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Name:
Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury
 Relationship to Godfrey Fitzhugh
Birth:
1388 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Father:
Mother:
Married:
Eleanor Holland 23 MAY 1399
Children:
Alice Montacute, Countess of Salisbury
Born: 1406 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Died: 9 DEC 1462 Bisham, , Berkshire, England
Death:
3 NOV 1428 aged 40
Remarks:
one of the most important English commanders during the Hundred Years War, fought with Henry V in France, at the siege of Harfleur and at the Battle of Agincourt. Montacute fought in various other campaigns in France in the following years. In 1419 he was appointed lieutentant-general of Normandy, and then created Count of Perche, part of Henry V's policy of creating Norman titles for his noblemen.He spent most of the rest of his life as a soldier in France, leading troops in the various skirmishes and sieges that were central to that part of the Hundred Years War.

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