Elizabeth le Despenser

Elizabeth le Despenser
Baroness Arundel Baroness Zouche
Spouse(s)	John Fitzalan, 2nd Baron Arundel William la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche
Issue John de Arundel, Lord Maltravers Thomas Fitzalan Edward/Edmund Arundel Margaret, Baroness de Ros
Father	Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
Mother	Elizabeth Burghersh
Died	10 April 1408

Elizabeth Despenser (died 10 April 1408) was an English noblewoman of the late 14th century. She should not be confused with another woman of that name, Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley, the daughter of Eleanor de Clare.

She was the daughter of Sir Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, by Lady Elizabeth Burghersh, daughter and heiress of Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh.

First marriage

She married Sir John Fitzalan, 2nd Lord Arundel. They had three sons:

• John de Arundel, Lord Maltravers, and Lord Arundel.
• Thomas Fitzalan.
• Edward/Edmund Arundel.
• Margaret (married to William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros)

Sir John de Arundel, 2nd Baron Arundel, died on 14 August 1390, and was buried at Missenden Abbey, Buckinghamshire.

Second marriage

Elizabeth married secondly, apparently after 28 April 1393 (as his second wife), William la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche of Haryngworth (d. 13 May 1396). They had no children.

Her will requested burial at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.

References

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 21-32, 74-35, 212-34