Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
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Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
Early life
Beauchamp was born at
He was knighted at the coronation of King Henry IV, and succeeded as Earl of Warwick in 1401.[3]
Welsh rebellion
Soon after reaching his majority and taking responsibility for the Earldom, he saw military action in
In the summer of 1404, he rode into what is today Monmouthshire at the head of an English force. Warwick engaged Welsh forces at the Battle of Mynydd Cwmdu, near Tretower Castle a few miles northwest of Crickhowell, nearly capturing Owain Glyndwr himself, taking Owain's banner, and forcing the Welsh to flee. The Welsh were chased down the valley of the River Usk where they regrouped and turned the tables on the pursuing English force, attempting an ambush. They chased the English in turn to the town walls of Monmouth after a skirmish at Craig-y-Dorth, a conical hill near Mitchel Troy.[4]
Chivalry and Pilgrimage
Warwick acquired quite a reputation for chivalry, when in 1408 he went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and was challenged many times to fight in the sporting combat which was then popular. On the return trip he went through Russia and Eastern Europe; in 1410 he tried to join Teutonic Order after the battle of Grunwald,[5] not returning to England until later the same year.[6]
Soldier of the King
In 1410, he was appointed a member of the
Warwick spent much of the next decade fighting the French in the Hundred Years' War. He took a prominent part in the campaigns of 1417–18. Then he joined the king before Rouen, and in October 1418 had charge of the negotiations with the dauphin Louis and with the duke of Burgundy. Next year he was again the chief English spokesman in the conference at Meulan, and afterwards was Henry's representative in arranging the Treaty of Troyes. He held high command at sieges of French towns between 1420 and 1422.[6]
In 1419, he was created
Responsibilities
Henry V's will gave Warwick the responsibility for the education of the infant Henry VI of England. This duty required him to travel back and forth between England and Normandy many times, and during these travels he acted as superintendent of the trial of Joan of Arc.[6]
In 1437, when the king's minority ended, the Royal Council deemed his duty complete. Despite his age (then 55), he loyally accepted an appointment as lieutenant of France and Normandy. Arriving in Normandy on 8 November, he ruled with vigour[6] and remained in France for the remaining two years of his life.
Marriages and children
Warwick first married
- Lady Margaret de Beauchamp (1404–1467), who married John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and whose great-great-grandson, John Dudley, was created Earl of Warwick and subsequently, Duke of Northumberland.
- Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, and then married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset.
- Lady Elizabeth de Beauchamp (1417–1480), who first married George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer, and then married Thomas VI Wake of Blisworth (1435–1476).
Warwick then married
- Henry de Beauchamp(1425–1446), who succeeded his father as Earl of Warwick, and later became Duke of Warwick.
- her niece. She married Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, famously known as the "Kingmaker".
Death and Burial
Richard de Beauchamp's will was made at
Ancestors
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Notes
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1838. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b Richard Gough, Description of the Beauchamp chapel, adjoining to the church of St. Mary, at Warwick. And the monuments of the earls of Warwick, in the said church and elsewhere (Warwick Town, St Mary, 1803), p. 17
- ISBN 978-0-7524-5669-0), p. 23
- ^ Ian Mortimer, "Henry IV: The Self-made King"
- ^ Richard Barber, The knight and chivalry [Polish edition].
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 339.
- ISBN 978-0-7524-5669-0
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th.ed., vol 21, p.559-60, Sculpture
- ^ .
- ^ Tompsett, Brian. "de Beauchamp, Richard of Warwick, Earl of Warwick 13th". Royal Genealogical Data. Retrieved 6 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
References
- Gairdner, J. (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- . reprinted in Richard III and His Rivals.
External links
- Sir Richard de Beauchamp Knight, 13th Earl of Warwick at Ancestral Trails Genealogy.