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Birth:          ABT 1263 of Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Death:          BEF 30 May 1306 Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_de_Beauchamp
Lady Isabella de Beauchamp, Lady Kidwelly, Baroness Despenser (born c. 1263 - died 
before 30 May 1306), was an English noblewoman and wealthy heiress.

Family[edit]

Lady Isabella was born in about 1263 in Warwickshire, England. She was the only 
daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick and Maud FitzJohn who 
appears to have married; two sisters who were nuns at Shouldham are mentioned in 
her father's will.[1] She had a brother, Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick who 
married Alice de Toeni, by whom he had seven children. Her paternal grandparents 
were William de Beauchamp of Elmley Castle and Isabel Maudit, and her maternal 
grandparents were Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, and Isabel Bigod.

Marriages and issue[edit]

Sometime before 1281, she married firstly Sir Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of Kidwelly in 
Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The marriage produced one daughter:
Maud Chaworth (2 February 1282- 1322), married Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, by 
whom she had seven children.

Following Sir Patrick's death in 1286, Lady Isabella had in her possession four manors 
in Wiltshire and two manors in Berkshire, assigned to her until her dowry should be set 
forth along with the livery of Chedworth in Gloucestershire and the Hampshire manor 
of Hartley Mauditt which had been granted to her and Sir Patrick in frankmarriage by 
her father.[2]

That same year 1286, she married secondly Sir Hugh le Despenser without the King's 
licence for which Sir Hugh had to pay a fine of 2000 marks.[2] He was created Baron 
Despenser by writ of summons to Parliament in 1295, thereby making Lady Isabella 
Baroness Despenser.

Together Lord and Lady Despenser had four children:[3]
Hugh le Depenser, Lord Despenser the Younger (1286- executed 24 November 1326), 
married Eleanor de Clare, by whom he had issue.
Aline le Despenser (died before 28 November 1353), married Edward Burnell, Lord 
Burnell
Isabella le Despenser (died 4/5 December 1334), married firstly as his second wife, 
John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, by whom she had three children. Their 
descendants became the Lords Hastings; she married secondly as his second wife, Sir 
Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer.[4]
Phillip le Despenser (died 1313), married as his first wife Margaret de Goushill, by 
whom he had issue.

Lady Despenser died sometime before 30 May 1306. Twenty years later, her husband 
and eldest son, favourites of King Edward II, were both executed by the orders of 
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Queen Isabella. The couple were by that time 
the de facto rulers of England, and along with most of the people in the kingdom, they 
had resented the power both Despensers wielded over the King.

As her husband had been made Earl of Winchester in 1322, Lady Despenser was 
never styled as the Countess of Winchester.

Parents
DE BEAUCHAMP William (1237 - Jun 1298)
FITZ JOHN Maud (ABT 1238 - 16 Apr 1301)

Siblings
DE BEAUCHAMP Isabel (ABT 1263 - BEF 30 May 1306)
DE BEAUCHAMP Guy (1271 - 12 Aug 1315)

Marriage To LE DESPENCER Hugh ("the elder") (1 Mar 1261 - 27 Oct 1326)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
LE DESPENCER Hugh (1223 - 4 Aug 1265)
BASSETT Aline (Iline) (Alice) (1246 - BEF 11 Apr 1281)

Children by LE DESPENCER Hugh ("the elder") 1 Mar 1261 - 27 Oct 1326
LE DESPENCER Hugh ("the younger") (1 May 1286 - 24 Nov 1326)
LE DESPENSER Margaret (ABT 1292 - )

Marriage To DE CHAWORTH Patrick (ABT 1250 - BEF 7 Jul 1283)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE CHAWORTH Payn (Pagan) (Patrick) (ABT 1220 - ABT 1257)
DE LONDRES Hawise (ABT 1223 - 1274)

Children by DE CHAWORTH Patrick ABT 1250 - BEF 7 Jul 1283
DE CHAWORTH Maud (2 Feb 1282 - 3 Dec 1322)

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