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Source: ThePeerage: Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester

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Titre ThePeerage: Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester

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Last Edited=22 Apr 2019
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[S11] Alison Weir, "Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy" (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 110. Hereinafter cited as "Britain's Royal Families."
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.," 13volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 26. Hereinafter cited as "The Complete Peerage."
[S6] Cokayne, and others, "The Complete Peerage," volume XII/2, page 842.
[S11] Alison Weir, "Britain's Royal Families," page 108.

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Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester
M, #107432, b. before 1397, d. 18 March 1421/22

Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester was born before 1397.2 He was the son of William Beauchamp, 1st Lord Bergavenny and Lady Joan FitzAlan.2 He married Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester and Constance Langley, on 27 July 1411 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, EnglandG.2 He died on 18 March 1421/22 at Meaux, France, mortally wounded in action, without male issue. He was buried on 25 April 1422 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.
He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Bergavenny [E., 1392] on 8 May 1411. He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 8 April 1413.2 He held the office of Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches in 1415.2 He gained the rank of Captain in 1418 in the Lancers and Archers in Normandy.2 He was created 1st Earl of Worcester [England] in February 1420/21. He fought in the Siege of Meaux in March 1421/22.
The Earldom of Worcester appears to have reverted to the Crown on his death.
Child of Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester and Isabel le Despenser
Elizabeth Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny+4 b. 16 Sep 1415, d. 18 Jun 1448