Edward Montagu (or Edward de Montacute), 1st Baron Montagu (d. 14 July 1361) was an English knight and peer. He fought at the Battle of Crecy. He assaulted his first wife, Alice of Norfolk, who died as a result.
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Edward Montagu was the youngest son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (d. 18 October 1319), by Elizabeth Montfort (d. August 1354), daughter of Sir Piers Montfort of Beaudesert, Warwickshire. He had three brothers and seven sisters, including William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and Simon Montacute, successively Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of Ely (for details concerning his siblings, see the article on his father, William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu).
On 19 March 1337, he was granted an annuity of £100 by Edward III for the better support of his knighthood.
His first wife was Alice of Norfolk, daughter of Thomas of Brotherton, and granddaughter of Edward I. In March 1339 the King ordered William Trussell, escheator, to deliver to Montagu and his wife Alice her share of her father's lands.
Montagu fought at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, and was summoned to Parliament from 20 November 1348 to 20 November 1360 by writs directed Edwardo de Monte Acuto, 'whereby he is held to have become Lord Montagu'.
Montagu and his retainers assaulted Alice, causing her death on 30 January 1352. Montagu and some of his followers were indicted for the crime. In 1361, one William Dunche of Bungay was pardoned for his part in her death, as well as other felonies.