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William (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp (bef. 1231 - 1262)

William de Beauchamp formerly Beauchamp
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Biography

European Aristocracy
William Beauchamp was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

William was the son of William Beauchamp and Ida Longespée.[1] He was born no later than 1231.[1]

His wife was called Amice. They had no children. She died a little before 10 January 1277/1278/[1]

He fought in Wales in 1254 and Gascony in 1257.[1]

In 1257 his father obtained a licence to bestow on him the barony of Bedford.[2]

William died on 20 August 1262.[1][3] It was said that his death was due to poison.[3]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edition, 2011, Vol. II, p. 577, MOWBRAY 4.ii
  2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - entry for 'Beauchamp, William de (William de Beauchamp of Bedford)', print and online 2004, available online via some libraries
  3. 3.0 3.1 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - entry for 'Beauchamp, de, family', print and online 2004
  • Sanders, Ivor John. English Baronies, Clarendon Press, 1960, p.10




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