expbul1a.gif (699 bytes) Guy de Beauchamp, 2nd Earl of Warwick

born:  1278
died: 1315 in Warwickshire, England
Known to Piers Gaveston, friend of Edward II, as "The Black Dog of Arden" -- a name which Gaveston daringly called him to his face when Warwick captured him in 1312.   Warwick and the Earl of Lancaster engineered Gaveston's death in a mock trial held on Blacklow Hill between Warwick and Kenilworth.

Father: William de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Warwick
Mother:  Maud FitzJohn, Countess of Warwick

Spouse: Alice de Toni

Children:
1. Thomas de Beauchamp, 3rd Earl of Warwick