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Birth:          ABT 1367 

Notes
ancestry.com
shows as dtr of Hugh Le Despenser and Elleanore Clare but can't be as they're born 
100 years earlier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_le_Despenser
Elizabeth Despenser (died 10 April/11 April 1408) was an English noblewoman of the 
late 14th century. She should not be confused with Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness 
Berkeley who was her great-aunt and who was the daughter of her great-grandmother, 
Eleanor de Clare. She was the daughter of Sir Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le 
Despencer, by Lady Elizabeth Burghersh, daughter and heiress of Bartholomew de 
Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh.
First marriage[edit]

She married Sir John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel. They had three sons and one 
daughter:
John de Arundel, Lord Maltravers, and Lord Arundel.
Thomas FitzAlan.
Edward/Edmund Arundel.
Margaret (married to William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros)

Sir John de Arundel, 2nd Baron Arundel, died on 14 August 1390, and was buried at 
Missenden Abbey, Buckinghamshire.

Second marriage[edit]

Elizabeth married secondly, apparently after 28 April 1393 (as his second wife), 
William la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche of Haryngworth (d. 13 May 1396). They had no 
children. Her will requested burial at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.

Parents
LE DESPENCER Edward (24 Mar 1335 - 11 Nov 1375)
DE BURGHERSH Elizabeth (1338 - 26 Jul 1409)

Siblings
LE DESPENSER Elizabeth (ABT 1367 - )
LE DESPENCER Margaret (1369 - 1415)

Marriage To FITZ ALAN John (30 Nov 1364 - 14 Aug 1390)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
FITZ ALAN John (ABT 1347 - 16 Dec 1379)
MALTRAVERS Eleanor (ABT 1345 - 12 Jan 1405)

Children by FITZ ALAN John 30 Nov 1364 - 14 Aug 1390
FITZ ALAN Thomas (ABT 1390 - 1430)

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