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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3 October 1292 Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan, Wales
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30 June 1337 (aged 44) Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer 1st child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Male b. 1308 d. 1349 Age: 40 (at death) 1308-1349 English noble -
Edward le Despenser 3rd child with Hugh Despenser the Younger Male b. 1310 d. 1342 Age: 31 (at death) 1310-1342 English noble
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Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Arundel 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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