Edward de Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon

Edward Courtenay, 3rd11th Earl of Devon , known by the epithet the Blind Earl, a descendant of King Edward I, was the son of Sir Edward de Courtenay and Emeline Dawnay, and in 1377 succeeded his grandfather, Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon, as Earl of Devon. The ordinal number given to the early Courtenay Earls of Devon depends on whether the earldom is deemed a new creation by the letters patent grantedFebruary 13345 or whether it is deemed a restitution of the old dignity of the de Redvers family. Authorities differ in their opinions, and thus alternative ordinal numbers exist, given here.

Edward Courtenay, born about 1357, was the elder of two sons of Sir Edward de Courtenay and Emeline or Emme Dawnay , daughter and heiress of Sir John Dawney by Sybil Treverbyn. He succeeded to the earldom at the age ofat the death of his grandfather, Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon, onMay 1377.

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