5th Lord Despenser Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer: My Family History

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1336 - 1375 (39 years)

Generation: 1

5th Lord Despenser Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer was born on 24 Mar 1335/36 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England (son of Edward le Despenser and Anne de Ferrers); died on 11 Nov 1375 in Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, Wales.

Edward married 3rd Baroness Burghersh Elizabeth de Burghersh before 2 Aug 1354 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of 2nd Baron Burghersh Bartholomew de Burghersh, II and Cecily de Weyland) was born in 1342 in Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England; died on 26 Jul 1409. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester was born on 22 Sep 1373 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England; died on 16 Jan 1400 in Bristol, Gloucester, England; was buried in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England.
Elizabeth le Despenser died on 10 Apr 1408; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.

Generation: 2

Edward le Despenser was born before 1326 in Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England (son of 3rd Lord le Despenser1 Hugh "the younger" le Despenser and Eleanor de Clare); died on 30 Sep 1342 in Peslethorpe, England.

Edward married Anne de Ferrers on 20 Apr 1334 in Groby, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

1. 5th Lord Despenser Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer was born on 24 Mar 1335/36 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England; died on 11 Nov 1375 in Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, Wales.

Generation: 3

3rd Lord le Despenser1 Hugh "the younger" le Despenser was born in 1290 in Barton, Gloucester, England (son of 1st Earl of Winchester Hugh le Despenser and Isabel Beauchamp); died on 24 Nov 1326 in Herford, Herfordshire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

Hugh married Eleanor de Clare on 14 Jun 1306 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England. Eleanor (daughter of 7th Earl of Hertford, 3rd Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester and Joan "of Acre" Plantagenet) was born on 16 Sep 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor de Clare was born on 16 Sep 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales (daughter of 7th Earl of Hertford, 3rd Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester and Joan "of Acre" Plantagenet); died on 30 Jun 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

Children:

4th Lord Despenser Hugh le Despenser was born in 1308; died on 8 Feb 1349.
2. Edward le Despenser was born before 1326 in Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 30 Sep 1342 in Peslethorpe, England.
Isabel le Despenser was born in 1312; died in 1356.

Generation: 4

1st Earl of Winchester Hugh le Despenser was born on 1 Mar 1261 in Louchborough, Leicestershire, England (son of 1st Baron le Despencer Hugh le Despenser and Aline Bassett); died on 27 Oct 1326 in Bristol, Gloucester, England.

Hugh married Isabel Beauchamp. Isabel (daughter of 9th Earl of Warwick William Beauchamp and Maud FitzGeoffrey) was born about 1263 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel Beauchamp was born about 1263 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England (daughter of 9th Earl of Warwick William Beauchamp and Maud FitzGeoffrey); died on 30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England.

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4. 3rd Lord le Despenser1 Hugh "the younger" le Despenser was born in 1290 in Barton, Gloucester, England; died on 24 Nov 1326 in Herford, Herfordshire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

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7th Earl of Hertford, 3rd Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester was born on 2 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England (son of 6th Earl of Hertford, 2nd Gloucester Richard de Clare and Maud de Lacy); died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried on 22 Dec 1295 in Tewksbury Abbey, Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England.

Gilbert married Joan "of Acre" Plantagenet on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. Joan (daughter of Edward "Longshanks" Plantagenet, King of England and Eleanor "of Castile", Countess de Ponthieu) was born in 1272 in Acre, Palestine; died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried on 26 Apr 1307 in Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joan "of Acre" Plantagenet was born in 1272 in Acre, Palestine (daughter of Edward "Longshanks" Plantagenet, King of England and Eleanor "of Castile", Countess de Ponthieu); died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried on 26 Apr 1307 in Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England.

Children:

Elizabeth de Clare was born on 16 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury, England; died on 4 Nov 1360; was buried in Convent of Minoresses, Aldgate, London, England.
5. Eleanor de Clare was born on 16 Sep 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.
Margaret de Clare was born on 16 Sep 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 9 Apr 1342.
8th Earl of Hertford, 4th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare was born in 1291; died on 24 Jun 1314 in Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland.