William De Beauchamp (d.1268)
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William III de Beauchamp (c. 1215 – 1269) of Elmley Castle in
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, was an English Baron and hereditary
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Origins

He was the son and heir of Walter II de Beauchamp (1192/3-1236) of Elmley Castle, hereditary
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, by his wife Johanna Mortimer (d.1225), daughter of Roger Mortimer (d. 1214) of
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in
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Career

On the death of his father in 1236 he became hereditary
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, which title he held until his death. In 1249 he was
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by
Walter de Cantilupe Walter de Cantilupe (died 1266) was a medieval Bishop of Worcester. Early life and career Cantilupe came from a family that had risen by devoted service to the crown. His father, William I de Cantilupe,Bishop of Worcester, but was later absolved, in the presence of the king, on St. Edmund's Day, 1251.


Marriage and children

He married Isabel de Mauduit, daughter of William de Mauduit of
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in Buckinghamshire and Hartley Mauditt,
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(by his wife Alice de Beaumont (d. pre- 1263), half-sister of
Henry de Beaumont, 5th Earl of Warwick {{Infobox noble , name = Henry de Newburgh or Beaumont , title = 5th Earl of WarwickLord of Hocknorton and Hedenton , image = Blason Newburgh.svg , caption = Arms of Warwick: ''Checky azure and ...
(c.1192-1229)) and sister and heiress of
William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick or William Maudit (c. 1221 – 8 January 1268) was an English nobleman and participant in the Second Barons' War. He was the son of Lady Alice de Newburgh (daughter of 4th Earl of Warwick from his second wife, ...
. By Isabel he had issue including: *
William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (c. 1238 – 1298) was the eldest of eight children of William de Beauchamp of Elmley and his wife Isabel de Mauduit. He was an English nobleman and soldier, described as a “vigorous and innovative mili ...
(c.1238-1298), eldest son and heir; * Walter de Beauchamp (d.1303/6), of
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and of Beauchamp's Court,
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in Warwickshire, Steward of the Household to King Edward I. His descendant was John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (d. 1475) "of
Powick Powick is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District, Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England, located two miles south of the city of Worcester, England, Worcester and four miles north of Great Malvern. The parish include ...
" in Worcestershire.See full biography in: John Burke, ''General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, Dormant and in Abeyance'', 3rd ed., London, 1846, pp.37-

/ref> * Alicia de Beauchamp, married
Bernard I de Bruce of Connington Bernard I de Brus (died 22 November 1268), Lord of Connington and Exton was an English Lord from Huntingdonshire and Rutland. He was the second son of Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale and his wife Isabella of Huntingdon.Society of Anti ...
, had issue.


References


Untitled English Nobility- Beauchamp
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beauchamp, William De 1269 deaths High Sheriffs of Worcestershire
William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
13th-century English people Year of birth uncertain