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Biography

Hugh de Courtenay, 1st/9th Earl of Devon was the son of Sir Hugh de Courtenay, feudal baron of Okehampton in Devon, by his wife Eleanor le Despenser, sister of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester. Forty-one years after the death of Isabel de Redvers, suo jure 8th Countess of Devon, letters patent were granted by King Edward III of England, dated 22 February 1335, declaring him Earl of Devon, and stating that he 'should assume such title and style as his ancestors, Earls of Devon, had wont to do so'. This thus made him 1st Earl of Devon, if the letters patent are deemed to have created a new peerage, otherwise 9th Earl of Devon, if it is deemed a restitution of the old dignity of the de Redvers family, and he is deemed to have succeeded the suo jure 8th Countess of Devon, his second-cousin once removed. Authorities differ in their opinions, and thus alternative ordinal numbers exist for this Courtenay earldom.

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