Isabella de Beauchamp, Baroness Despenser

1263 - Bef 1306  (~ 43 years)

• Name	Isabella de Beauchamp
  Suffix	Baroness Despenser
  Born	ca 1263	Warwickshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef 30 May 1306	Worcestershire, England
  Buried	St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
  	Grave location, historical portrait, biography, and cemetery photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103523964
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_de_Beauchamp An English noblewoman and wealthy heiress, she was born in about 1263 in Warwickshire, England, the only daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick and Maud FitzJohn. Her paternal grandparents were William de Beauchamp of Elmley Castle and Isabel Maudit, and her maternal grandparents were Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, and Isabel Bigod. She married firstly Sir Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The marriage produced one daughter, Maud Chaworth (2 February 1282- 1322), married Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, by whom she had seven children. Following Sir Patrick's death in 1286, Lady Isabella had in her possession four manors in Wiltshire and two manors in Berkshire, assigned to her until her dowry should be set forth along with the livery of Chedworth in Gloucestershire and the Hampshire manor of Hartley Mauditt which had been granted to her and Sir Patrick in frankmarriage by her father. That same year 1286, she married secondly Sir Hugh le Despenser without the King's licence for which Sir Hugh had to pay a fine of 2000 marks. Together Lord and Lady Despenser had four children: 1. Hugh le Depenser, Lord Despenser the Younger (1286- executed 24 November 1326), married Eleanor de Clare, by whom he had children. 2. Aline le Despenser (died before 28 November 1353) married Edward Burnell, Lord Burnell 3. Isabella le Despenser (died 4/5 December 1334), married firstly as his second wife, John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, by whom she had three children. Their descendants became the Lords Hastings; she married secondly as his second wife, Sir Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer. 4. Phillip le Despenser (died 1313), married as his first wife Margaret de Goushill, by whom he had issue.
  Person ID	I36205	Master File
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick ,   b. ca 1237, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England ,   d. ca 1298, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Maude Fitzjohn, Countess of Warwick,   b. ca 1238, Surrey, England ,   d. 16/18 April 1301, Worcestershire, England  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F14934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester,   b. 01 Mar 1261, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 27 Oct 1326, Bristol, England  (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Hugh le Despenser, The Younger,   b. 1286, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 24 Nov 1326, Hereford Herefordshire, England  (Age 40 years)
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F14933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart