Biography of Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 1426-1476

1429 Siege of Orléans

1464 Battle of Hexham

1469 Execution of Warwick's Supporters

On 11 Jun 1426 Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford was born to William Moleyns (age 20) at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.

Siege of Orléans

On 08 May 1429 [her father] William Moleyns (age 23) died at the Siege of Orléans.

Around 1441 Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns (age 10) and Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford (age 14) were married. They were third cousins.

In 1445 [her husband] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns (age 14) was created 1st Baron Moleyns. Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford (age 18) by marriage Baroness Moleyns.

In 1459 [her father-in-law] Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford (age 59) died. His son [her husband] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns (age 28) succeeded 3rd Baron Hungerford. Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford (age 32) by marriage Baroness Hungerford.

In or before 1464 [her son] Walter Hungerford was born to [her husband] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns (age 32) and Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford (age 37).

Battle of Hexham

Execution of Warwick's Supporters

On 17 Jan 1469 Warwick's supporters were executed in Salisbury Marketplace [Map] in the presence of King Edward IV of England (age 26):

[her son] Thomas Hungerford was beheaded. His father [her former husband] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns had been executed five years previously after the Battle of Hexham.

Henry Courtenay was beheaded.

In or before 1476 Oliver Manningham and Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford (age 49) were married.

In 1476 Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford (age 49) died.

[her son] Walter Hungerford and Jane Bulstrode were married.

[her son] Thomas Hungerford and Anne Percy were married. She the daughter of Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

[her son] Thomas Hungerford was born to Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns and Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford.

Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 1426-1476 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 1318-1372

Royal Ancestors of Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 1426-1476

Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Louis "Lion" VIII King France

Royal Descendants of Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 1426-1476

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 9

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 17

Ancestors of Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 1426-1476

Great x 2 Grandfather: William de Moleyns

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Moleyns

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Bacon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Bacon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Bacon

GrandFather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alphonse Vere

Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Foliot

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: William Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England