Margaret le Despenser

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Margaret le Despenser

Also Known As: "Margaret (Despencer) Ferrers"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ryhall, Rutland, England
Death: November 03, 1415 (45-54)
Warwickshire, England
Place of Burial: Merevale Abbey, Merevale, Warwwickshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer and Elizabeth de Burghersh, 3rd Baroness Burghersh
Wife of Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
Mother of Edward Ferrers; Edmund de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley; Thomas Ferrers, Esq. and Philippa Greene
Sister of Cicely le Despencer; Anne le Despencer; Elizabeth la Zouche and Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester
Half sister of Joanna MacCarthy Mor; Gerald Fitzgerald, 5th Earl of Kildare and Sean Fitzgerald

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About Margaret le Despenser

Margaret le Despenser

  • Birth: Abt 1365 in Ryhall, Rutland, England
  • Death: 3 Nov 1415 in Merevale Abbey, Warwick, England
  • Father: Sir Edward Despencer b: ABT 24 Mar 1335/1336
  • Mother: Elizabeth de Burghersh b: 1342

Marriage

  1. Sir Robert de Ferrers b: 31 Oct 1357/1359; his 2nd wife

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Margaret le Despenser's Timeline

1365
1365
Ryhall, Rutland, England
1387
1387
Staffordshire, England
1387
Chartley, Staffordshire, England
1389
1389
Chartley, Staffordshire, England
1393
1393
Chartley, Staffordshire, England
1415
November 3, 1415
Age 50
Warwickshire, England
November 1415
Age 50
Merevale Abbey, Merevale, Warwwickshire, England