Baroness Berkeley Elizabeth de Spenser

Abt 1327 - 1389  (62 years)

• Name	Elizabeth de Spenser  [1]
  Title	Baroness Berkeley
  Birth	Abt 1327	Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  	She may have been born to her mother sometime after her father's death, as she was not forced to take the veil like three of her older sisters
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Jul 1389	Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Burial	London, England   [1]
  	(St Botolph's Aldgate)
  Person ID	I6648	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	1st Lord Despenser and Lord of Glamorgan Hugh Despenser, the Younger,   b. 1 May 1286, Gloucestershire, England d. 24 Nov 1326 (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan Eleanor de Clare,   b. 3 Oct 1292, Glamorgan, Wales d. 30 Jun 1337, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	May 1306	Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F11641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	4th Lord Berkeley Maurice Berkeley,   b. 1330, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 1363 (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1338  [2]
  Children	1. Sir James Berkeley,   b. Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 13 Jun 1405, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1327 - Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England Death - 13 Jul 1389 - Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Burial - - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-Despencer Despencer Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Elizabeth le Despenser Berkeley 1326-1389. Daughter of Hugh le Despenser "the Younger" and Eleanor de Clare, daughter of Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. Granddaughter of Hugh le Despenser and Isabella de Beauchamp, Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre. Wife of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, son of Sir Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret de Mortimer. They were married about 1340 and had four sons and three daughters: * Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron de Berkeley * Sir James de Berkeley * John de Berkeley * Catherine de Berkeley * Agnes de Berkeley * Elizabeth de Berkeley After Sir Maurice died in 1368, Elizabeth married Sir Maurice de Wythe of Portbury, Somerset. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62129111/elizabeth-le-berkeley [S625] Virginia Historical Genealogies, Berkeley-Ligon Chart. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48234/VAHistGenealogies-005722-344/252090?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return Virginia Historical Genealogies Berkeley-Ligon Chart