Earl of Devon (English Courtenay branch)

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The Earl of Devon (English Courtenay branch) is a historic English peerage title long associated with the noble Courtenay family, whose members were prominent landowners and political figures in Devon from the Middle Ages onward.

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Label Occurrences
Earl of Devon (English Courtenay branch) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earldom ⓘ
associatedWith Courtenay family ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
differentiatesFrom Earl of Devon (Redvers family) ⓘ
French Courtenay family ⓘ
hasBurialPlaceTradition Exeter Cathedral ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms Arms of Courtenay family ⓘ
hasCoatOfArmsDescription Or, three torteaux gules ⓘ
hasConnectionTo Exeter Cathedral ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Devon gentry ⓘ
West Country nobility ⓘ
hasEstateRegion East Devon ⓘ
Exeter region ⓘ
Mid Devon ⓘ
Teignbridge ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup English nobility ⓘ
hasFeudalStatus major landholding family in Devon ⓘ
hasHistoricalContinuity medieval to modern English peerage ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
Modern period ⓘ
hasHistoricImportance leading noble house in Devon ⓘ
hasHistoricSeat Colcombe Castle ⓘ
Okehampton Castle ⓘ
Powderham Castle ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn local governance in Devon ⓘ
parliamentary representation for Devon ⓘ
hasJurisdiction feudal barony of Okehampton ⓘ
lands in Devon ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLineageType English Courtenay branch ⓘ
hasMottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
hasNobleFamilyOrigin medieval Courtenay family of Devon ⓘ
hasNobleFamilyReligion Christianity ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ
hasNobleRank Earl ⓘ
hasNotableFamilyRole landowners in Devon ⓘ
political figures in Devon ⓘ
hasPeerageType hereditary peerage ⓘ
hasPoliticalInfluenceArea County of Devon ⓘ
linked to: Devon
hasSocialClass British aristocracy ⓘ
hasSuccession male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Courtenay family ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
namedAfter Devon ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Courtenay ⓘ
partOf Peerage of England ⓘ
region Devon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Courtenay → positionHeldByMembers → Earl of Devon (English Courtenay branch) ⓘ