Henry de Beaumont, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont (died March 10, 1340) was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Independence. He 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. Although not now a widely-known figure, he was, nevertheless, of considerab...
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Henry de Beaumont, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont (died March 10, 1340) was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Independence. He 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. Although not now a widely-known figure, he was, nevertheless, of considerable military and political importance. His long experience of the Scottish wars led him to develop a battle technique later used to great effect at Crécy and Agincourt. As one of a group of Anglo-Scots nobles known as the 'disinherited' – those who had fought against Robert Bruce – he was to do much to overturn the peace between England and Scotland established by the Treaty of Northampton and bring about a Second War of Scottish Independence. By his marriage shortly before July 14, 1310 to Alice Comyn (died July 3, 1349), the niece and heir of...
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