Name Elizabeth Burghersh, Role Baroness le Despencer | Died August 1402 Children Elizabeth le Despenser | |
Parents Cecily de Weyland, Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh Grandchildren Thomas FitzAlan, John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel Great grandchildren William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel People also search for Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh | ||
Elizabeth Despencer, 3rd Baroness Burghersh (c. 1342 – August 1402) was an English noblewoman born to Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh and Cicely Weyland.
Some recently constructed genealogies purport that she was first married, some time after 1347, to Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare (d. 25 August 1390) and by him had at least four children. Yet it is more consistent with known dates of death of the 4th Earl of Kildare that he married instead Margaret, a daughter of the 1st Baron Burghersh. Otherwise there would be record of Kildare's divorce from Elizabeth and probably a mention in the original records of her 'remarriage' rather than of her 'marriage' to le Despencer.
She was married (it is said for the second time) some time before 1373, to Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (c. 24 March 1335-6 – 11 November 1375) and they had six children. Upon the death of her father on 5 April 1369, she inherited the title of Baroness Burghersh.
Children
By Maurice FitzGerald:
By Edward le Despencer:
married
(1) John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel
(2) William la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche
married
(1) Hugh Hastings
(2) Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley