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See also:DEVON, EARLS OF . From the See also:family of De Redvers (De Ripuariis; Riviers), who had been earls of Devon from about 'Too, this See also:title passed to See also:Hugh de See also:Courtenay (c. 1275–1340), the representative of a prominent family in the See also:county (see See also:Gibbon's " digression " in See also:chap. lxi. of the Decline and Fall, ed. See also:Bury), but was subsequently forfeited by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Courtenay (1432–1462), a Lancastrian who was beheaded after the See also:battle of See also:Towton. It was revived in 1485 in favour of See also:Edward Courtenay (d. 1509), whose son See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William (d. 1511) married See also:Catherine, daughter of Edward IV. Too See also:great proximity to the See also:throne led to his See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder, but his son See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry (c. 1498–1539) was restored in See also:blood in 1517 as See also:earl of Devon, and in 1525 was created See also:marquess of See also:Exeter; his second wife was a daughter of William See also:Blount, 4th See also:Lord See also:Mountjoy. The title again suffered See also:forfeiture on Henry's See also:execution, but in 1553 it was recreated for his son Edward (1526–1556). At the latter's See also:death it became dormant in the Courtenay family, till in 1831 a claim by a See also:collateral See also:branch was allowed by the See also:House of Lords, and the earldom of Devon was restored to the See also:peerage, still being held by the See also:head of the Courtenays. The earlier earls of Devon were referred to occasionally as earls of See also:Devonshire, but the former variant has prevailed, and the latter is now solely used for the earldom and dukedom held by the Cavendishes (see DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND See also:DUKES or, and also the See also:article COURTENAY).
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