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Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick, LG (26 July 1400 – 27 December 1439) was the posthumous daughter and eventually the sole heiress of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester by his wife, Constance of York, daughter of Edmund of Langley (son of King Edward III of England ). She was born six months after her father had ...
Dec 23, 2023 · Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick (26 July 1400 – 1439) was the posthumous daughter and eventually the sole heiress of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (d.1399) by his wife, Constance of York. She was born six months after her father had been beheaded for plotting against King Henry IV (1399–1413).
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Isabel le Despenser was born posthumously in 1400 at Cardiff, Glamorgan on 27 July(Septem dormientes) and baptized in St. Mary’s church there. Her father, Thomas le Despenser, K.G., Earl of Gloucester, 5th Lord le Despenser, third but first surviving son and heir of Edward le Despenser and Elizabeth (Burghersh),had been beheaded at Bristol on 16 Ja...
J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry V, Entries 151-203', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 20, Henry V (London, 1995), pp. 50-64. British History Online http://www.british...-78 DESPENSER 9.Thanks to contributors. Special thanks to Michelle Brooksfor straightening out the families of these two Richards.
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- Richard Beauchamp KB, Richard Beauchamp KG
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Despenser, Isabel (1400–1439)Baroness Burghersh and countess of Warwick. Name variations: Isabel le Despencer; Isabel Beauchamp. Born on July 26, 1400, in Cardiff; died on December 27, 1439, at Friars Minoresses, London; interred on January 13, 1439, at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester; daughter of Thomas Despenser, 1st earl of Gloucester, and Constance (c. 1374–1416, daughter of Edmund of ...
Lady Isabella, or Isabel de Beauchamp, [1] was born in about 1263 in Warwickshire, England. She was the only daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick and Matilda FitzJohn [1] who married sometime between 1261 and 1268; two sisters who were nuns at Shouldham are mentioned in her father's will. She had a brother, Guy de Beauchamp ...
- before 30 May 1306
- Matilda FitzJohn
Brief Life History of Isabel. When Isabel le Despenser was born on 26 July 1400, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, her father, Thomas Despenser, was 26 and her mother, Constance of York, was 26. She married Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester on 27 July 1411, in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
Beauchamp, Isabel (fl. 1285)Countess of Winchester. Name variations: Isabel Despenser; Isabel Chaworth. Flourished around 1285; daughter of William Beauchamp, 1st earl of Warwick, andMaud Fitzjohn ; married Patrick Chaworth; married Hugh Despenser, Sr. (c. 1262–1326), earl of Winchester (executed, October 1326); children: (first marriage)Maud Chaworth (1282–c. 1322); (second marriage) Hugh ...
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