Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon

Who was Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon?

Hugh de Courtenay was the son of Sir Hugh de Courtenay of Okehampton and Eleanor le Despenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester. Forty-one years after the death of his cousin, Isabel de Fortibus, Countess of Devon, letters patent were issued dated 22 February 1335 declaring him Earl of Devon, and stating that he 'should assume such title and style as his ancestors, Earls of Devon, had wont to do'.