Richard Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh

Arms of Despencer: Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent; 2nd & 3rd: Gules, a fret or, over all a bend sable

Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh (1396–1414) was the son and heir of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1373–1400), by Constance of York. Constance was a daughter of Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, fourth surviving son of Edward III of England, and Isabella of Castile, a daughter of Peter of Castile. He was married to his 2nd cousin Lady Eleanor Neville (a granddaughter of John of Gaunt, a brother of Edmund of York), but died young without leaving issue. His heir was his younger sister Isabel, who married successively Earl of Worcester, and then his cousin, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick.

His widow Eleanor, Lady Burghersh remarried to Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Richard Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh

16. Hugh Despenser the younger 8. Edward le Despenser 17. Eleanor de Clare 4. Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer 9. Anne Ferrers 2. Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester 20. Bartholomew Burghersh, 1st Lord Burghersh 10. Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh 21. Elizabeth de Verdun 5. Elizabeth de Burghersh 22. Richard of Weyland 11. Cicely Weyland 1. Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh 24. Edward II of England 12. Edward III of England 25. Isabella of France 6. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York 26. William I, Count of Hainault 13. Philippa of Hainault 27. Joan of Valois 3. Constance of York 28. Alfonso XI of Castile 14. Peter of Castile 29. Maria of Portugal 7. Isabella of Castile 30. Juan García de Padilla, 1st Lord of Villagera 15. María de Padilla 31. María Fernández de Henestrosa