Lady Kidwelly, Baroness Despenser Isabella de Beauchamp

1263 - 1306  (43 years)

• Name	Isabella de Beauchamp  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Lady Kidwelly, Baroness Despenser
  Birth	1263  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 May 1306  [1]
  Burial	Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  	(St Mary the Virgin Church)
  Person ID	I26537	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	1st Earl Winchester Hugh Despenser, the Elder,   b. 1 Mar 1261, Gloucestershire, England d. 27 Oct 1326, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1286
  	Isabella married Sir Hugh le Despenser without the King's licence for which Sir Hugh had to pay a fine of 2000 marks
  Children	1. 1st Lord Despenser and Lord of Glamorgan Hugh Despenser, the Younger,   b. 1 May 1286, Gloucestershire, England d. 24 Nov 1326 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Lord of Kidwelly Sir Patrick Chaworth,   b. 1254   d. 7 Jul 1283 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1281
  Family ID	F8964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-BEAUCHAMP Beauchamp/de Beauchamp Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Isabel De Beauchamp Despenser 1256-1306. Lady Isabel De Beauchamp Despenser was an English noblewoman and a wealthy heiress. She married twice; firstly to Sir Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of Kidwelly, by whom she had a daughter, Maud Chaworth. Her second husband was Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester, by whom she had four children, including Hugh le Despencer. Her second husband and eldest son were both executed in 1326 by the orders of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and his mistress, Isabella of France, Queen-consort to King Edward II. The couple were de facto rulers of England at the time. Isabel de Beauchamp had been dead for over twenty years at the time of their executions. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103523964/de [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 4508.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CM1. [S202] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;).