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Eleanor De Clare 1292 – 1337 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Oct 1292

Birth Location: Caerphilly Castle, South Wales, Wales

Death Date: 30 Jun 1337

Death Location: Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Gilbert Clare

Mother: Joan Acre

Spouse(s): Hugh Despenser, William Mortimer

Children(s): Hugh Despencer, Gilbert Despencer, Edward Despencer, Margaret Despencer, Isabel Despenser, John Despenser, Eleanor Despenser, Joan Despencer, Elizabeth Despencer

Eleanor De Clare was born in 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, South Wales, Wales, the child of Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre. Eleanor De Clare married Hugh le Despenser, William de Mortimer, and had children including Hugh Despencer, Gilbert le Despencer, Edward Le Despencer, Margaret Le Despencer, Isabel le Despenser, John le Despenser, Eleanor le Despenser, Joan le Despencer, Elizabeth Le Despencer. Eleanor De Clare passed away in 1337 in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Eleanor De Clare was born in 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, South Wales, Wales, the child of Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre.
  • Eleanor De Clare married Hugh le Despenser, William de Mortimer, and had children including Hugh Despencer, Gilbert le Despencer, Edward Le Despencer, Margaret Le Despencer, Isabel le Despenser, John le Despenser, Eleanor le Despenser, Joan le Despencer, Elizabeth Le Despencer.
  • Eleanor De Clare passed away in 1337 in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Clare
1243 – 1295
Birth Location: Christchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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Joan Acre
1272 – 1307
Birth Location: Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
JA

Spouses(s)

Hugh Despenser
1287 – 1326
Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England
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William Mortimer
1274 – 1337
Birth Location: Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England
WM

Children(s)

Hugh Despencer
1308 – 1349
Birth Location: Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire, England
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Gilbert Despencer
1309 – 1381
Birth Location: –
GD
Edward Despencer
1310 – 1342
Birth Location: Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Despencer
1310 – 1337
Birth Location: Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire, England
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Isabel Despenser
1312 – 1392
Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England
ID
John Despenser
1313 – 1366
Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
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Eleanor Despenser
1315 – 1351
Birth Location: –
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Joan Despencer
1317 – 1384
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Despencer
1326 – 1389
Birth Location: Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England
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Eleanor Clare's Ancestors

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Eleanor Clare
1292 – 1337
Birth Place: Caerphilly Castle, South Wales, Wales
Parents
Gilbert de Clare
1243 – 1295
Christchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Joan (of) Acre
1272 – 1307
Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
Grandparents
Richard (de) Clare
1222 – 1262
Clare Castle, Suffolk, England
Maud (de) Lacy
1223 – 1289
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Edward
1239 – 1307
Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Eleanor (de) Castile
1241 – 1290
Burgos, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Clare
1180 – 1230
Isabel Marshal
1200 – 1240
John Lacy
1192 – 1240
Margaret Quincy
1206 – 1266
Henry England
1209 – 1272
Eleanor England
1217 – 1291
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Clare
1153 – 1217
Amice FitzWilliam
1158 – 1224
William Marshal
1146 – 1219
Isabel Clare
1172 – 1220
Roger Lacy
1170 – 1211
Maud Clere
1175 – 1250
Robert Quincey
1186 – 1217
Hawise Meschines
1180 – 1243
John Plantagenet
1167 – 1216
Isabelle Angouleme
1187 – 1246
Raimond Berengar
1195 – 1245
Beatrice Savoy
1201 – 1266

Eleanor Clare's Descendants

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Eleanor (De) Clare (3 Oct 1292 – 30 Jun 1337) m. Hugh (le) Despenser (Abt 1287 – 24 Nov 1326) m. William (de) Mortimer (Aft 1274 – 28 Feb 1337)
  1. 1. Hugh Despencer (1308 – 8 Feb 1349) m. Elizabeth Montague ( – 1359)
  2. 2. Gilbert (le) Despencer (Abt 1309 – 1381)
  3. 3. Edward (Le) Despencer (1310 – 30 Sep 1342) m. Anne (de) Ferrers (20 Apr 1315 – 8 Aug 1367)
    1. 1. Edward (le) Despencer (24 Mar 1336 – 11 Nov 1375) m. Elizabeth (de) Burghersh (May 1342 – 26 Jul 1409) m. Elizabeth FitzAlan (1366 – 8 Jul 1425)
      1. 1. Anne (le) Despencer (Abt 1358 – 31 Oct 1426) m. Hugh Hastings (1326 – 6 Nov 1386) m. Thomas Morley (1322 – ) m. Hugh Hastings (1335 – Sep 1369) m. Hugh Hastings (1377 – 2 Nov 1396)
      2. 2. Hugh (de) Spencer (Abt 1360 – 1411) m. Alice (de) Hotham (Abt 1340 – Deceased)
      3. 3. Elisabeth (le) Despencer (1364 – 1390) m. John Arundel (1349 – 1370)
      4. 4. Margaret (le) Despencer (1365 – 3 Nov 1415) m. Robert (of) Ferrers (31 Oct 1358 – Nov 1396)
        1. 1. Edmund Ferrers (1386 – 17 Dec 1435) m. Eleanor (Lady De La) Roche (Abt 1395 – 4 Nov 1440)
        2. 2. Edward Ferrars (Abt 1391 – Abt 1415)
        3. 3. Phillipa (de) Ferrers (1397 – Jul 1458) m. Thomas Greene (10 February 1400 – 18 Jan 1462)
      5. 5. Elizabeth Despenser (1367 – 11 Apr 1408) m. John FitzAlan (30 Nov 1364 – 14 Aug 1390) m. William (le) Zouche (Bet 1341 and 1342 – 13 May 1396)
      6. 6. Philippa (Le) Despencer (1370 – 11 Apr 1408)
      7. 7. Thomas (le) Despencer (22 Sep 1375 – 17 Jan 1400) m. Constance (9 Jan 1374 – 28 Nov 1416)
        1. 1. Richard (le) Despenser (1396 – 1414) m. Eleanor (Neville Countess of) Northumberland (1398 – 11 Aug 1472)
        2. 2. Edward (le) Despenser (1397 – )
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Le) Despenser (Abt 1398 – )
        4. 4. Isabella (Le) Despencer (26 Jul 1400 – 27 Dec 1439) m. Richard (De) Beauchamp (Abt 1397 – 18 Mar 1422) m. Richard (de) Beauchamp (29 Jan 1382 – 30 Apr 1439) m. Reybourne (De) Beauchamp (Abt 1403 – )
        5. 5. Hugh (le) Despenser (26 Jul 1400 – Abt 1401)
    2. 2. Thomas (le) Despenser (Abt 1337 – )
    3. 3. Hugh (le) Despencer (1339 – 1374)
    4. 4. Henry (le) Despencer (Abt 1339 – 19 Sep 1406)
    5. 5. Gilbert Despenser
  4. 4. Margaret (Le) Despencer (Abt 1310 – 1337)
  5. 5. Isabel (le) Despenser (Abt 1312 – 30 Jun 1392) m. Richard FitzAlan (Abt 1306 – 24 Jan 1376)
    1. 1. Edmund FitzAlan (1327 – Aft 1377) m. Sibyl (de) Montagu (Abt 1332 – 30 Jan 1354)
      1. 1. Elizabeth FitzAlan (1349 – 23 Mar 1385) m. Leonard Carew (23 Apr 1342 – 4 Oct 1369) m. John (de) Meriet (24 Mar 1346 – 26 Jul 1392)
        1. 1. William Carew (1367 – )
        2. 2. Thomas Carew (Abt 1368 – 25 Jan 1431) m. Elizabeth Bonville (1370 – ) m. Elizabeth Bonville (Abt 1362 – 26 Jul 1451)
      2. 2. Katherine FitzAlan (Abt 1350 – 12 Feb 1381) m. Deincourt (Abt 1340 – )
      3. 3. Philippe FitzAlan (1352 – 13 Sep 1399) m. Richard Sergeaux (Abt 1330 – 30 Sep 1393) m. John Cornwall (1364 – 11 Dec 1443)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Sergeaux (1371 – 21 Aug 1414) m. William (De) Marney (1370 – 21 Aug 1414)
        2. 2. Richard Sergeaux (21 Dec 1374 – 26 Jun 1396)
        3. 3. Philippa Sergeaux (1381 – 13 Jul 1420) m. Robert Pashley (Abt 1365 – 12 Feb 1407) m. William Swinburne (1373 – 22 May 1422) m. Sir (Robert) Pashley
        4. 4. Joan Sergeaux (Abt 1391 – 31 Jul 1400)
    2. 2. Mary FitzAlan (Abt 1330 – 29 Aug 1396) m. John (le) Strange (Abt 1332 – 12 May 1361)
      1. 1. John (Le) Strange (1353 – 3 Aug 1375) m. Isabella (de) Beauchamp (1356 – 29 Sep 1416)
      2. 2. Elizabeth (le) Strange (6 Dec 1356 – 23 Aug 1383)
      3. 3. Ankaret (le) Strange (Apr 1361 – 1 Jun 1413) m. Sir (Richard VII, Lord) Talbot (1361 – 7 Sep 1396) m. Thomas Neville (Abt 1365 – 14 Mar 1406)
        1. 1. Alice (Talbot de la) Mere (1380 – 14 Aug 1436) m. Thomas (de la) Barre (1381 – 18 Dec 1419)
        2. 2. Ankaret Talbot (1380 – 14 Aug 1436) m. Thomas (de la) Barre (1377 – 18 Dec 1419)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Talbot (Abt 1380 – Abt 1406)
        4. 4. Gilbert Talbot (1383 – 19 Oct 1418) m. Beatrix (Abt 1395 – 25 Dec 1447)
        5. 5. Mary Talbot (23 Sep 1383 – 13 April 1434) m. Thomas Greene (1369 – 14 December 1417)
        6. 6. John Talbot (1385 – 17 Jul 1453) m. Maud Neville (21 Dec 1392 – 13 Dec 1423) m. Margaret (De) Beauchamp (1404 – 14 Jun 1468)
        7. 7. Richard Talbot (1 Jan 1386 – 16 Aug 1449)
        8. 8. Elizabeth (de) Talbot (1388 – 13 Apr 1438)
        9. 9. Alice Talbot (1390 – 1436) m. Thomas (de la) Barre (1377 – 18 Dec 1419) m. Sir (Thomas) Barre (Abt 1381 – 18 Dec 1419) m. Thomas (de la) Barre (1387 – 1420)
        10. 10. Anne Talbot (1392 – 16 Jan 1441) m. Hugh Courtenay (Abt 1385 – 16 Jun 1422) m. John Bottreaux
        11. 11. Thomas TALBOT (1395 – 17 Jul 1453) m. Talbot (1396 – 14 Aug 1436)
        12. 12. William Talbot (1395 – 30 Dec 1460)
        13. 13. Joan (de) Talbot (1396 – 26 Aug 1433)
        14. 14. William Talbot (7 Jun 1397 – Jan 1426) m. Eleanore Pearthe (Abt 1415 – ) m. Eleanor Pearethe (Abt 1390 – )
        15. 15. George Talbot
  6. 6. John (le) Despenser (1313 – Jun 1366)
  7. 7. Eleanor (le) Despenser (Abt 1315 – 1351)
  8. 8. Joan (le) Despencer (Abt 1317 – 1384)
  9. 9. Elizabeth (Le) Despencer (1326 – 13 Jul 1389) m. Maurice (De) Berkeley (4 Jun 1329 – 3 Jun 1368)
    1. 1. Thomas (de) Berkeley (5 Jan 1353 – 13 Jul 1417) m. Margaret (de) Lisle (Abt 1362 – 20 Mar 1392)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (de) Berkeley (1386 – 28 Dec 1422) m. Richard (de) Beauchamp (29 Jan 1382 – 30 Apr 1439)
        1. 1. Margaret (De) Beauchamp (1404 – 14 Jun 1468) m. John Talbot (1385 – 17 Jul 1453)
        2. 2. Eleanor (De) Beauchamp (Sep 1408 – 6 Mar 1467) m. Thomas Roos (26 Sep 1406 – 18 Aug 1430) m. Edmund Beaufort (Abt 1406 – 22 May 1444)
        3. 3. Elizabeth (de) Beauchamp (16 Sep 1417 – Sep 1480) m. George Neville (1414 – 30 Dec 1469) m. Baron Abergavenny (1417 – 18 Oct 1476) m. 3rd (Baron of) Abergavenny (1417 – 18 Oct 1476)
    2. 2. James (De) Berkeley (Abt 1355 – 13 Jun 1405) m. Elizabeth Bluet (1358 – 24 May 1419) m. Elizabeth Despencer (1322 – 1339)
    3. 3. John (de) Berkeley (Abt 1357 – 1381)
    4. 4. Maurice Berkeley (Abt 1363 – )
    5. 5. james berkeley (1394 – 1463)
    6. 6. Agnes Berkeley
    7. 7. Catherine Berkeley

Eleanor Clare's Timeline

4 Records

1292
3 Oct 1292
Birth of Eleanor De Clare in Caerphilly Castle, South Wales, Wales
Caerphilly Castle, South Wales, Wales
1292
Nov 1292
Eleanor De Clare was christened
None
1337
30 Jun 1337
Age 45
Death of Eleanor De Clare in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England
Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England
1337
1337
Age 45
Burial of Eleanor De Clare in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England
Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1292
    Event Place: Caerphilly Castle, South Wales, Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: Nov 1292

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jun 1337
    Event Place: Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1337
    Event Place: Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England
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