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title: Guy de Beauchamp Stands Atop the Beheaded Piers Gaveston
author: T. Tovey
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21758/guy-de-beauchamp-stands-atop-the-beheaded-piers-ga/
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updated: 2026-04-23
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# Guy de Beauchamp Stands Atop the Beheaded Piers Gaveston

_Authored by T. Tovey_

## Image File

[![Guy de Beauchamp Stands Atop the Beheaded Piers Gaveston](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21758.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21758.jpg)

## Image Caption

*Guy Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and [Piers Gaveston](https://www.worldhistory.org/Piers_Gaveston/) Earl of Cornwall 1330*, illustration by T. Tovey after a miniature in the 15th-century Rous Roll, 1793.

Depicted on the right stands a triumphant Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, upon the decapitated body of Piers Gaveston, the companion and favourite of [Edward II](https://www.worldhistory.org/Edward_II_of_England/), King of [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/). Prior to his execution, Gaveston had the ear of the king and his patronage, a relationship that sorely embittered the English magnates, leading to rebellion and his ultimate capture and beheading.

British Museum, London.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Tovey, T. (2026, April 23). Guy de Beauchamp Stands Atop the Beheaded Piers Gaveston. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21758/guy-de-beauchamp-stands-atop-the-beheaded-piers-ga/>
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