Elizabeth Beauchamp, Baroness (A)Bergavenny (16 September 1415 – 18 June 1448)[1] was a medieval English noblewoman and heiress. She was born at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire[2] and was the only child of Richard de Beauchamp, Baron Abergavenny and Earl of Worcester, by Isabel, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, Earl of Gloucester.[3] She was therefore the great-great-granddaughter of Edward III.[1]
Elizabeth Beauchamp | |
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| Born | 16 September 1415 Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 18 June 1448 (aged 32) |
| Spouse | Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny |
| Children | George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny |
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She inherited her father's estates upon his death in 1422, and succeeded to the title of Lady Bergavenny [E., 1392] on 18 March 1422, suo jure.[1][4]
She became the first wife of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny (d. 1476) before 18 October 1424.[1] He was a younger son of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, daughter of John of Gaunt and his third wife, Katherine Roët, aka Katherine Swynford.[1] Her husband's brother, George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer, married her step-sister, also named Elizabeth Beauchamp, daughter of her step-father Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick. Their half-brother and half-sister married their husbands' niece and nephew.
Elizabeth and Edward had five children including George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny.[2][3] She was buried in Coventry in the graveyard of the Carmelites.[1][4]
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edit- ^ a b c d e f Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 27, 29.
- ^ a b Luminarium website, Edward Neville, 1st Baron Bergavenny (d.1476)
- ^ a b Encyclopedia.com website, Beauchamp, Elizabeth (Fl. 1400s)
- ^ a b Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society website, Elizabeth (Beauchamp) suo jure Lady Bergavenny
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