Individual Details
Elizabeth de Burghersh
(Ca 1342 - Aug 1402)
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Elizabeth de Burghersh, 3rd Baroness Burghersh. (2016, April 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:22, May 11, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_de_Burghersh,_3rd_Baroness_Burghersh&oldid=714373022
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Elizabeth de Burghersh, 3rd Baroness Burghersh
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Elizabeth Despencer, 3rd Baroness Burghersh (ca. 1342 – August 1402) was an English noblewoman born to Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh and Cicely Weyland.
She married firstly, Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare. They had at least four children.
She married secondly, Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer and they had six children. Upon the death of her father, she inherited the title of Baroness Burghersh.
Children
By Maurice FitzGerald:
Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare
John FitzGerald, "de jure" 6th Earl of Kildare; on his brother's death he failed to take possession of the Earldom, but was the father of
Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare
Thomas FitzGerald, High Sheriff of County Limerick
Joanne, who married Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mór, King of Desmond.
By Edward le Despencer:
Margaret le Despencer (died 3 November 1415), married Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
Elizabeth le Despenser (died 10 April/11 April 1408)
married
(1) John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel
(2) William la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche
Thomas le Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester (22 September 1373 – 13 January 1400), married Constance of York
Hugh Despencer
Cicely Despencer
Anne Despencer (died 30 October 1426)
married
(1) Hugh Hastings
(2) Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley
Sources
Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831, pp. 173–174.[1]
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, David Faris, and Frederick Lewis Weis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700: The Lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of Their Descendants (7th edition), Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1992, pp. 73–74, lines:70-35, 70-36, 74-34, 212-34.
"Fitzgerald, Maurice, 4th Earl of Kildare", Dictionary of National Biography, (Leslie Stephen ed.), Macmillan & Co., London, 1889
Elizabeth de Burghersh, 3rd Baroness Burghersh. (2016, April 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:22, May 11, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_de_Burghersh,_3rd_Baroness_Burghersh&oldid=714373022
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From Wikipedia
Elizabeth de Burghersh, 3rd Baroness Burghersh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elizabeth Despencer, 3rd Baroness Burghersh (ca. 1342 – August 1402) was an English noblewoman born to Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh and Cicely Weyland.
She married firstly, Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare. They had at least four children.
She married secondly, Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer and they had six children. Upon the death of her father, she inherited the title of Baroness Burghersh.
Children
By Maurice FitzGerald:
Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare
John FitzGerald, "de jure" 6th Earl of Kildare; on his brother's death he failed to take possession of the Earldom, but was the father of
Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare
Thomas FitzGerald, High Sheriff of County Limerick
Joanne, who married Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mór, King of Desmond.
By Edward le Despencer:
Margaret le Despencer (died 3 November 1415), married Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
Elizabeth le Despenser (died 10 April/11 April 1408)
married
(1) John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel
(2) William la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche
Thomas le Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester (22 September 1373 – 13 January 1400), married Constance of York
Hugh Despencer
Cicely Despencer
Anne Despencer (died 30 October 1426)
married
(1) Hugh Hastings
(2) Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley
Sources
Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831, pp. 173–174.[1]
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, David Faris, and Frederick Lewis Weis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700: The Lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of Their Descendants (7th edition), Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1992, pp. 73–74, lines:70-35, 70-36, 74-34, 212-34.
"Fitzgerald, Maurice, 4th Earl of Kildare", Dictionary of National Biography, (Leslie Stephen ed.), Macmillan & Co., London, 1889
Events
| Birth | Ca 1342 | ||||
| Death | Aug 1402 | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | 3rd Baroness Burghersh |
Families
| Spouse | Edward Le Despenser (1335 - 1375) |
| Child | Margaret Le Despenser (1360 - ) |
| Child | Thomas le Despenser (1373 - ) |
| Father | Bartholomew de Burghersh (1329 - 1369) |
| Mother | Cicely Weyland ( - ) |