Individual Details
Eleanor de Clare 6th Lady of Glamorgan
(3 Oct 1292 - 30 Jun 1337)
Events
| Birth | 3 Oct 1292 | Caerphilly in Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| Marriage | May 1306 | Westminster Abbey, City of Westminster (Greater London), Middlesex, Engeland - Sir Hugh "the Younger" le Despenser 1st Lord Despenser |  | ||
| Burial | 1337 | Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England | |||
| Death | 30 Jun 1337 |
Families
| Spouse | Sir Hugh "the Younger" le Despenser 1st Lord Despenser (1286 - 1326) |
| Child | Edward Despencer (1312 - ) |
| Child | Sir Knight Edmund fitz-Alan d'Arundel ( - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth le Despencer (1325 - 1389) |
| Father | Sir Gilbert "the Red Earl" de Clare 3rd Earl of Gloucester & 7th Earl of Hertford ( - ) |
| Mother | Lady Joan Plantaganet d'Acre Countess of Gloucester ( - ) |
| Sibling | Gilbert de Clare ( - 1314) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth de Clare (1295 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret de Clare Countess of Gloucester (1293 - 1333) |
| Sibling | Margaret de Clare (1293 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
In November 1326, Eleanor was confined to the Tower of London. The Despenser family's fortunes also suffered with the executions of Eleanor's husband and father-in-law. Eleanor and Hugh's eldest son, another Hugh, who held Caerphilly Castle against the queen's forces until the spring of 1327, was spared his life when he surrendered the castle but remained a prisoner until July 1331, after which he was slowly restored to royal favour. Three of Eleanor's daughters were forcibly veiled as nuns. Only the eldest daughter, Isabel, and the youngest daughter, Elizabeth, escaped the nunnery, Isabel because she was already married and Elizabeth on account of her infancy.In February 1328 Eleanor was freed from imprisonment. In April 1328, she was allowed possession of her own lands, for which she did homage.