Family tree - Talbot - 1st Earl of Shrewsbury |
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John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (see here and here), born 1384,
mar 2ndly to Margaret Beauchamp
[descendant of Edward I],
great military success against France in the Hundred Years War,
finally stopped by Joan of Arc at Orleans 1429,
he was taken prisoner at Patay later in 1429,
released in prisoner exchange,
he appears in
Henry VI, Part I
by Shakespeare,
cr 1442, Shrewsbury is now the most senior Earldom,
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1446-9,
portrait in Malahide Castle,
killed in battle, still in France, 1453, age 69 yrs,
bur Whitchurch, Shropshire,
had issue by 2nd wife:
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