Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros

Baron de Ros
Spouse(s)	Lady Eleanor Beauchamp
Issue Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros Richard de Ros Margaret de Ros, Baroness Botreaux
Father	William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros
Mother	Margaret FitzAlan
Born	26 September 1406
Died	18 August 1430 (aged 23)

Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros of Helmsley (26 September 1406 – 18 August 1430) was an English nobleman.

Lineage

He was the second son of William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros and Margaret Fitzalan. His mother was a daughter of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel and Elizabeth le Despenser.

Inherited rank & privileges

He was also a younger brother of John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros.

His older brother died childless in the Battle of Beaugé of 1421. Thomas inherited his rank and privileges. He followed the example of his brother in participating in the Hundred Years' War.

Military service

He fought in the Battle of Verneuil under the successful command of John, Duke of Bedford. He was honored for his efforts, knighted by Henry VI of England on 19 May 1426. Henry was nephew of the Duke.

Thomas resumed service under the Duke in 1427. He was summoned to the Parliament of England in 1429.

Drowned in the Seine

He fell into the Seine during a minor skirmish and drowned in 1430.

Marriage & succession

He was married to Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his first wife Elizabeth Berkeley. Eleanor was an older half-sister of Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick and Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick. They were parents of three children:

• Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros (9 September 1427 – 17 May 1464).
• Richard de Ros (8 March 1429 – after 1492).
• Margaret de Ros (1432 – 10 December 1488). Married first William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux(d.1462), secondly Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough.

His widow was remarried to Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset.

Ancestry

Peerage of England
Preceded by John de Ros	Baron de Ros 1421-1430	Succeeded by Thomas de Ros