Eleanor Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset
English noblewoman
Lady Eleanor Beauchamp [1] |
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Drawing of Eleanor from the Rous Roll, c. 1483 | Born | September 1408[2] Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England |
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Died | 6 March 1467 (aged 58–59)[2] Baynard's Castle, London, England[2] |
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Spouse(s) | Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset Walter Rokesley |
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Issue | 13, including: Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros Richard Ros Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset |
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Father | Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick |
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Mother | Elizabeth de Berkeley |
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Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset (September 1408 – 6 March 1467)[2] was the second daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley, daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley.
First marriage
On 17 December 1423, Lady Eleanor was married to Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros. They were parents of the following surviving issue:
Second marriage
Eleanor married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset sometime between 1431 and 1433. He was the son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret Holland. They had the following surviving issue:
- Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde (b. between 1431 and 1433 - d. August 16, 1501), married firstly James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde and secondly Sir Robert Spencer.[3] Her daughter from her second marriage, Margaret, later became the mother-in-law of Anne Boleyn's sister, Mary.
- Joan Beaufort (b. 1433 – d. 11 August 1518), married firstly Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth and secondly Sir Richard Fry.[3][4]
- Anne Beaufort (b. 1435 – d. 17 September 1496),[3][5] who married, Sir William Paston (b. 1436 – died before 7 September 1496),[6] a younger son of William Paston (1378–1444), Justice of the Common Pleas.[7]
- Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 26 January 1436 – d. 15 May 1464)[8]
- Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford (b. 1437 – d. 1474),[9][10] married firstly Humphrey, Earl of Stafford and secondly Sir Richard Darell.[8]
- Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset (b. 1439 – d. 4 May 1471)[8]
- John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset (b. 1441[11] – 4 May 1471)[8]
- Thomas Beaufort (b. 1442 – d. 1517)[3]
- Elizabeth Beaufort (b. 1443 - died before 1475),[12] married Sir Henry FitzLewis.[3]
- Mary Beaufort (b. between 1431 and 1455)[3]
Third marriage
She married thirdly to Walter Rokesley. There was no known issue from this marriage.[2]
Death
She died on 6 March 1467 at the age of 58 at Baynard's Castle, London, England.[2]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Lady Eleanor Beauchamp |
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| | | | | | | | | 16. Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick | | | | | | | 8. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick | | | | | | | | | | 17. Alice de Toeni | | | | | | | 4. Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March | | | | | | | 9. Katherine Mortimer | | | | | | | | | | 19. Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville | | | | | | | 2. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby | | | | | | | 10. William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby | | | | | | | | | | 21. Isabel Verdon | | | | | | | 5. Margaret Ferrers | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk | | | | | | | 11. Margaret de Ufford | | | | | | | | | | 23. Margaret de Norwich | | | | | | | 1. Lady Eleanor Beauchamp | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley | | | | | | | 12. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley | | | | | | | | | | 25. Margaret Mortimer | | | | | | | 6. Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Hugh le Despenser the Younger | | | | | | | 13. Elizabeth le Despenser | | | | | | | | | | 27. Eleanor de Clare | | | | | | | 3. Elizabeth de Berkeley | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Gerard de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle | | | | | | | 14. Warin de Lisle, 2nd Lord Lisle | | | | | | | | | | 29. Eleanor FitzAlan | | | | | | | 7. Margaret de Lisle, 3rd Baroness Lisle | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Sir William Pipard | | | | | | | 15. Margaret Pipard | | | | | | | | | | 31. Margery | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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References
- ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 220.
- ^ a b c d e f Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 614.
- ^ a b c d e f Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 106.
- ^ The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. I, p. 23.
- ^ "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 654
- ^ "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 502
- ^ Davis, Norman, ed. (1971). The Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, Part I. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. lvii. ISBN 9780197224212.
- ^ a b c d Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 105.
- ^ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 422.
- ^ "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 503
- ^ Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 653
- ^ "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 655
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