- Elizabeth le Despenser
Elizabeth Despenser (died
April 10 ,1408 ) was an English noblewoman of the late 14th century. She should not be confused with another woman of that name, the daughter ofEleanor de Clare .She was the daughter of Sir
Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer , byElizabeth Burghersh , daughter and heiress ofBartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh .She married Sir
John Fitzalan, 2nd Lord Arundel . They had three sons:*
John de Arundel, Lord Maltravers , and Lord Arundel.
*Thomas Fitzalan .
* Edward/Edmund Arundel.
* Margaret (married toWilliam de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros )Sir John de Arundel, 2nd Baron Arundel, died on
14 August ,1390 , and was buried atMissenden Abbey ,Buckinghamshire . Elizabeth married secondly, apparently after28 April ,1393 (as his second wife),William la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche of Haryngworth (d.13 May ,1396 ). They had no children.Her will requested burial at
Tewkesbury Abbey ,Gloucestershire .References
*Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 21-32, 74-35, 212-34
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