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Eleanor de Clare

1292 – 1337

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Born
1292
Died
30 Jun 1337

Family

Parents
GD
Gilbert de Clare the Red Earl
1243 – 1295
JO
Joan of Acre
1272 – 1307
Spouse
HL
Hugh le Despenser the Younger
d. 1326
Children
EL
Edward le Despenser
d. 1342

About

Eleanor de Clare, the Red Earl's eldest daughter and King Edward's granddaughter, married the favourite and lived to bury him piece by piece.

Research notes

✓ ELEANOR DE CLARE (1292 - 30 Jun 1337), eldest dau. of Gilbert de Clare, 'the Red Earl' of Gloucester, by JOAN OF ACRE; granddau. of EDWARD I; m. (May 1306) Hugh le Despenser the younger. After 1326 she refounded Tewkesbury's Despenser mausoleum. Sources: CP IV, CP V (Gloucester). Direct ancestress. Added 8 Aug 2026 (the Raleigh royal door - consolation wave after the St Leger door closed; full write-up in RANKED LEADS addendum).

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