Paternal Family Tree: Despencer
Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera -1356
Before 7th November 1379 [her father] Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 6] and [her mother] Constance York Countess Gloucester [aged 5] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York [aged 38] and [her grandmother] Isabella of Castile Duchess York [aged 24]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 5th October 1397 [her future husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 15] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick [aged 11] were married. He the son of Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick [aged 59] and Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick [aged 50]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 13th January 1400 [her father] Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 26] was beheaded at Bristol, Gloucestershire [Map].
On 26th July 1400 Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester was born to Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester and Constance York Countess Gloucester [aged 26] some six months after her father had been beheaded during the Epiphany Rising. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 8th April 1401 Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick [aged 63] died. His son [her future husband] Richard [aged 19] succeeded 13th Earl Warwick. Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick [aged 15] by marriage Countess Warwick.
In August 1402 [her grandmother] Elizabeth Burghesh 3rd Baron Burghesh [aged 60] died. Her grandson [her brother] Richard [aged 5] succeeded 4th Baron Burghesh.
On 21st July 1403 King Henry IV of England [aged 36], with his son the future King Henry V of England [aged 16], defeated the rebel army of Henry "Hotspur" Percy [aged 39] at the Battle of Shrewsbury at the site now known as Battlefield, Shrewsbury [Map]. King Henry V of England took an arrow to the side of his face. John Stanley [aged 53] was wounded in the throat. Thomas Strickland [aged 36] fought and was awarded £38 and two of the rebel Henry's horses. [her future husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 21] fought for the King. Walter Blount [aged 55], the King's Standard Bearer, was killed by Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 31].
Thomas Wendesley [aged 59], Edmund Cockayne [aged 47] and Robert Goushill were killed.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford [aged 25] was killed. His son Humphrey Stafford succeeded 6th Earl Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford.
Hugh Shirley [aged 52] was killed; he was one of four knights dressed as King Henry IV of England.
Of the rebels, Henry "Hotspur" Percy, Madog Kynaston [aged 43] and John Clifton were killed.
John Rossall was killed. His sister Eleanor Rossall [aged 26] inherited a half-share in the Rossall Shrewsbury [Map] estates.
John Massey [aged 65] was killed.
On 8th May 1411 William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny [aged 68] died at Meaux [Map]. He was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son [her future husband] Richard [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Baron Abergavenny.
On 27th July 1411 Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 15] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 11] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester and Constance York Countess Gloucester [aged 37]. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 1414 [her brother] Richard Despencer 4th Baron Burghesh [aged 17] and [her sister-in-law] Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Burghesh. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 49] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 34]. He the son of [her father] Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester and [her mother] Constance York Countess Gloucester [aged 39]. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 7th October 1414 [her brother] Richard Despencer 4th Baron Burghesh [aged 17] died. His sister Isabel [aged 14] succeeded 5th Baroness Burghesh.
On 16th September 1415 [her daughter] Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny was born to [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 19] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 15] at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 1436 her second cousin once removed Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny, son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland, and had issue.
25th October 1415. At the Battle of Agincourt the English included: Louis Robbessart [aged 25], [her future husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 33], William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux [aged 26], William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 41], Thomas Rokeby [aged 35], John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke [aged 51], Edward Courtenay [aged 30], Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell [aged 12], Thomas Dutton [aged 19], Edmund Ferrers 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 29], Roger Fiennes [aged 31], Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh [aged 57], John Grey [aged 28], John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 31], William Harrington [aged 42] as the King's Standard Bearer, Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 37], Piers Legh [aged 26] (wounded), Alfred Longford, Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury [aged 27], Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley [aged 22], John Rodney, Richard Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 22], Robert Strelley [aged 18], [her future brother-in-law] James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet [aged 17], Robert Umfraville [aged 52], Thomas West 2nd Baron West [aged 35], Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 30]. Thomas Erpingham [aged 60] commanded the archers. Thomas Rempston [aged 26] was present. Thomas Strickland [aged 48] carried the Banner of St George.
Thomas Tunstall [aged 57] was killed.
The Welsh included: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert [aged 35], Walter Sais [aged 95], Roger Vaughan [aged 70] and his son Roger Vaughan [aged 5]. Owen Tudor [aged 15] is believed to have been present as a squire.
On 29th November 1416 [her mother] Constance York Countess Gloucester [aged 42] died at Reading Abbey, Berkshire [Map].
In 1421 [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 25] was created 1st Earl Worcester. Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 20] by marriage Countess Worcester.
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In 1422 [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 26] died. Earl Worcester extinct. His daughter Elizabeth [aged 6] succeeded 3rd Baroness Abergavenny.
Before 1425 Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 42] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester and Constance York Countess Gloucester. He the son of Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick and Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 21st March 1425 [her son] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick was born to [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 43] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 24] at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 1434 his third cousin Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick, daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury, and had issue.
On 6th September 1425 John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 42] and [her step-daughter] Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 43] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 13th July 1426 [her daughter] Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick was born to [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 44] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 25] at Caversham Castle [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 1436 her third cousin Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury, son of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury, and had issue.
Before 9th September 1427 Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 19] and [her step-daughter] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. She the daughter of [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 45] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
After 14th September 1430 [her brother-in-law] James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet [aged 32] and [her illegitimate half-sister] Eleanor Holland Baroness Audley Heighley [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, Baroness Tuchet. She the illegitmate daughter of Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent and [her mother] Constance York Countess Gloucester. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In or before 1432 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 25] and [her step-daughter] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 49] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. He the son of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 46]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1434 Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 8] and Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 10] were married at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map]. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. His sister Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 7] would marry her brother Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 5] two years later. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 34] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 27]. He the son of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 51] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 33]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1436 [her son-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 7] and Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 9] were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. His sister Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 12] had previously married her brother Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 10]. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 53] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 35]. He the son of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 36] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 29]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
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In 1436 [her son-in-law] Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny [aged 23] and Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny [aged 20] were married. He by marriage Baron Abergavenny. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 35]. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 57]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1437 George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 30] and [her step-daughter] Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Latimer of Snape. She the daughter of [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 54] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 58]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
A Tour of Wales by Thomas Pennant Volume 1. I have also heard there had been another of St. Wenefrede. To grace the image on high festivals, it is probable, that Isabel, countess of Warwick [aged 38], widow to the great [her husband] Richard Beauchamp [aged 56], left to St. Wenefrede, in 1439, her gown of russet velvet.1
Note 1. Dugdale's Warwickshire, I. 414.
On 30th April 1439 [her husband] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 57] died at Rouen, France [Map]. His son Henry [aged 14] succeeded 14th Earl Warwick. Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 15] by marriage Countess Warwick.
In the middle of the Beauchamp Chapel [Map] lieth upon a tomb of marble, in full statue, the effigy of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in armour, all made of fine latten brass, doubly guilt.
Besides these there stand round about, his tomb, eighteen lesser images, made of brass and gilt, resembling angels, with this label: Glory and for Praise to God - Mercy to the Dead.
The Inscription about his tomb, engraved in brass, in the uncouth diction and spelling, is as follows:
Preith devoutly for the Sowel whom God assoile of one of the moost worshipful Knightes, in his Dayles of Monhode and Conning. Richard Beauchamp, late Earl of Warrewyk. Lord Despenser of Bergevenny, of mony other grete Lordships; whose Body resteth here under this Tumbe in a ful seire voute of Stone set on the bare rooch, the which visited with longe sikness in the Castel of Roan therinne deceased full cristenty the last day of April, the yer of our Lord God MCCCCXXXIX. He being at that time lieutenant, genal and goverin of the Roialmes of Fraunce, and of the Duchie of Normandie by sufficient authorite of oure Sovaigne Lord the King Harry the sixth, the which body with grete deliberacon and ful worshipful Conduit by see and by lond was brought to Warrewik the iiii day of October the yer aboveseide and was leide with ful solemne exequies in a feir Chest made of Stone in this Church, afore the west dore of this Chapel according to his last Wille and Testament therein to reste, til this Chapel by him devised in his lief were made. At the whuche Chapel founded on the rooche and alle the Membres thereof, his Executors dede fully make and apparaille, by the autorite of his said wille & Testament, and thereafter by the same autorite then dide translate ful worshipfully the seide body into the vout abouesaide; honired be God therefore.
At his head there is a great helm with a crest of a swan with a Coronet around its neck.
At his right foot a muzzled bear which features on the Beauchamp Bear and Ragged Staff badge.
At his left foot a griffin.
Over the said monument is a hearse of brass, gilt, made designedly to support a covering over the curious repository of the remains of this once great Earl.
Round about his tomb, stand fourteen images of brass, all gilt; under the feet of each of them is a coat of arms. These images are resembling fourteen lords and ladies, called weepers.
At the head of the tomb: Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick, and Lady Cecil, his wife, daughter to Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury [aged 39].
On the south side: Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury;
Edmund Beaufort [aged 33], Duke of Somerset;
Humphrey Stafford [aged 36], Duke of Buckingham;
John Talbot [aged 56], Earl of Shrewsbury;
Richard Nevil [aged 10], Earl of Warwick.
At the foot of the tomb: George Nevil [aged 32], Lord Lattimer, and Elizabeth [aged 22], his wife, daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
On the north side: Anne [aged 12], daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, wife to Richard, Earl of Warwick.
Eleanor [aged 30], daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and wife to Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset;
Anne [aged 31], daughter to Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmoreland, wife to Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham;
Margaret [aged 35], eldest daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, wife to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury;
Alice [aged 32], daughter and heiress to Thomas Montague, Earl of Salisbury, wife to Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury;
On 27th December 1439 Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 39] died. Her son Henry [aged 14] succeeded 6th Baron Burghesh.
Dugdale's Warwickshire. Touching the said Lady Isabel [deceased] his Countesse I find, that she did not long survive him; for her Testament1 bears dare the date the first of December following, and the probat thereof 4. Febr. the same year. Of which Testament, forasmuch as it is very mememorable, I shall here deliver the substance; viz,. that her body should be interred in the Abby of Teskesbury [Map], and her great Templys2 with the baleys3 sold to the utmost, and delivered to the Monks of that house, so that they grutcht not with her burial there, and what else she had appointed to be done about the same. As also that her statue should be made all nakyd with her hair cast backwards according to the design and modell that one Thomas Porchalion had for that purpose and Mary Madg. laying her hands a-crosse, with S. John the Evang. on the right side and on the left side S. Anthony; and at her feet a Scocheon empaling her Arms with those of the Earle her late Husband, supported by two Gryphons, but on the sides thereof the statues of poor men and women in their poor array, with their beads in their hands. She also willed, that of her great Sharp a Challice should be made & offered to our Lady in the Lady-Chapell there at Tewkesbury and gave to our Lady of Caversham a Crown of Gold made of her Chain (weighing 25.l.) and other broken Gold in her Cabinet; and two Tablets, the one of S. Catherine, the other of S. George, the precious stones of which Tablets to be set in the said Crown. Her Tablet with the Image of our Lady, having a Glasse for it, she appointed to be offered unto our Lady of Walsingham with wide slieves, and a Tabernacle of silver like in the timbre to that over on; Lady of Caversham; and that her great Image of Wax, then at London, should be offered to our Lady of Worcester. To the Abby of Tewkesbury she gave her wedding Gown, and all her Cloaths of Gold, and Cloaths of Silk without Furs, saving one of Russet Velvet which she bequeathed to S. Winifride [Map]; further directing that all her precious Stones and Pearls should be sold, as also her silver Vessel and goods to perform her Will, whereof Sr. Will Mountfort, John Nansan, and John Norreii were consticuted Executors.
Note 1. Lussnam Q 27.
Note 2. Jewels hanging on womens foreheads by bodkins thrust into their hair.
Note 3. Pale, or Peach coloured Rubies.
Founders and Benefactors of Tewkesbury Abbey. fol. 031r: Isabel Despenser (1400-1439), in a bed with green tester and tassels, receiving the last rights from William of Bristol, a kneeling tonsured abbot in a brown habit (rather than the Benedictine black) but with the Benedictine cowl, he carries a large golden crozier.
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The most famous holy well in the three kingdoms is undoubtedly that dedicated to St Winifred (Holywell, Flintshire) [Map] at whose shrine Giraldus Cambrensis offered his devotions in the twelth century, when he says she seemed 'still to retain her miraculous powers.' Winifred was a noble British maiden of the seventh century; a certain Prince Cradocus fell in love with her, and finding his rough advances repulsed, cut off the lady's head. Immediately he had done this, the prince was struck dead, and the earth opening, swallowed up his bodv. Meanwhile, Winifred's head rolled down the hill; where it stopped, a spring gushed forth, the blood from the head colouring the pebbles over which it flowed, and rendering fragrant the moss growing around. St Bueno picked up the head, and skilfully reunited it to the body to which it belonged, after which Winifred lived a life of sanctity for fifteen years, while the spring to which she gave her name became famous in the land for its curative powers.
The spring rises from a bed of shingle at the foot of a steep hill, the water rushing out with great impetuosity, and flowing into and over the main basin into a smaller one in front. The well is enclosed by a building in the perpendicular Gothic style (dating from the beginning of the reign of Henry VII), which forms a crypt under a small chapel contiguous to the parish church, and on a level with it; the entmnce to the well being by descent of about twenty steps from the street. The well itself is a star-shaped basin, ten feet in diameter, canopied by a most graceful stellar vault, and originally enclosed by stone traceried screens filling up the spaces between the supports. Round the basin is an ambulatory similarly vaulted.1 The sculptural ornaments consisted of grotesque animals, and the armorial-bearings of various benefactors of the shrine; among them being Catharine of Aragon, Margaret, mother of Henry II, and different members of the Stanley family, the founder both of the crypt and the chapel above it. Formerly, the former contained statues of the Virgin Mary and St Winifred. The first was removed in 1635; the fate of Winifred's to which a Countess of Warwick (1439) bequeathed her ruset velvet gown, is unknown. On the stones at the bottom of the well grow Bissus iolethus, and a species of red Jungermania moss in the vulgar tongue as Winifred's hair an blood. In the seventeenth century St Winifred could boast thousands of votaries.
James II paid a visit to the shrine in 1688, and received the shift worn by his great-grandmother at her execution, for his pains. Pennant found the roof of the vault hung with the crutches of grateful cripples. He says, 'the resort of pilgrims of late years to these Fontanalia has cosiderably increased; the greatest still a few are to be seen in the water, in deep devotion up to their chins for hours, sending up a number of evolutions well; or threading the arches a prescribed number of times.' An attempt to revive the public faith in the Flintshire saint made in 1805, when a pamphlet was published, detailing how one Winefred White, of Wolverhampton, experienced the benefit of the virtue of the spring. The cure is certified by a resident of Holywell, named Elizabeth Jones, in the following terms: 'l hereby declare that about three months ago, I saw a young woman calling Winefred White, walking with great difficulty on a crutch; and that on the following morning, the said Winefred White came to me running, and without any appearance of lameness, having as she told me, been immediately cured once bathing in St Winifred's Well.' It was of no avail, a dead belief vas not to be brought again to life even by Elizabeth Jones of Holywell.
Note 1. Archaeological Journal, iii, 148.
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Basset 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 
7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Despencer Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 
3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England 
son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Grandfather: Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 
3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 3 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Despencer 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Lucy 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christiana Plessey Baroness Segrave
Father: Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gunselin Badlesmere 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzbernard
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 1st Lord Verdun 
9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Bohun Lady Verdun 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 
2 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandmother: Elizabeth Burghesh 3rd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Weyland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard de Weyland 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de de Braose 
Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary de de Braose 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Le Rus
Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Weyland 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England 
Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward II of England son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon 
Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Edward III of England son of King Edward II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 
son of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France son of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip IV of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I King Navarre 
2 x Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Grandfather: Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York 
son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Avesnes I Count Hainaut 4 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainaut 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxembourg V Count Luxembourg III Count Namur 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Luxembourg Countess Hainaut and Holland 5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxembourg and Namur 4 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France son of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois son of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England
Mother: Constance York Countess Gloucester Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon 2 x Great Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand IV King Castile IV King Leon 3 x Great Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso "Avenger" XI King Castile 4 x Great Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Denis I King Portugal 
2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter "Cruel" I King Castile 5 x Great Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Denis I King Portugal 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Burgundy Queen Consort Castile 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon 2 x Great Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal 3 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
Grandmother: Isabella of Castile Duchess York 6 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Garcia Padilla
Great x 2 Grandfather: Juan García Padilla 1st Lord Villagera
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Padilla
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fernán González Henestrosa
Great x 2 Grandmother: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera