Brief Life History of Eleanor
When Eleanor Beauchamp was born on 10 September 1407, in Warwickshire, England, her father, Thirteenth Earl Richard Beauchamp of Warwick, was 25 and her mother, Countess Of Warwick Elizabeth Berkeley, was 22. She married Edmund Beaufort in 1426, in Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 12 daughters. She died on 6 March 1467, in London, England, at the age of 59, and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
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- Eleanor de Beauchamp Beaufort (1407-1467), "Find A Grave Index"
- Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
- Find A Grave Memorial Page
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1455 · Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses was a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England between the royal families House of Lancaster and the House of York. The name of the war was derived as the red rose was the symbol of the Lancastrians and the white rose was the symbol of the Yorks.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Antoine, Jacques, Yves, Andre, Armand, Emile, Fernand, Marcel, Marthe, Remi, Alcide, Camille.
English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of several places in France, for example in Manche and Somme, that are named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair, lovely’ + champ(s) ‘field, plain’ (from Latin bello campo ‘beautiful field’). In English the surname is generally pronounced Beecham . Compare Bushaw .
English: in some cases, an Anglo-Norman French adaptation of Scottish Campbell , by translation into French of the folk etymology de campo bello ‘from the fair field’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Eleanor Beauchamp Birthabout 1407 Warwickshire, England, Great Britain ChristeningSeptember 1407 Eddgenoch, Warwickshire, England, Great Britain Death1466 Eddgenoch, Warwickshire, En …
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