1557|url= http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I73813&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous |publisher=Histfam.familysearch.org|accessdate=23 September 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|last=Colby |first=Frederic Thomas, ed. |title=The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620 |journal=The Publications of the Harleian Society |volume=VI |page=76|location=London |publisher=Harleian Society |year=1872 |url=https://archive.org/stream/VisitationOfTheCountyOfDevonInTheYear1620/VisitationCountyDevon_St.George_424pgs63179646#page/n89/mode/2up}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Richardson |first=Douglas |editor=Everingham, Kimball G. |title=Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families |volume=III |year=2011 |edition=2nd |page=311}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/courtenay-sir-william-ii-152930-57 |title=COURTENAY, Sir William II (1529/30-57), of Powderham, Devon and London. |first= Hawkyard|last=A. D. K. |work=History of Parliament Online ||accessdate=11 December 2016}} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Vivian |first=J. L. |title=The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, to 1620, with additions by J. L. Vivian |location=Exeter |publisher=H.S. Eland |year=1895}} de jure | years=1556 – 1557}}{{s-aft | after=William Courtenay}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Courtenay, William}} 7 : 1557 deaths|1529 births|People from Devon|English MPs 1555|English landowners|People of the Tudor period|Earls of Devon (1553) |
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