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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: William Courtenay, Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon, Thomas de Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon, Agnes of Courtenay, County of Edessa, Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, Thomas Edgeworth Courtenay, Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon, Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon, William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon, Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon, Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, Edward de Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon, House of Courtenay, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon, Baron Courtenay, Joscelin I, Count of Edessa, Joscelin II, Count of Edessa, Richard Courtenay, Peter Courtenay, Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon, Thomas Courtenay, 6th Earl of Devon, Margaret Courtenay, Baroness Herbert, William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon, Hugh de Courtenay, 4th Earl of Devon, Charles Courtenay, Lord Courtenay, Courtenay of Tremere, John Courtenay, 7th Earl of Devon, John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon, William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, Courtenay Baronets, Renaud de Courtenay, Ermengarde of Nevers. Excerpt: Thomas Courtenay, 5th earl of Devon was born, presumably in Devonshire, in 1414. As the only surviving son of Hugh de Courtenay, 4th Earl of Devon, Courtenay inherited the earldom on his father's death in 1422. He may have been a ward of the all-powerful Duke of Exeter. In August of the same year, as a teenager, he was amongst a noble entourage of 300 who attended Henry VI's coronation at Paris. Only a quarter of the nobility, impliedly the elite, left England to attend upon the new king of England and France. Devon had already been knighted at Henry VI's Westminster coronation on 5 November 1429. Parliament was summoned, as tradition required, on the death of a monarch; Henry V's will being read to the Lords assembled. Devon was gr...
