John de Montacute ( – ) was a 14th-century English

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and loyal servant of King

Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...

. He was the son of

William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury William Montagu, alias de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, King of Man (1301 – 30 January 1344) was an English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III. The son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu, he entered the r ...

by his wife Catherine Grandison, and younger brother of William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1328–1397). He also had several younger sisters. Montacute was summoned to parliament in 1357.

Jean Froissart Jean Froissart (Old and Middle French: ''Jehan'', – ) (also John Froissart) was a French-speaking medieval author and court historian from the Low Countries who wrote several works, including ''Chronicles'' and ''Meliador'', a long Arthurian ...

named "Lord John Mountacute" as one of the participants with King Edward III at the Siege of Calais in 1349. He married Margaret de Monthermer, daughter and heiress of Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd Baron de Monthermer by his wife Margaret de Brewes. Their children included

John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and 5th and 2nd Baron Montagu, KG (c. 1350 – 7 January 1400) was an English nobleman, one of the few who remained loyal to Richard II after Henry IV became king. Early life He was the son of Sir John de ...

( – 1400); Eleanor Montacute, who married John Dinham (1359–1428);Douglas Richardson, D. Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Salt Lake City, 2011), I:660-1 Thomas Montagu, Dean of

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; and Sybil Montagu, Prioress of Amesbury. Montagu's descendants quartered the arms of Monthermer: ''Or, an eagle displayed vert beaked and membered gules''.

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1330s births 1390s deaths 14th-century English nobility Barons Montagu Peers created by Edward III

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Younger sons of earls Barons Monthermer People of the Hundred Years' War {{England-baron-stub