Ancestral Trails 2016 » Joan COURTENAY (1411-1465)

Personal data Joan COURTENAY 

  • She was born on August 14, 1411 in Haccombe, Devon.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1426) below 16 years (15).

  • She died on August 3, 1465 in Haccombe, Devon, she was 53 years old.
  • A child of Hugh COURTENAY and Philippa l'ARCEDEKNE

Household of Joan COURTENAY

(1) She is married to Robert de VERE.

They got married on October 5, 1450 at Hedingham Castle, Hedingham Sibley, Essex, she was 39 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. John de VERE  1433-1499 

  • The couple has common ancestors.

    • (2) She is married to Nicholas CAREW.

    They got married in the year 1426 at Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales, she was 14 years old.


    Child(ren):

    1. Thomas CAREW  1427-1461 
    2. Alexander CAREW  1437-1492 

    • The couple has common ancestors.

      • Notes about Joan COURTENAY

      Joan Courtenay (born 1411/14 - d. before 3 August 1465), who eventually became her mother's sole heiress.

      She married twice, firstly to Sir Nicholas Carew (d. before 20 April 1448), Baron Carew, of Mohuns Ottery in Devon, of Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire and of Moulesford in Berkshire, by whom she had five sons and three daughters.

      She was the heiress of 16 manors, which she divided amongst her younger sons. She gave Haccombe to her second son Nicholas Carew, founder of the Carew family of Haccombe (see Carew baronets (1661) of Haccombe).

      Secondly, by royal licence dated 5 October 1450, she married Sir Robert Vere, second son of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, by whom she had a son, John Vere, father of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford.
      SOURCE: Wikipedia

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joan COURTENAY

Edward COURTENAY
1332-1371
Emmeline DAWNAY
1330-????
Warin l'ARCEDEKNE
1334-1400
Elizabeth TALBOT
1364-1407

Joan COURTENAY
1411-1465

(1) 1450

Robert de VERE
1410-> ????

John de VERE
1433-1499
(2) 1426

Nicholas CAREW
1394-1448

Thomas CAREW
1427-1461
Alexander CAREW
1437-1492

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Birthday August 14, 1411

  • Graaf Willem VI (Beiers Huis) was from 1404 till 1417 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1411: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 1 » The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
    • February 17 » Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia.
    • June 4 » King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
    • July 6 » Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
    • July 24 » Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
    • September 3 » The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.

Day of marriage October 5, 1450

  • Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1450: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 15 » Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
    • May 8 » Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
    • May 9 » 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
    • October 5 » Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.

Day of death August 3, 1465



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