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Eleanor (Alianore) de Clare 1292–1337 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Oct 1292

Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 30 Jun 1337

Death Location: Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Gilbert IV

Mother: Joan Plantagenet

Spouse(s): Hugh quartered, William Zouche

Children(s): Edward Despenser, Elisabeth Berkeley, Isabel Despenser

Eleanor (Alianore) de Clare was born in 1292 in Gloucestershire, England, the child of Gilbert Iv The Red Earl De Clare 6Th Earl Of Hertford 7Th Earl Of Gloucester 3Rd Lord Of Glamorgan Excommunicated By Pope Clement Iv And Joan Of England Plantagenet. Eleanor (Alianore) de Clare married Hugh The Younger Le Despenser Baron Bloody Ruthless Hanged Disembowled Quartered, William De La Zouche, and had children including Edward Le Despenser, Elisabeth Le Despenser Baroness Berkeley, Isabel Le Despenser. Eleanor (Alianore) de Clare passed away in 1337 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Eleanor (Alianore) de Clare was born in 1292 in Gloucestershire, England, the child of Gilbert Iv The Red Earl De Clare 6Th Earl Of Hertford 7Th Earl Of Gloucester 3Rd Lord Of Glamorgan Excommunicated By Pope Clement Iv And Joan Of England Plantagenet.
  • Eleanor (Alianore) de Clare married Hugh The Younger Le Despenser Baron Bloody Ruthless Hanged Disembowled Quartered, William De La Zouche, and had children including Edward Le Despenser, Elisabeth Le Despenser Baroness Berkeley, Isabel Le Despenser.
  • Eleanor (Alianore) de Clare passed away in 1337 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert IV
1243–1295
Birth Location: Christchurch, Hampshire, England
GI
Joan Plantagenet
1272–1307
Birth Location: Akko (Acre), Hazofan, (Crusader) Kingdom of Jerusalem
JP

Spouses(s)

Hugh quartered
1286–1326
Birth Location: Winchester, Gloucestershire, England
Hq
William Zouche
1276–1351
Birth Location: Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England
WZ

Children(s)

Edward Despenser
1310–1342
Birth Location: Buckland, Buckshire
ED
Elisabeth Berkeley
1326–1389
Birth Location: Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England
EB
Isabel Despenser
1312–1356
Birth Location: Winchester, Gloucester, England
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Eleanor Clare's Ancestors

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Eleanor Clare
1292–1337
Birth Place: Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Gilbert IV 'The Red Earl ' de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 3rd Lord of Glamorgan, excommunicated by Pope Clement IV
1243–1295
Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Joan (of England) Plantagenet
1272–1307
Akko (Acre), Hazofan, (Crusader) Kingdom of Jerusalem
Grandparents
Richard (de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of) Gloucester
1222–1262
Mellent, Gloucs, England
Maud (de Lacy, Countess of) Gloucestershire
1223–1289
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
King (Edward I ' Longshanks' Plantagenet, 'Hammer of the Scots', Parliament formed; expeled) Jews
1239–1307
Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
Eleonor (( Leonora) of Castilla, Queen Consort, accompanied Edward on crusade to the Holy Land from 1270 to 1272, and she saved his life after) wounded
1240–1290
Burgos, Provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Gloucester
1182–1230
Isabell Clare)
1200–1240
John Castle
1192–1240
Margaret Lincoln
1208–1266
Henry o
1207–1272
Eleanor Provence
1217–1291
Fernando Castilla
1201–1252
Jeanne Leon
1216–1279
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Hertford
1153–1218
Armice Gloucester
1158–1225
Sir Templar
1146–1219
Isabel Strigoil
1172–1220
Roger Lacy
1171–1211
Maud Clere
1175–1213
Robert of
1186–1257
Hawise Meschines
1160–1241
John Arthur
1166–1216
Isabella Fo
1187–1246
Ramon Provence
1198–1245
Beatrice Provence
1198–1267
Alfonso León
1171–1230
Berenguela Castilla
1180–1246
Simon Montreuil
1180–1239
Marie Countess
1199–1250

Eleanor Clare's Descendants

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Eleanor ((Alianore) de) Clare (1 Oct 1292–30 Jun 1337) m. Hugh ('The Younger' Le Despenser, Baron; bloody & ruthless: Hanged, Disembowled &) quartered (1 May 1286–24 Nov 1326) m. William (de la) Zouche (18 DEC 1276–11 MAR 1351)
  1. 1. Edward (Le) Despenser 1310–1342 m. Anne (Ferrers of) Groby 1297–1367
    1. 1. Edward (Le Despenser, 1st Baron,) KG 1335–1375 m. Elizabeth (de Burghersh (Berghersh), 3rd) Baroness 1342–1409
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Le) Despenser 1338–1408 m. John (FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, 2nd Baron) Maltravers 1364–1390
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas Fitz Alan,) knight 1390–1431 m. Jane (Fitzalan, Baroness of) Arundel 1394–1439 m. Johanna Moyns 1405–
        2. 2. John (FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel, Knight of Bath; 3rd Baron) Mautravers 1385–1421 m. Lady (Eleanor Alianore de Berkeley (Fitzalan), Countess consort of) Arundel 1400–1455
      2. 2. Edward (le) Despencer 1356–
      3. 3. Hugh (le) Despencer 1360–1411
      4. 4. Cicely (le) Despencer 1354–
      5. 5. Anne (le) Despencer 1358–1426 m. Sir (Thomas Morley, K.G., 4th Lord Morley, Lord Marshal, hereditary Marshal of Ireland, Privy) Councillor 1355–1416 m. Hugh (de) Hastings –1386
        1. 1. Robert Morley 1375–1403 m. Isabelle (Moleyns) (Molines) 1374–1409
      6. 6. Thomas (le Despencer Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, 2nd Baron,) beheaded 1373–1400 m. Constance (of York, Princess of) England 1374–1416
        1. 1. Isabel (De) Beauchamp 1400–1439 m. Sir (Richard de Beauchamp, Knight of the Garter, 13th Earl) Warwick 1382–1439 m. Richard (de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, 2nd Baron) Bergavenny 1382–1422
        2. 2. Richard (le Despenser 4th Baron) Burghersh 1396–1414 m. Eleanor (Neville, Duchess of Norfolk, Countess of) Northumberland 1397–1472
      7. 7. Margaret (Le) Despenser 1338–1415 m. Robert (de Ferrers,) Baron 1357–1413
        1. 1. Sir (Edmund de Ferrers, Knight, 5th Barron Ferrers of) Chartley 1386–1435 m. Eleanor Roche 1370–1440
        2. 2. Philippa (de Ferrers) (Chartley) 1397–1415 m. Sir (Thomas Greene, Knight of Green's Norton and Boughton, Northamptonshire, of Nunnignton, Stonegrave and Ness,) Yorkshire 1400–1462
  2. 2. Elisabeth (le Despenser, Baroness) Berkeley 1326–1389 m. Maurice ('The Valiant' de Berkeley, 4th Baron) Berkeley 1330–1368
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas 'The Magnificent' de Berkeley, 5th Baron of Berkeley, an English peer, an) admiral 1353–1417 m. Margaret (de) Lisle 1360–1392
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Berkeley, Baroness) Lisle 1386–1422 m. Sir (Richard de Beauchamp, Knight of the Garter, 13th Earl) Warwick 1382–1439
        1. 1. Lady (Eleanor Alianore Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset, Baroness de) Ros 1407–1467 m. Sir (Thomas de Ros 8th) Baron 1406–1430 m. Sir (Edmund Beaufort of Lancastrians, K.G., Count of Mortain, 1st Duke of Somerset, War of the Roses: First Battle of St) Albans 1406–1455 m. Sir (Henry Somerset 2nd Earl) Worcester 1396–1449
        2. 2. Margaret (Beauchamp, Countess of) Shrewsbury 1404–1467 m. Sir (John de Talbot 7th Baron, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury & of Waterford, 6th Baron Furnivall; 10th Baron Strange of) Blackmere 1384–1453
    2. 2. James (De) Berkeley 1354–1404
      1. 1. James Berkeley 1394–1463 m. Isabel (de) Mowbray 1396–1452
        1. 1. Thomas (de) Berkeley 1437–1484 m. Mary (Margaret) Guy 1442–1452
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Berkeley) (Bourchier) 1419–1483
        3. 3. William (de Berkeley, Earl van Nottingham, Viscount) Catherlough 1426–1491 m. Anne (Fiennes (Brandon), Mariochness of) Berkeley –1497
        4. 4. Maurits (VI de Berkeley,) Lord 1435–1506
  3. 3. Isabel (Le) Despenser 1312–1356 m. Richard (FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, distinguished admiral, very) wealthy 1306–1376
    1. 1. Mary Fitzalan 1332–1396
    2. 2. Lady (Philippa) FitzAlan 1351–1399 m. Sir (Richard Sergeaux, MP Member of Parliament, Sherrif of) Cornwall 1346–1393
      1. 1. Philippa Sergeaux 1373–1420 m. Robert Pashley 1370–1407 m. Sir (William) Synbourne 1370–1422
        1. 1. Sir (John) Pashley 1406–1453 m. Elizabeth (Wydeville (Woodville), Lady of) Maidstone 1410–1453 m. Elizabeth Wydeville 1376–1431
      2. 2. Alice (Sergeaux, Countess of) Oxford 1384–1452 m. Richard (de Vere, KG, 11th Earl of Oxford, commander at Battle of) Agincourt 1385–1417
        1. 1. Janet (de Vere de Rochford,) Anglo-Norman 1413–1476 m. Malise (Graham, 13th Earl Strathearn, 1st Earl) Mentieth 1407–1490
        2. 2. Sir (John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford,) Lancastrian 1408–1462 m. Elizabeth (DUPL) Howard 1410–1465
        3. 3. Sir (Richard de) Vere 1410–1480 m. Isabella Green 1416–1499

Eleanor Clare's Timeline

2 Records

1292
1 Oct 1292
Birth of Eleanor (Alianore) de Clare in Gloucestershire, England
Gloucestershire, England
1337
30 Jun 1337
Age 45
Death of Eleanor (Alianore) de Clare in Monmouth Castle, Northumberland, England
Monmouth Castle, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Oct 1292
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jun 1337
    Event Place: Monmouth Castle, Northumberland, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Age:
    77-78

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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