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NameWilliam Courtenay Earl of Devon 
[60, Devon article, Vol IV, p. 330], [54, His own co-article]
[60, Devon article, Vol IV, p. 330], [54, His own co-article]Birthca 1475
Death9 Jun 1511, Greenwich
BurialBlack Friars, London
General9th earl. Attainted by H. VII: 1504, released by H. VIII: 1511.
FatherSir Edward Courtenay Earl of Devon (-1509)
Spouses
FatherEdward IV Plantagenet (1442-1483)
MotherElizabeth Wydeville Queen (ca1437-1492)
Marriageca Oct 1495 [60, Devon article, Vol IV, p. 330]
ChildrenHenry (ca1498-1539)
DNB Main notes for William Courtenay Earl of Devon
Co-subject: Courtenay, Sir William
Dates: d. 1512
Active Date: 1492
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Royalty and Society
Occupation: Courtier of Henry VII
Article
Sir William Courtenay, was in high favour at the court of Henry VII in the lifetime of his wife's sister, Queen Elizabeth, and is praised for his bravery and manly bearing by Polydore Vergil. In 1487 he became knight of the Bath. There is a letter from him describing his father's and his own repulse of Warbeck at Exeter in Ellis's ‘Original Letters,’ 1st ser. i. 36. But on the queen's death in 1503, the king, fearing that Courtenay's near relationship to the throne might tempt him to conspiracy, committed him to the Tower on an obscure charge of corresponding with Edmund de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, the surviving chief of the Yorkist faction. Attainder followed. On Henry VIII's accession in 1509 he was released from prison, and carried the sword at his coronation. On 10 May 1511 he was allowed to succeed to his father's earldom; but the formalities for restoring him in blood were not completed before his death on 9 June 1511. He was buried in Blackfriars Church. His wife, the Princess Catharine, died 15 Nov. 1527, and was buried at Tiverton.
Dates: d. 1512
Active Date: 1492
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Royalty and Society
Occupation: Courtier of Henry VII
Article
Sir William Courtenay, was in high favour at the court of Henry VII in the lifetime of his wife's sister, Queen Elizabeth, and is praised for his bravery and manly bearing by Polydore Vergil. In 1487 he became knight of the Bath. There is a letter from him describing his father's and his own repulse of Warbeck at Exeter in Ellis's ‘Original Letters,’ 1st ser. i. 36. But on the queen's death in 1503, the king, fearing that Courtenay's near relationship to the throne might tempt him to conspiracy, committed him to the Tower on an obscure charge of corresponding with Edmund de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, the surviving chief of the Yorkist faction. Attainder followed. On Henry VIII's accession in 1509 he was released from prison, and carried the sword at his coronation. On 10 May 1511 he was allowed to succeed to his father's earldom; but the formalities for restoring him in blood were not completed before his death on 9 June 1511. He was buried in Blackfriars Church. His wife, the Princess Catharine, died 15 Nov. 1527, and was buried at Tiverton.