Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester

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Name Isabel Despenser,		Died 1439

Spouse Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (m. 1423), Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester (m. ?–1422) Children Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick, Henry Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick Parents Constance of York, Countess of Gloucester, Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester Siblings Edward le Despenser, Eleanor de Holland, Hugh le Despenser, Elizabeth le Despenser Similar People Constance of York - Countess, Isabella of Castile - Duchess, Edmund of Langley - 1st Duke, Isabel Neville - Duchess, Richard Neville - 16th Earl

Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick, LG (26 July 1400 – 1439) was the posthumous daughter and eventually the sole heiress of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (died 1399) by his wife, Constance of York. She was born six months after her father had been beheaded for plotting against King Henry IV (1399–1413).

Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester Lady Isabel le Despenser Countess of Worcester 1400 1439

Marriages and children

Isabel married twice, successively to two identically named first-cousins, grandsons of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick:

Firstly to Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester (1394–1422) who died at the Siege of Meaux. They had one daughter:

Elizabeth de Beauchamp, born 1415, who married Edward Neville, 1st Baron Bergavenny (died 1476), and had children.

Secondly to Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382–1439), her 1st husband's first-cousin from a senior Beauchamp line, by whom she had two children:

Henry de Beauchamp (1425–1446), who succeeded his father as 14th Earl of Warwick, and later was created 1st Duke of Warwick. He married Cecille Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and had by her one daughter Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick who died an infant.

Anne de Beauchamp, who became 16th Countess of Warwick, following the deaths of her brother and his infant daughter. Anne married Richard Neville, the Kingmaker, eldest son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and who became jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick. Her husband therefore was the brother of her own brother's wife. They had two daughters who married at the highest level: Isabella Neville (1451–1476), who married George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449–1478), and Anne Neville (1456–1485), who married firstly Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, and secondly King Richard III (1483–1485).

References

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