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Elizabeth (Despenser) la Zouche (abt. 1367 - 1408)

Elizabeth la Zouche formerly Despenser aka Arundel, FitzAlan
Born about in Essendine, Rutland, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married before 1385 in Englandmap
Wife of — married 28 Apr 1393 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 41 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
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Biography

Elizabeth le Despenser, born about 1367 in Essendine, Rutland, England to Edward le Despenser and his wife Elizabeth (Burghersh).[1] [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

First Marriage

She first married John FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel in Groby, Leicestershire, England in 1384, and they had 3 sons:[1][2][3][5][6][7][8][10][4][9]

  1. Sir John d' Arundel, 18th Earl of Arundel, Lord Maltravers[1][2][3][5][6][7] (1 Aug 1385 - 21 Apr 1421)
  2. Sir Edward/Edmund [citation needed]
  3. Sir Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel[3][5][6][7][8][10][4][9][11][12][13][14] (b. c 1387, d. bt 1430 - 1431)
  4. Margaret (married to William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros)[citation needed]

Her first husband died on 14 August 1390.[citation needed]

Second Marriage

Her second husband was William la Zouche. They married April 28, 1393, but had no children.[1][2][3][5][6][7][8][10][4][9] He died 13 May 1396.[citation needed]

Death

Elizabeth died on April 11, 1408 and is buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.[citation needed]

Elizabeth le Despenser left a will on 4 April 1408; Requested burial beside her brothers at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.[3][5][6][7][8]

She died on 10 April 1408.[1][2][3][5][6][7][8][10][4][9][11]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 42.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 269-270.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 32.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 75.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 76.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 425.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 151-152.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 94-95.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 451-452.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 453.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 924-925.
  12. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 160.
  13. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 338.
  14. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 579.
  • Richardson, Douglas: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Volume 2, page 175, FISHER 10.
    • p 76: Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Burghersh), m (1) John de Arundel and (2) William la Zouche.
  • Elizabeth le Despenser, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiler Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed May 5, 2015). See footnotes on that page for specifics on source citations from:
    • Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry (#MCA), Plantagenet Ancestry, and Royal Ancestry
    • "Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. I, p. 247, 260;
    • Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, by F. L. Weis, 4th Ed., p. 15;
    • Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 37."
  • Elizabeth Despencer, Medieval Lands (accessed May 5, 2015)




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It appears that her Current Last Name should be la Zouche instead of FitzAlan. Yes?
posted by Clare Bromley III
I have changed the CLN as noted, Clare. Thank you.

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