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Elizabeth le Despenser Berkeley

Birth
Stoke Albany, Kettering Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Death
13 Jul 1389 (aged 62–63)
Thornbury, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England
Burial
London, City of London, Greater London, England Add to Map
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Daughter of Hugh le Despenser "the Younger" and Eleanor de Clare, daughter of Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. Granddaughter of Hugh le Despenser and Isabella de Beauchamp, Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre.

Wife of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, son of Sir Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret de Mortimer. They were married about 1340 and had four sons and three daughters:
* Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron de Berkeley
* Sir James de Berkeley
* John de Berkeley
* Catherine de Berkeley
* Agnes de Berkeley
* Elizabeth de Berkeley

After Sir Maurice died in 1368, Elizabeth married Sir Maurice de Wythe of Portbury, Somerset.

Her burial is at one of the three St Botolphs in London, which one is uncertain.
Daughter of Hugh le Despenser "the Younger" and Eleanor de Clare, daughter of Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. Granddaughter of Hugh le Despenser and Isabella de Beauchamp, Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre.

Wife of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, son of Sir Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret de Mortimer. They were married about 1340 and had four sons and three daughters:
* Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron de Berkeley
* Sir James de Berkeley
* John de Berkeley
* Catherine de Berkeley
* Agnes de Berkeley
* Elizabeth de Berkeley

After Sir Maurice died in 1368, Elizabeth married Sir Maurice de Wythe of Portbury, Somerset.

Her burial is at one of the three St Botolphs in London, which one is uncertain.

Bio by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens



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