Eleanor de Clare

(1292-1337)

Anglo-Welsh noblewoman

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Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan (October 1292 – 30 June 1337) was a powerful Anglo-Welsh noblewoman who married Hugh Despenser the Younger, the future favourite of Edward II of England, and was a granddaughter of Edward I of England. With her sisters, Elizabeth de Clare and Margaret de Clare, she inherited her father's estates after the death of her brother, Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, 7th Earl of Hereford at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. She was born in 1292 at Caerphilly Castle in Glamorgan, Wales and was the eldest daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 5th Lord of Glamorgan and Princess Joan of Acre.

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Born	3 October 1292 Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan, Wales
Died	30 June 1337 (aged 44) Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales
Zodiac	Libra
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Hugh Despenser the Younger 1286-1326 · English peer and favourite of Edward II · m. 1306 info edit

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Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer info 1st child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Male b. 1308 d. 1349 · Age: 40 (at death) · 1308-1349 · English noble

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Gilbert info 2nd child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Male b. 1309 · Age: 716 · 1309- · Celebrity Baby

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Edward le Despenser info 3rd child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Male b. 1310 d. 1342 · Age: 31 (at death) · 1310-1342 · English noble

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John info 4th child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Male b. 1311 · Age: 714 · 1311- · Celebrity Baby

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Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Arundel info 5th child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Female b. 1312 d. 1356 · Age: 43 (at death) · 1312-1356 · Countess of Arundel

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Eleanor info 6th child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Female b. 1315 · Age: 710 · 1315- · Celebrity Baby

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Joan info 7th child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Female b. 1317 · Age: 708 · 1317- · Celebrity Baby

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Margaret info 8th child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Female b. 1319 · Age: 706 · 1319- · Celebrity Baby

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Elizabeth info 9th child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Female b. 1325 · Age: 700 · 1325- · Celebrity Baby

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