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Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (March 16, 1338/1339 – 1401) was an English medieval nobleman, and one of the primary opponents of Richard II. March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan The Fair Maid of Kent. He was born in Bordeaux and became his fathers successor when his elder brother died in infancy. ...
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He was the son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Catherine Mortimer, a daughter of the Roger Mortimer, the 1st Earl of March, and succeeded his father in 1369. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick KG (14 February 1313 – November 13, 1369) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years War. ...
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Royal Service The Earl accompanied John of Gaunt in campaigns in France in 1373, and around that time was made a Knight of the Garter. In the parliaments of 1376 and 1377 he was one of those appointed to supervise reform of King Richard II's government. When these were not as effective as hoped, Beauchamp was made Governor over the King. He brought a large contingent of soldiers and archers to King Richard's Scottish campaign of 1385. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (June 24, 1340 - February 3, 1399), the third surviving son of King Edward III of England, gained his name because he was born at Ghent in 1340. ...
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Conflict with King Richard II In 1387 he was one of the Lords Appellant, who endeavored to separate Richard from his favorites. After Richard regained power, Beauchamp retired to his estates, but was charged with high treason in 1397, supposedly as a part of the Earl of Arundel's alleged conspiracy. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London (in what is now known as the "Beauchamp Tower"), pleaded guilty and threw himself on the mercy of the king. He forfeited his estates and titles, and was sentenced to life imprisonment on the Isle of Man. The next year, however, he was moved back to the Tower, until he was released in August 1399 after Henry Bolingbroke's initial victories over king Richard II. The Lords Appellant were a group of powerful barons who came together during the 1380s to seize political control of England from King Richard II. The group was so called because its members claimed simply to be appealing to the King for good government (their major complaint was Richards...
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Restored by Bolingbroke After Bolingbroke deposed Richard and became king as Henry IV, Beauchamp was restored to his titles and estates. He was one of those who urged the new King to execute Richard, and accompanied King Henry against the rebellion of 1400. Henry IV (3 April 1367 – 20 March 1413) was the King of England and France and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413. ...
Death Beauchamp died in 1401 (sources differ as to whether on April 8 or August 8). April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Succession He had married Margaret, daughter of William Ferrers the 3rd Lord of Groby and Margaret d'Ufford (her father was Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl Suffolk), and was succeeded by their son Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382 – April 30, 1439) was an English nobleman and military commander. ...
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