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Abt 1327 - Aft 1377 (51 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Sir Richard II Copped Hat FITZ ALAN was born about 1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England (son of Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN and Alice DE WARENNE); died on 24 Jan 1375/6 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: 9th Earl of Arundel and Warenne
- Name: Richard Fitz-Alan II
Notes:
In 1345 Richard repudiated his wife, Isabella, on the ground that he had never consented to the marriage; he received "papal recognition of the nullity of the union."
Name:
Isabel Le Despener, was born about 1312. She was married in the King's Chapel at Havering-atte-Bower on 9 Feb 1320/1, she being about eight years of age, to Richard Fitz Alan (Copped Hat), 3rd Earl of Arundel and 4th Earl of Surrey, son and heir of Edmund Fitz Alan, 8th Earl of Arundel, Baron of Oswestry, co. Salop, Baron of Clun, co. Salop, by Alice, daughter of William de Warenne. He was born about 1313, and was about seven years of age at time of marriage. In 1330-1 he was fully restored in blood and honours and obtained restitution of the Castle and honour of Arundel, becoming Earl of Arundel. Their marriage was annulled by Papal mandate on 4 Dec 1344 on the ground of his minority and of his never having willingly consented to the match. He took a distinguished part the wars with France, was Admiral of the West 1340-41 and 1345-47, commanded the second division at the Battle of Crecy, and was at the fall of Calais in 1347.
Richard married Isabel LE DESPENSER on 09 Feb 1320/1 in King's Chapel at Havering-atte-Bower. Isabel (daughter of Sir Hugh LE DESPENSER, Knt. and Alianor DE CLARE) was born about 1312. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
5. | Alice DE WARENNE was born about 1277 in Warren, Sussex, England (daughter of William DE WARENNE and Joan DE VERE); died before 23 May 1338. Children:
- Katherine FITZ ALAN was born in 1305 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 02 May 1376.
- Edmund FITZ ALAN was born about 1308.
- Alice FITZ ALAN was born about 1310.
- Jane FITZ ALAN was born about 1312.
- 2. Sir Richard II Copped Hat FITZ ALAN was born about 1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1375/6 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England.
- Edward FITZ ALAN was born in 1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died in 1398.
- Aline FITZ ALAN was born in 1314 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 20 Jan 1386.
- John FITZ ALAN was born about 1315.
- Thomas FITZ ALAN was born about 1318.
- Elizabeth FITZ ALAN was born in 1320 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 03 Jan 1389.
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6. | Sir Hugh LE DESPENSER, Knt. (son of Sir Hugh The Younger LE DESPENSER and Isabel DE BEAUCHAMP); died on 24 Nov 1326 in hanged and quartered. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Baron Despenser
Notes:
Name:
He was summoned to Parliament from 29 July 1314 by writs directed 'hugoni le Despenser juniori'. he was disinherited and exiled on 19 Aug 1321. He took refuge in the Cinque Ports, and engaging in piracy, with the King's connivance did considerable damage. After the battle of Boroughbridge, he received large grants of the lands forfeited by the rebels. He accompanied the King in his flight to Wales in October 1326, and with the King was captured near Llantrisant, co. Glamorgan, on 16 Nov 1326. Hugh Le Despenser, Lord Le Despenser, was taken to Hereford, tried, without being allowed to speak in his own defence, condemned to death as a traitor, and hanged on 24 Nov 1326, buried some years afterwards at Tewkesbury Abbey.
Hugh married Alianor DE CLARE after 14 Jun 1306 in Westminster. Alianor (daughter of Sir Gilbert DE CLARE, Knt. and Joan (of Acre) Of ENGLAND) was born between Oct and Nov 1292 in Caephilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucesteshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
12. | Sir Hugh The Younger LE DESPENSER was born on 01 Mar 1260/1 in Barton, Gloucestershire, England; died on 27 Oct 1326; was buried in Tewesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Baron Despenser
- Fact: 1st Earl of Winchester
Notes:
Hugh and his father were beheaded in 1326. Both father and son were loyal to the king, Edward II, the young Despenser being his especial favorite. This engendered great jealousy on the part of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, cousin-german to the King, and first prince of the blood, the most opulent and powreful subject in England, possessed in his own right of no less than 6 earldoms, who raised an army against the king and was joined by many of the barons who wre dissatisfied with King Edward. In the civil war which followed, Lancaster was defeated and captured and condemned by court-martial and beheaded. The two Despencers were condemned to death by the rebellious barons whithout trial, or witness, or accusation, or answer.
Excerpts from Blood Royal: Hugh was hanged on a gallows 50 feet high, 24 Nov 1326. His head was set up on London Bridge, 4 Dec., and his quarters in four different places (towns). Some years afterwards his bones were collected, and bur. in Tewkesbury Abbey. The permit for his bones to be collected and buried was given on 15 Dec 1330.
Hugh married Isabel DE BEAUCHAMP in 1286. Isabel (daughter of William DE BEAUCHAMP and Lady Maud FITZ JOHN) was born in Warwick, England; died about 30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Sir Gilbert DE CLARE, Knt. was born on 02 Sep 1243 in Christ Church, Hampshire, England (son of Sir Richard DE CLARE and Maud DE LACY); died on 07 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, England; was buried on 22 Dec 1295 in Abbey Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: 6th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, Earl of Clare
Notes:
Gilbert was also known as the 7th Earl of Hertford, and the 3rd Earl of Gloucester, commonly called the Red, married Alice, daughter of Guy, Earl of Angoulesme, the King's half-brother, from whom he was divorced. In the battle of Lewes was one of the commanders against King Henry III, the King being taken prisoner; afterwards returned to the Royal party and was one of the chief generals on that side at the battle of Evesham where the barons were vanquished and their leader, Montfort, Earl of Leicester, was slain.
Name:
Gilbert De Clare 'the red', Knt., Baron of Clare, Suffolk, 9th Earl of Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford, son and heir of Richard de Clare and Maude de Lacy. He was born at Christ Church, co Hants on 2 Sep 1243.
He was married first to Alice De Lusignan, daughter of Hughes XI de Lusignam and Yolande de Bretagne. They had two daughters, and were divorced, his wife Alice said to have become hypochondriacal in 1271. At the death of King Henry III on 16 Noc 1272, the Earl took the lead in swearing fealty to Edward I, who was then in Sicily returning from the Crusade. He was Joint Guardian of England during the King's absence. Proposals for his marriage to the King's daughter were made as early as may 1283. Their daughter Margaret is probably the daughter born at Caerphilly Castle in October 1292, her mother having been purified there on 23 November following the birth of a daughter.
Gilbert married Joan (of Acre) Of ENGLAND about 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey. Joan (daughter of Edward I "Longshanks"Of ENGLAND and Countess of Ponthieu Eleanor of CASTILE) was born in 1272 in Acre, Palestine; died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Sufolk, England; was buried in Clare Priory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Joan (of Acre) Of ENGLAND was born in 1272 in Acre, Palestine (daughter of Edward I "Longshanks"Of ENGLAND and Countess of Ponthieu Eleanor of CASTILE); died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Sufolk, England; was buried in Clare Priory. Notes:
Joan, also known as Princess Joan Plantaganet, who was the 8th in direct descent from William The Conqueror.
Was betrothed to Hartmann (drowned 1281/December 1282) son of Emperor Rudolf.
Children:
- Gilbert DE CLARE was born between 10 and 11 May 1291 in Winchcombe near Tewkesbury; died on 24 Jun 1314 in killed in Battle of Bannockburn; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey.
- 7. Alianor DE CLARE was born between Oct and Nov 1292 in Caephilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucesteshire, England.
- Margaret DE CLARE was born about 1292; died on 09 Apr 1342; was buried in Queenhithe.
- Elizabeth DE CLARE was born on 16 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury Abbey; died on 04 Nov 1360; was buried in Covent of the Minoresses without Aldgate.
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