Richard Waldegrave (d. 1436)
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Sir Richard Waldegrave was the son of Sir Richard Waldegrave. He had served in the Hundred Years' War
and in 1402, was appointed to keep the seas (with the 4th Baron Clinton, the 5th Baron Fauconberg
and Sir John Howard - grandfather of the 1st Duke of Norfolk
), in which time he landed 10,000 men in Brittany
and captured Conquet and the Île de Ré
.
He married Jane Montchensey and they had one son - Sir William Waldegrave.
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War was a series of separate wars waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou, for the French throne, which had become vacant upon the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings...
and in 1402, was appointed to keep the seas (with the 4th Baron Clinton, the 5th Baron Fauconberg
Thomas de Fauconberg, 5th Baron Fauconberg
Thomas de Fauconberg, 5th Baron Fauconberg was an English peer.Fauconberg was the eldest son of the 4th Baron Fauconberg and his wife, Maud. In c. 1376, Fauconberg joined the French in the Hundred Years' War and was imprisoned in Gloucester Castle, for treason, from 1378 to 1391...
and Sir John Howard - grandfather of the 1st Duke of Norfolk
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman, soldier, and the first Howard Duke of Norfolk...
), in which time he landed 10,000 men in Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
and captured Conquet and the Île de Ré
Île de Ré
Île de Ré is an island off the west coast of France near La Rochelle, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait....
.
He married Jane Montchensey and they had one son - Sir William Waldegrave.