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Alianore

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Re: Eleanor of Castile
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2006, 12:46:06 PM »
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Thanks for the info Alianore! I can be thankful to Joan's daughter Elizabeth, as she founded a college I went to!
Elizabeth de Clare was another member of the royal family who supported Isabella's invasion apparently.


I am certainly a mine of useless useful info.   :D

Aha, you went to Clare College!  Fantastic building!  Yes, Liz certainly supported the invasion - she was a friend of Isabella and had been badly treated by her own brother-in-law, the lovely Despenser.  There's an excellent bio of Liz de Clare, by Frances Underhill - 'For Her Good Estate', highly recommended.  ;D Another supporter of Isa. was another niece of Ed2 - Joan of Bar, daughter of Eleanor.

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« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2006, 12:54:05 PM »
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 I am certainly a mine of useless useful info.   :D

Aha, you went to Clare College!  Fantastic building!  Yes, Liz certainly supported the invasion - she was a friend of Isabella and had been badly treated by her own brother-in-law, the lovely Despenser.  There's an excellent bio of Liz de Clare, by Frances Underhill - 'For Her Good Estate', highly recommended.  ;D Another supporter of Isa. was another niece of Ed2 - Joan of Bar, daughter of Eleanor.


There's a portrait of her in the hall, which I think must have been done long after her death.

Joan of Acre is a very interesting character not just because she is the only member of the royal family I can think of born in Asia (or outside Europe for that matter).
Eleanor de Clare married the younger Despenser (and had nine children with him!).
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Alianore

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Re: Eleanor of Castile
« Reply #32 on: January 18, 2006, 07:46:09 AM »
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There's a portrait of her in the hall, which I think must have been done long after her death.

Joan of Acre is a very interesting character not just because she is the only member of the royal family I can think of born in Asia (or outside Europe for that matter).
Eleanor de Clare married the younger Despenser (and had nine children with him!).


Yes, I'm quite a fan of Joan too!  She spent most of her childhood in France, being brought up by her grandmother, Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu.  And of course she had the courage to defy her father and marry a man of her own choice.
Alianore/Eleanor de Clare was married to Despenser by Edward I, her grandfather, not Edward II, as many people seem to think (not you, bell!)  ;)  They were married for 20 years.  In early 1329, she was abducted (and married) from Hanley Castle by William la Zouche, who was one of the men who'd arrested Despenser.

bell_the_cat

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« Reply #33 on: January 18, 2006, 10:14:51 AM »
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Yes, I'm quite a fan of Joan too!  She spent most of her childhood in France, being brought up by her grandmother, Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu.  And of course she had the courage to defy her father and marry a man of her own choice.
Alianore/Eleanor de Clare was married to Despenser by Edward I, her grandfather, not Edward II, as many people seem to think (not you, bell!)  ;)  They were married for 20 years.  In early 1329, she was abducted (and married) from Hanley Castle by William la Zouche, who was one of the men who'd arrested Despenser.




There was also a Hugh Despenser the youngest! He was the son of Hugh Despenser the younger and was about eighteen at the time of his father's (and grandfather's) execution. He was imprisoned but later released.

This Hugh was the great grandson of Eleanor of Castile (hope I've got that right).

Alianore

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« Reply #34 on: January 18, 2006, 11:01:43 AM »
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There was also a Hugh Despenser the youngest! He was the son of Hugh Despenser the younger and was about eighteen at the time of his father's (and grandfather's) execution. He was imprisoned but later released.

This Hugh was the great grandson of Eleanor of Castile (hope I've got that right).


Yes - he was the eldest great-grandchild of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile.  He was besieged at Caerphilly (aged seventeen or eighteen) between November 1326 and Feb 1327, but the garrison remained loyal to him, and only surrendered when Isabella and Mortimer agreed not to execute him.  He was imprisoned, and only released by Ed III in Feb 1331, I think.  He played quite a big part in the early campaigns of the 100 Years War, was restored to a lot of his parents' lands in 1337, and died childless in 1349, though he was married to Elizabeth Montacute.
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