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Name:
Guy de BEAUCHAMP
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Birth:
ABT 1271
Father:
William de BEAUCHAMP
Mother:
Maud FITZJOHN
Married:
Alice de TOENI 12 FEB 1309/1310
Children:
Maud de Beauchamp
Born: ABT 1310
Died: 28 JUL 1369
Thomas de BEAUCHAMP
Born: 14 FEB 1313/1314 Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England
Died: 13 NOV 1369 Calais, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France (the plague)
Death:
12 AUG 1315 aged 44
Burial:
ABT 15 AUG 1315 Bordesley Abbey, England
Remarks:
The nobles didn't like the influence that PIERS DE GAVESTON had over the king. As a result Guy de Beauchamp and others seized Gaveston (King Edward II's homosexual lover), took him to Warwick Castle, and after a quick trial executed him (by decapitation) June 19, 1312. The nobles hated Gaveston, particularly Guy de Beauchamp, whom Piers mockingly referred to as "The Black Dog of Arden". Guy de Beauchamp eventually received a royal pardon for the murder.

NOTE: Much of the information in this database has not been verified. I have posted some of it as "speculation only" in the hope that someone may have the correct information, and notify me with corrections (D.A. Updike).

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