Isabel Le DESPENSER, Baroness Burghersh^[1]

1400 - 1439  (39 years)

• Name	Isabel Le DESPENSER  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Baroness Burghersh
  Birth	26 Jul 1400	Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	L1W5-3MS
  _UID	0BA5557AC4D34C0996FA041E2DD7D7383010
  Death	27 Dec 1439	Friars Minoresses, London, Middlesex, England   [4, 5, 6]
  Burial	13 Jan 1439-1440	Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England
  Person ID	I13380	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Le DESPENSER, Earl Of Gloucester, Kg,   b. 22 Sep 1373, Essendine, Rutlandshire, England d. 13 Jan 1399-1400, Beheaded At Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 26 years)
  Mother	Constance PLANTAGENET, Princess Of England,   b. Abt 1374, Castle Conisbrough, Yorkshire, England d. 28 Nov 1416, Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England (Age ~ 42 years)
  Marriage	Aft 16 Apr 1378  [7]
  Family ID	F3805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard De BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick,   b. 28 Jan 1381, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England d. 30 Apr 1439, Rouen Castle, Seine-Maritime, France (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1423  [4, 5, 8]
  Children	1. Henry De BEAUCHAMP,   b. 22 Mar 1424, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England d. 11 Jun 1446, Hanley Castle, Upton-On-Severn, Worcestershire, England (Dspm) (Age 22 years)   2. Anne de BEAUCHAMP, Countess of Warwick,   b. 13 Jul 1426, Caversham Castle, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England d. 20 Sep 1492, Bisham Manor, Bisham, Berkshire, England (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F6833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Isabel, Baroness Burghersh in her own right, widow of his cousin Richard de Beuachamp, Earl of Worcester, and sister and heir of Richard le Despenser, de jure Lord (Baron) Burghersh. [Burke's Peerage] Note: Isabel was mother of Henry de Beauchamp, 14th Earl of Warwick & 1st Duke of Warwick, dspm 11 June 1464; also Anne de Beauchamp, who became Countess of Warwick after Henry's daughter Anne died 3 Jan 1448/9. ------------------------ Isabel le Despenser, m. 27 July 1411 [Richard de Beauchamp], (daughter of Thomas le Despenser and Constance, daughter of Edmund, Duke of York). [Magna Charta Sureties] ------------------------ He [Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester] m. 27 Jul 1411, at Tewkesbury, Isabel, sister and eventually (1414) sole heir of Richard le Despenser, apparently de jure Lord Burghersh, being daughter of Thomas, the attainted Earl of Gloucester (Lord le Despenser), by Constance, daughter of Edmund, Duke of York. He dspm. (being mortally wounded at the siege of Meaux in France, 18 Mar 1421/2), and was buried 25 Apr 1422 in Tewkesbury Abbey. At his death, his vast estates and the representation of his Barony devolved on his only daughter and heir (Elizabeth), but the Earldom of Worcester apparently reverted to the Crown. His widow, (who was b. (posthumous) 26 Jul 1400 at Cardiff, and who was apparently suo jure Baroness Burghersh) m. (by papl dispensation) 26 Nov 1423, at Hanley Castle, co. Worcester, as 2nd wife, her husband's cousin, Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, who d. 30 Apr, and was buried 4 Oct 1439, at Warwick. M.I. Will dated 8 Aug 1435. She d. 27 Dec 1439, at the Friars Minoresses, London, and was buried 13 Jan 1439/40, in Tewkesbury Abbey. M.I. WIll dated 1 Dec 1439, probated 4 Feb 1439/40. Inq.p.m. at Abingdon, June 1441. [Complete Peerage I:26-27, XIV:6] ----------------------- He [Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick] married, 2ndly, 26 November 1423, at Hanley Castle, co. Worcester, Isabel, de jure suo jure (according to modern doctrine) BARONESS BURGHERSH, widow of his cousin Richard (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WORCESTER (who died s.p.m. March 1422), sister and heir of Richard (LE DESPENSER), de jure LORD BURGHERSH (who died s.p. 7 October 1414), posthumous daughter and eventually sole heir of Thomas (LE DESPENSER), EARL OF GLOUCESTER and LORD LE DESPENSER (who was beheaded, January 1399/1400, and afterwards attainted] by Constance, daughter of Edmund, "of Langley," DUKE OF YORK, 5th son of EDWARD III. He died 30 April 1439 at Rouen, aged 57, and was buried 4 October in St. Mary's, Warwick, being afterwards removed to the Lady Chapel (built by his executors), where is a superb monument to him. His widow, who was born 26 July 1400 at Cardiff, died 27 December 1439 at the Friars Minoresses, London, and was buried 13 January 1439/40 in Tewkesbury Abbey, aged 39. M.I. [Complete Peerage XII/2:378-82, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

  
  

• Sources

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