Hugh de Courtenay, Baron Courtenay^{[1, 2]}

- 1374

• Name	Hugh de Courtenay
  Suffix	Baron Courtenay
  Gender	Male
  Military	3 Apr 1367	Nájera, La Rioja, Spain
  	Battle of Nájera. Courtenay was a member of the English force under the command of Edward, the Black Prince, that had invaded Castile to reinstall Pedro the Cruel, an ally who had been deposed by his half-brother, Enrique Trastámara. The Castilian campaign was a tactical success for the English, who routed the French allied Trastámara, but it turned into a strategic failure with the refusal of Pedro to honor his commitments. Trastámara murdered Pedro in 1369.
  Title	8 Jan 1371
  	Summoned to parliament as Baron Courtenay.
  Died	20 Feb 1374
  Person ID	I14583	Dickinson
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Hugh de Courtenay, KG,   b. 22 Mar 1327,   d. 2 Sep 1349  (Age 22 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth de Vere,   d. ca. Sep 1375
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1341
  Family ID	F3970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda de Holand, Countess of Ligny and Saint-Pol,   b. ca. 1359,   d. bef. 13 Apr 1392  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Married	5 Sep 1363
  	Papal dispensation. No issue.
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F4471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Arms of Courtenay and Boulogne

  
  

• Sources

  [S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#HughCourtenaydied1374. [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Hugh Courtenay (died 1374)," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Courtenay_%28died_1374%29.