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Biography of Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer 1292-1337

Paternal Family Tree: Norman

Maternal Family Tree: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles

In 1253 [her father] Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 9) and Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Hugh XI of Lusignan VI Count of La Marche II Count Angoulême and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 34). He the son of [her grandfather] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 30) and [her grandmother] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 29). They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 30th April 1290 [her father] Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 46) and [her mother] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 18) were married at Clerkenwell [Map]. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Edward I of England (age 50) and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 49). He the son of [her grandfather] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford and [her grandmother] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 3rd October 1292 Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 49) and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 20) at Caerphilly Castle [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 7th December 1295 [her father] Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 52) died at Monmouth Castle [Map]. He buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son [her brother] Gilbert (age 4) succeeded 8th Earl Gloucester, 7th Earl Hertford, 8th Lord Clare, 4th Lord Glamorgan.

In January 1297 [her step-father] Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 27) and [her mother] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 24) were married in secret greatly offending her father [her grandfather] King Edward I of England (age 57) who had been planning to marry her to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 47) in March. Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford was imprisoned at Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire [Map]; he was released in August 1297. She the daughter of King Edward I of England and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England.

After 14th July 1306 Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 20) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 13) were married. She the daughter of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 34). He the son of Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 45) and Isabella Beauchamp. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 23rd April 1307 [her mother] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 35) died at Clare, Suffolk [Map].

In 1308 [her son] Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 22) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 15). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.

In 1309 [her son] Gilbert Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 23) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 16). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.

In 1310 [her son] Edward Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 24) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 17). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.

In 1311 [her son] John Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 25) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 18). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.

In 1312 [her daughter] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 26) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 19). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1315 [her daughter] Eleanor Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 29) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 22). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1317 [her daughter] Joan Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 31) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 24). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 15th September 1317 [her future husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 52) and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick (age 33) were married. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

After 15th September 1317 William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 52) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Around 1319 [her daughter] Margaret Despencer was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 33) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 26) at Stoke, Gloucestershire. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 9th February 1321 [her son-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 15) and [her daughter] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel (age 9) were married at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map]. She by marriage Countess Arundel. He the son of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel (age 35) and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1323 [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 58) was created 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer. Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 30) by marriage Baroness Zouche Mortimer.

In 1324 Eleanor of Woodstock Plantagenet (age 5) was placed into the care of her cousin Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 31). She was subsequently placed into the care of [her step-father] Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 54) (he had formerly been married to her aunt [her mother] Joan of Acre and [her sister-in-law] Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny with her younger sister Joan of the Tower (age 2) at Pleshey Castle [Map].

In 1325 [her daughter] Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Berkeley was born to [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 39) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 32). She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Execution of the Despencers

On 24th November 1326 [her husband] Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 40) and Simon of Reading were hanged, drawn and quartered in Hereford [Map]. Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 31) and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 39) were present - see . Baron Despencer forfeit.

In 1330 [her son] William Zouche was born to [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 65) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 37). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.

In or after 1330 [her son] Robert Zouche 4th Baron Zouche Mortimer was born to [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 65) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 37). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.

Around 1332 [her son] Edward Zouche was born to [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 67) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 39) at Mortimer, Berkshire. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Before 24th March 1335 [her son] Edward Despencer (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Ferrers (age 36) were married. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 28th February 1336 [her husband] William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 71) died at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. He was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son [her step-son] Alan (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baron Zouche Mortimer. Eleanor Damory Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 17) by marriage Baroness Zouche Mortimer.

In 1337 [her daughter] Margaret Despencer (age 18) died at Watton Priory [Map].

On 30th June 1337 Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 44) died.

Founders and Benefactors of Tewkesbury Abbey. fol. 021r: [her former husband] Hugh II Despenser, Earl of Gloucester (d. 1326), became lord through marriage to Gilbert III’s sister [Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer]. A youthful figure in a ruff, wearing a hat with the three feathers of the Prince of Wales, plate armour and a mantle over his heraldic surcoat; he holds a hawk on his unprotected left hand. He was Lord Chamberlain to King Edward of Carnarvon. Three shields.

Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer 1292-1337 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer 1292-1337

Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer 1292-1337

Anne Neville Queen Consort England

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England

George Wharton

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer 1292-1337

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Clare 2nd Earl Hertford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gernon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud St Hilary Countess Hertford

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzrobert 2nd Earl Gloucester Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester

Great x 2 Grandmother: Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Beaumont Countess Gloucester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester

GrandFather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham

Father: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzrichard 6th Baron Halton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Albreda Lissours

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Essex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Essex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Vere Baroness Warkworth

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth

GrandMother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux

Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay

GrandFather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 4 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

Mother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile

Great x 2 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin

Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin

Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud II Count Clermont

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montgomery I Count Ponthieu

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice St Pol Countess Ponthieu

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance of Castile