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Eleanor de Clare. / 51.9903; -2.1604. Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan (October 1292 [3] – 30 June 1337) was a powerful Anglo-Welsh noblewoman who married Hugh Despenser the Younger, the future favourite of Edward II of England, and was a granddaughter of Edward I of England. [2] [4] With her sisters, Elizabeth de Clare and ...
- Baroness le Despenser, Baroness la Zouche
- Joan of Acre
Brief Life History of Eleanor. When Eleanor de Clare was born on 3 October 1292, in Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan, Wales, her father, Gilbert de Clare 7th Earl of Gloucester, was 49 and her mother, Joan of Acre, was 20. She married Sir Hugh le Despenser 2nd Lord Despenser on 14 June 1306, in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom.
Aug 3, 2018 · This must have caused some head scratching as Hugh Despenser the Younger’s wife, Eleanor, was another member of the de Clare family. Eleanor was the 8 th earl’s sister. She and her two other sisters became co-heiresses after the 8 th earl died at Bannockburn. She was sent to the Tower when Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer deposed ...
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About Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan. Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan (3 October 1292 – 30 June 1337) was a powerful Anglo-Welsh noblewoman who married Hugh Despenser the Younger and was a granddaughter of Edward I of England. [2] [3] She was born in 1292 at Caerphilly in Glamorgan, Wales.
Feb 27, 2020 · The king’s new favourite. While her younger sisters languished in disgrace, Eleanor de Clare remained very high in the king’s favour, to the point where one continental chronicler stated that they were lovers and that she was pregnant by him in 1326. Edward’s extant accounts of 1324/26 give some credence to this rumour.
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Feb 15, 2023 · Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, page 203-204 CLARE 8ii. Eleanor de Clare, married (1st) Hugh Le Despenser, 2nd Lord Despenser; (2nd) William La Zouche Mortimer, 1st Lord Zouche of Richard's Castle. Thank you!
Mar 15, 2019 · Eleanor de Clare was the eldest of Gilbert de Clare 7th Earl of Gloucester’s three daughters. She was also the eldest granddaughter of Edward I, her mother being Joan of Acre. You would think under those circumstances that her marriage would have been fairly auspicious. Unfortunately her royal grandfather owed a Marcher Lord 2,000 livres.
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