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Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – June 19, 1312) was the favorite, and possibly lover, of King Edward II of England. A Gascon by birth, Piers was the son of Sir Arnaud de Gabaston, a soldier in service to King Edward I of England. Arnaud had been used as a hostage by Edward twice; on the second occasion, Arnaud escaped captivity ...
Apr 3, 2024 · Piers Graveston was the 1st Earl of Cornwall and an extremely important figure in early British history, but his story rarely gets told. Believed to have been born in the year 1284, Piers Gaveston, the 1st Earl of Cornwall's father was a Gascon knight in the service of Gaston VII of Béarn.
In 1307 Edward I banished Gaveston from England, though he was to be paid an allowance while awaiting recall, but the king died soon afterwards and the new king immediately brought Gaveston back to his side, made him Earl of Cornwall and bestowed on him an extremely well-connected aristocratic wife and substantial quantities of land and money.
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Piers was a younger son of the Gascon knight Arnaud de Gabaston and his wife, Claramonde de Marsan. He was born at Béarn, Gascony, about 1284. With wife, Margaret de Clare, he had another daughter, Joan, who died ca age 13. He became a favorite of King Edward II and was created Earl of Cornwall. Piers first appears in the records in 1297, when he s...
Knt., Earl of Cornwall, Lord of the Isle of Wight, Baron of Wallingford, Berkshire, Trematon and Launceston, Cornwall, Beckley, Oxfordshire, and Burstwick and Knaresborough, Yorkshire. He was granted the barony of Beckley, without the manor of Beckley, in 1309. After his death it returned to the crown.
Magna Carta Ancestries, by Douglas Richardson, publ. 2005Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyStandish, John. Transactions of the Thoroton Society (Cooke & Vowles, 1904) Vol. 8, Page 3: "Henry Spigurnel..., in 1312, was one of the two judges who condemned Piers Gaveston"- Male
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Mackay, Ronan. Gaveston, Piers de (d. 1312), earl of Cornwall , lieutenant of Ireland, was son of Arnaud de Gabeston, lord of Gabeston in the viscounty of Bearn and duchy of Gascony, and Claramonde, daughter of Arnaud-Guillaume de Marson.
Quick Reference. ( c. 1284–1312) Earl of Cornwall. A Gascon who was brought up in the English royal household as the foster-brother of the future Edward II, he exploited the king's infatuation for him. Edward gave him the earldom of Cornwall in 1307, and appointed him Regent of England (1307–08).
May 15, 2024 · Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – 19 June 1312) was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of Edward II of England. At a young age, Gaveston made a good impression on King Edward I, who assigned him to the household of the King's son, Edward of Caernarfon.
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