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Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester

Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester

Male 1373 - 1400  (26 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester was born on 22 Sep 1373 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England (son of 5th Lord Despenser Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer and 3rd Baroness Burghersh Elizabeth de Burghersh); died on 16 Jan 1400 in Bristol, Gloucester, England; was buried in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England.

    Thomas married Constance "of York" Plantagenet about 7 Nov 1379. Constance (daughter of 1st Duke of York Edmund "of Langley" Plantagenet, Duke of York and Isabella Perez, Princess of Castile and Leon) was born about 1374 in Conisborough Castle, Yorkshire, England; died on 28 Nov 1416 in Reading, Berkshire, England; was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick was born on 26 Jul 1400 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 27 Dec 1439 in London, Greater London, England; was buried in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh was born on 30 Nov 1396 in Elmley, Worcestershire, England; died on 7 Oct 1414 in Merton, Surrey, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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]


  2. 3.  3rd Baroness Burghersh Elizabeth de Burghersh was born in 1342 in Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England (daughter of 2nd Baron Burghersh Bartholomew de Burghersh, II and Cecily de Weyland); died on 26 Jul 1409.
    Children:
    1. 1. 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.
    2. Elizabeth le Despenser died on 10 Apr 1408; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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]


  2. 5.  Anne de Ferrers
    Children:
    1. 2. 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.

  3. 6.  2nd Baron Burghersh Bartholomew de Burghersh, II was born before 1329 (son of 1st Baron Burghersh Bartholomew de Burghersh, I and Elizabeth de Verdon); died on 5 Apr 1369.

    Bartholomew married Cecily de Weyland before 10 May 1335. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Cecily de Weyland
    Children:
    1. 3. 3rd Baroness Burghersh Elizabeth de Burghersh was born in 1342 in Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England; died on 26 Jul 1409.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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]


  2. 9.  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:
    1. 4th Lord Despenser Hugh le Despenser was born in 1308; died on 8 Feb 1349.
    2. 4. Edward le Despenser was born before 1326 in Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 30 Sep 1342 in Peslethorpe, England.
    3. Isabel le Despenser was born in 1312; died in 1356.

  3. 12.  1st Baron Burghersh Bartholomew de Burghersh, I (son of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Robert de Burghersh and Maud de Badlesmere); died on 3 Aug 1355 in Dover, Kent, England.

    Bartholomew married Elizabeth de Verdon before 11 Jun 1320. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth de Verdon (daughter of 2nd Baron Verdon Theobald de Verdon).
    Children:
    1. 6. 2nd Baron Burghersh Bartholomew de Burghersh, II was born before 1329; died on 5 Apr 1369.