1. | Isabel le Despenser was born about 1312 in England (daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Alianore de Clare); died about 1356 in England. Notes: Descendant of Magna Charta Sureties Saher de Quincy and John de Lacy. Family/Spouse: Richard FitzAlan. Richard was born about 1313; died about 1376. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Hugh le Despenser died about 1326. Hugh married Alianore de Clare about 1306. Alianore (daughter of Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre) was born about 1292; died about 1337. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | ![]() Notes: Descendant of Magna Charta Sureties Saher de Quincy and John de Lacy.
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6. | ![]() Notes: Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester (2 Sep 1243 - 7 Dec 1295) was a powerful English noble. He was also known as Gilbert the Red probably because of his hair colour. Gilbert de Clare was born at Christchurch, Hampshire, England, the son of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester, and of Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln, daughter of John de Lacy and Margaret de Quincy. Gilbert inherited his father's estates in 1262. He took on the titles, including Lord of Glamorgan, from 1263. He was a Magna Charta Surety. In April 1264, Gilbert de Clare led the massacre of the Jews at Canterbury, as Simon de Montfort had done in Leicester. On 20 October 1264, Gilbert and his associates were excommunicated by Pope Clement IV, and his lands placed under an interdict. In the following month, by which time they had obtained possession of Gloucester and Bristol, the Earl was proclaimed to be a rebel. On 24 June 1268 he took the Cross at Northampton in repentance and contrition for his past misdeeds. He died at Monmouth Castle on 7 December 1295, and was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, on the left side of his grandfather Gilbert de Clare. His extensive lands were enjoyed by his surviving wife Joan of Acre until her death in 1307. Gilbert married Joan of Acre on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey, England. Joan (daughter of Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet and Leanor of Castile) was born about 1272 in Syria; died about 1307. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | ![]() Notes: Joan of Acre (April 1272 - 23 April 1307) was an English princess, a daughter of the King Edward I of England and queen Eleanor of Castile.The name "Acre" derives from her birthplace in the Holy Land while her parents were on a crusade. She was married twice; her first husband was Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, one of the most powerful nobles in her father's kingdom; her second husband was Ralph de Monthermer, a squire in her household whom she married in secrecy. Joan is most notable for the claim that miracles have allegedly taken place at her grave, and for the multiple references of her in literature. Notes: Married:
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12. | ![]() Notes: A Magna Charta Surety Richard married Maud de Lacy about 1238. Maud (daughter of John de Lacy and Margaret de Quincy) died about 1288. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Maud de Lacy (daughter of John de Lacy and Margaret de Quincy); died about 1288. Notes: Descendant of Magna Charta Sureties Saher de Quincy and John de Lacy. Notes: Married:
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14. | ![]() Notes: Edward I House of Plantagenet, King of England 1272-1307 Known as "Longshanks" for his extraordinary height, Edward, son of King Henry III, was a strong-willed, militaristic king who succeeded in subduing Wales but failed to conquer Scotland. He made significant changes to feudal law, strengthening both the Crown and Parliament at the cost of the old nobility. Edward Longshanks was a statesman, lawyer and soldier. He formed the Model Parliament in 1295, bringing together the knights, clergy, nobility and burgesses of the cities, bringing Lords and Commons together for the first time. Aiming at a united Britain, he defeated the Welsh chieftains and desgnated his eldest son Prince of Wales. Edward married Leanor of Castile on 1 Nov 1254 in Abbey of Santa Mar. was born about 1241 in Kingdom of Castile, Hispania; died about 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | ![]() Notes: Eleanor of Castile (Abt 1241 - 28 Nov 1290) was the first queen consort of Edward I of England. She was also Countess of Ponthieu in her own right from 1279 until her death in 1290, succeeding her mother and ruling together with her husband. Eleanor was born in Castile [Hispania] daughter of Saint Ferdinand, King of Castile and Leon and his second wife, Joan, Countess of Ponthieu. Her Castilian name, Leonor, became Alienor or Alianor in England, and Eleanor in modern English. She was the second of five children born to Fernando and Jeanne. Her elder brother Fernando was born in 1239/40, her younger brother Louis in 1242/43; two sons born after Louis died young. For the ceremonies in 1291 marking the first anniversary of Eleanor's death, 49 candlebearers were paid to walk in the public procession to commemorate each year of her life. This would date her birth to the year 1241.
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