Henry de Beaumont
Henry de Beaumont | |
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| 4th Earl of Buchan & 1st Baron Beaumont | |
Arms of Beaumont: Azure semée of fleurs-de-lis, a lion rampant or | |
| Born | c. 1280 France |
| Died | 10 March 1340 |
| Noble family | de Brienne |
| Spouse | Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan |
| Issue | Katherine, Countess of Atholl Elizabeth de Beaumont, Lady Audley Richard de Beaumont John de Beaumont Thomas de Beaumont Alice de Beaumont Joan de Beaumont, Lady FitzWarin Beatrice, Countess of Dammartin John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont Isabel of Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster |
| Father | Louis de Brienne |
| Mother | Agnès de Beaumont |
Henry de Beaumont (c. 1280 – 10 March 1340), jure uxoris 4th Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont, was a French nobleman and a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Taken into service at the English court at a young age, Beaumont was a veteran campaigner who participated in every major engagement, from the Battle of Falkirk in 1298 to the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. His long experience in the Scottish wars led him to develop a battle technique later used to great effect at Crécy and Agincourt.
Beaumont was one of the most prominent among a Anglo-Scots nobles known as the 'Disinherited', nobles whose Scottish lands had been forfeited over their refusal to serve Robert the Bruce. Beaumont supported Edward Balliol in his bid for thre Scottish throne, which would eventually overturn the peace between England and Scotland established by the Treaty of Northampton and bring about the Second War of Scottish Independence.