Eleanor Despenser, de Courtney

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• Name	Eleanor Despenser
  Suffix	de Courtney
  Birth	bef. 1251
  Gender	Female
  Death	1328
  Person ID	I105552905	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Hugh Despenser, "the elder", 1st Baron le Despencer, Justicar of England,   b. 1223   d. 4 Aug 1265, Battle of Evesham, Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Aline Basset,   b. abt. 1223   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F399262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hugh de Courtney, m. Eleanor Despenser,   b. 25 Mar 1250, Okehampton, Devonshire, England, UK d. 3 Mar 1291, Cullicomb, Devonshire, England, UK (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	abt. 1272	Devonshire, England, UK
  Marriage fact	HUGH de Courtenay of Okehampton (-Colcombe 28 Feb 1292, bur Cowick near Exeter). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey names "Hugonem de Courtnay primum" as son of "dominum Johannem de Courtenay" and his wife "Isabellam filiam domini Johannis de Veere comitis Oxoniæ". Inquisitions after a writ dated 11 May "2 Edw I" following the death of "John de Corteney alias de Curtenay" name "Isabel sometime his wife...Hugh his son aged 24 is his next heir". The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey records the death "apud Colecombe III Kal Mar 1291" of "Hugonem de Courtnay primum" and his burial "apud Cowick prope Exon.". m ELEANOR le Despencer, daughter of Sir HUGH le Despencer & his wife Aline Basset of Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (-30 Sep 1328, bur Cowick near Exeter). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey records that "Hugonem de Courtnay primum" married "Elianoram filiam…domini Hugonis le Despencer primi, patris etiam domini Hugonis le Despencer…postea comitis Winton". The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey records the death "1328 II Kal Oct" of "Hugonem de Courtnay primum…[vidua] domina Alianora" and her burial "prope maritum…apud Cowick".
  Children	+ 1. Isabella Courtney, St. John,   b. abt. 1263   d. aft. 1325 (Age 63 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Aveline de Courtney, Giffard,   b. abt. 1265  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. Egeline or Eleanor de Courtney, m. Robert le Scales,   b. abt. 1267  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. Margaret or Margery de Courtney, de Moels,   b. abt. 1269  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 5. Hugh de Courtney, Earl of Devon; m. Agnes St. John,   b. 14 Sep 1273, Okehampton, Devonshire, England, UK d. 23 Dec 1340, Exeter, Devonshire, England, UK (Age 67 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. Philip de Courtney,   b. abt. 1275   d. 24 Jun 1314 (Age 39 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   7. John de Courtney,   b. abt. 1277   d. died young  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   8. Robert de Courtney,   b. abt. 1279   d. died young  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   9. Alice de Courtney,   b. abt. 1290   d. died young  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F399257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2024

  
  

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  Suzanne St. John. "Eleanor Despenser, de Courtney". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I105552905&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025).