Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan (3 October 1292 â€"
30 June 1337) was a powerful English noblewoman who married Hugh
Despenser the Younger and was a granddaughter of Edward I of England.
With her sisters, Elizabeth de Clare and Margaret de Clare, she
inherited her father's estates after the death of her brother, Gilbert
de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, 7th Earl of Hereford at the Battle
of Bannockburn in 1314. She was born in 1292 at Caerphilly Castle in
Glamorgan, Wales and was the eldest daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th
Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 5th Lord of Glamorgan and
Princess Joan of Acre.Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan
(3 October 1292 â€" 30 June 1337) was a powerful English noblewoman
who married Hugh Despenser the Younger and was a granddaughter of
Edward I of England. With her sisters, Elizabeth de Clare and Margaret
de Clare, she inherited her father's estates after the death of her
brother, Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, 7th Earl of
Hereford at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. She was born in 1292 at
Caerphilly Castle in Glamorgan, Wales and was the eldest daughter of
Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 5th
Lord of Glamorgan and Princess Joan of Acre.As a co-heiress with her
sisters Elizabeth de Clare (wife of Roger d'Amory), and Margaret de
Clare (wife of Hugh Audley), in 1314 she inherited the de Clare
estates including the huge feudal barony of Gloucester, following the
death of her brother, Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Gloucester at the
Battle of Bannockburn. The partition was not fully settled until 1317.
During this period the family seat of Caerphilly Castle was held by
the king under the stewardship of Payn de Turberville of Coity Castle.
In protest against Turberville's mistreatment, the Welsh nobleman
Llywelyn Bren and his supporters launched a surprise attack on 28
January 1316, and besieged Caerphilly Castle, which successfully held
out under the command of "The lady of Clare" (almost certainly
Eleanor) and a small garrison until relieved by Sir William Montacute
on 12 March 1316.In May 1306 at Westminster, Eleanor married Hugh le
Despenser the Younger, the son of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of
Winchester by his wife Isabella de Beauchamp, daughter of William de
Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. Despenser thereby became Lord of
Glamorgan. Her grandfather, King Edward I, granted Eleanor a dowry of
2,000 pounds sterling. Eleanor's husband rose to prominence as the new
favourite of her uncle, King Edward II of England. The king strongly
favoured Hugh and Eleanor, visiting them often and granting them many
gifts. Eleanor's fortunes changed drastically after the invasion of
Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer, following which her husband
Hugh le Despenser was executed. Eleanor de Clare Top Movies & Young Movies