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Elisabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley 1326–1389 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1326

Birth Location: Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 13 Jul 1389

Death Location: London, City of London, Greater London, England

Father: Hugh quartered

Mother: Eleanor Clare

Spouse(s): Maurice Berkeley

Children(s): Sir admiral, James Berkeley

Elisabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley was born in 1326 in Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Hugh The Younger Le Despenser Baron Bloody Ruthless Hanged Disembowled Quartered And Eleanor Alianore De Clare. Elisabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley married Maurice The Valiant De Berkeley 4Th Baron Berkeley, and had children including James De Berkeley, Sir Thomas The Magnificent De Berkeley 5Th Baron Of Berkeley An English Peer An Admiral. Elisabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley passed away in 1389 in London, City of London, Greater London, England.

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  • Elisabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley was born in 1326 in Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Hugh The Younger Le Despenser Baron Bloody Ruthless Hanged Disembowled Quartered And Eleanor Alianore De Clare.
  • Elisabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley married Maurice The Valiant De Berkeley 4Th Baron Berkeley, and had children including James De Berkeley, Sir Thomas The Magnificent De Berkeley 5Th Baron Of Berkeley An English Peer An Admiral.
  • Elisabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley passed away in 1389 in London, City of London, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh quartered
1286–1326
Birth Location: Winchester, Gloucestershire, England
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Eleanor Clare
1292–1337
Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

Maurice Berkeley
1330–1368
Birth Location: Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
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Children(s)

Sir admiral
1353–1417
Birth Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
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James Berkeley
1354–1404
Birth Location: Littlemarshfield, Gloucestershire, England
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Elisabeth Berkeley's Ancestors

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Elisabeth Berkeley
1326–1389
Birth Place: Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Hugh 'The Younger' Le Despenser, Baron; bloody & ruthless: Hanged, Disembowled & quartered
1286–1326
Winchester, Gloucestershire, England
Eleanor ((Alianore) de) Clare
1292–1337
Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Hugh Despenser
1260–1326
England
Isabel (de Beauchamp, Baroness) Despenser
1252–1306
Warwick, Warwickshire, England
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
Great-Grandparents
Sir side)
1223–1265
Aline Norfolk
1241–1281
William Worcestershire
1237–1298
Maud fitzJohn)
1237–1301
Richard Gloucester
1222–1262
Maud Gloucestershire
1223–1289
King Jews
1239–1307
Eleonor wounded
1240–1290
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hugh Berkshire
1197–1238
Emma Harcourt
1206–1265
William Castle
1215–1269
Isabel Warwick
1220–1268
Sir knight
1205–1258
Isabel Bigod
1212–1250
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

Elisabeth Berkeley's Descendants

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Elisabeth (le Despenser, Baroness) Berkeley (1326–13 Jul 1389) m. Maurice ('The Valiant' de Berkeley, 4th Baron) Berkeley (1330–8 Jun 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
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas de Ros, 9th Lord, 1st Lord) Burgh 1427–1464 m. Lady (Anne) Thornborough 1440–1525 m. Philippa (Tiptoft, Baroness de) Ros 1427–1485
        2. 2. Sir (Richard I de) Ros 1429–1493
        3. 3. Margaret (d'Botreaux de Ros, Baroness Bocastle and) Gainsborough 1432–1488 m. Sir (Thomas de Burgh Knight of the Garter; 1st Baron of) Burgh 1431–1496 m. Sir (William de Botreaux 3rd Baron) Botreaux 1389–1462
        4. 4. Lady (Joan) Beaufort 1433–1518 m. Sir (Richard William Fry,) knight 1445–1504
        5. 5. 1443–1496 m. Sir (William) Paston 1434–1496
        6. 6. Henry (Beaufort of Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of Somerset, 5th Earl of Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, 2nd Earl of Dorset, wounded at Battle of St) Albans 1436–1464 m. Joan Hill 1436–1493
        7. 7. Lady (Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Somerset &) Wiltshire 1434–1501 m. Sir (Robert Spencer, knight, 1st) Baron 1430–1510 m. Sir (James Butler, Knight of the Garder, 5th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, War of the Roses: his head was afterwards displayed on) London 1420–1461
        8. 8. Lady (Lucy Frances) Somerset 1423–1482
        9. 9. William (VI de Ros, Lord Mayor of London, of) Swineshed 1428–1451
        10. 10. Thomas Beaufort 1442–1517
        11. 11. Margaret (Beaufort, Countess of) Stafford 1437–1474 m. Sir (Humphrey Stafford, Earl of) Stafford 1425–1458
      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
        1. 1. Eleanor (Talbot, one of King Edward IV's) mistresses 1436–1468 m. Sir (Thomas Butler) Boteler 1424–1461
        2. 2. Elizabeth (de) Talbot 1435–1507 m. Sir (John VII of Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey, 10th) Baron 1444–1476
  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

Elisabeth Berkeley's Timeline

2 Records

1326
1326
Birth of Elisabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley in Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England
Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England
1389
13 Jul 1389
Age 63
Death of Elisabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1326
    Event Place: Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jul 1389
    Event Place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: London, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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