Eleanor de Clare

1292 - 1337  (~ 44 years)

• Name	Eleanor de Clare
  Birth	Oct 1292	Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate birth	Bef 23 Nov 1292	Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales   [1, 4]
  Death	30 Jun 1337  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Person ID	I12416	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Gilbert de Clare,   b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England d. 7 Dec 1295, Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Joan of Acre,   b. 1272, Acre, Palestine d. 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	May 1290	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [8, 9]
  Notes	Royal Ancestry gives the date of their marriage as 23 April 1290; Complete Peerage as 30 April; the ODNB as "early May."
  Family ID	F6425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hugh le Despenser,   b. of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d. 24 Nov 1326, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
  Marriage	Aft 14 Jun 1306	Westminster, Middlesex, England   [4, 5, 10, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Edward le Despenser,   b. of Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England d. 30 Sep 1342, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France + 2. Elizabeth le Despenser   d. 13 Jul 1389 + 3. Isabel le Despenser,   b. Between 1312 and 1313
  Family ID	F8096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

  Family 2	William la Zouche,   b. of Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England d. 28 Feb 1337
  Marriage	Bef 26 Jan 1329  [4, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F2076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  "She was imprisoned in the Tower of London, 17 Nov 1326, later released, and had her lands restored to her, 22 Apr 1328. Before 26 Jan 1329 she was abducted from Hanley Castle by Sir William la Zouche who subsequently married her. She was imprisoned again in the Tower, shortly after 5 Feb 1329, and then in Devizes Castle, until after 6 Jan 1330 as a result of accompanying her husband in his siege of her castle of Caerphilly." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

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