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 1373 - 1400 (26 years)
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| Name |
Thomas le Despenser |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Knight, 1st Earl of Gloucester |
| Birth |
22 Sep 1373 |
Essendine, Rutland, England  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Jan 1400 |
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England GL20 5RZ [1] |
| Person ID |
I42617 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Father |
Sir Edward le Despenser, Knight, 1st Baron le Despencer, b. 24 Mar 1336, Essendine, Rutlandshire, England d. 11 Nov 1375, Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, Wales (Age 39 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth de Burghersh, b. ~ 1342, Burghersh, Rutlandshire, England d. 0___ 1409 (Age ~ 67 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef December 1364 [3, 4, 5] |
| Family ID |
F16613 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lady Constance of York, Princess of York, b. ~ 1374, Conisborough Castle, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England d. 28 Nov 1416, Reading, Reading, Berkshire, England (Age ~ 42 years) |
| Marriage |
~ 1396 |
(Conisborough Castle, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England) [1, 2] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F15441 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 22 Sep 1373 - Essendine, Rutland, England |
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 | Marriage - ~ 1396 - (Conisborough Castle, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England) |
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 | Death - 13 Jan 1400 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
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 | Burial - - Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England GL20 5RZ |
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| Notes |
- Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester KG (22 September 1373 - 13 January 1400) was the son of Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer, whom he succeeded in 1375.
Royal intrigues
A supporter of Richard II against Thomas of Woodstock and the Lords Appellant, he was rewarded with an Earldom as Earl of Gloucester in 1397.
However, he supported Henry Bolingbroke on his return to England to become King Henry IV, only to be attainted (deprived of his Earldom because of a capital crime) for his role in the death of Thomas of Woodstock.
He then took part in the Epiphany Rising, a rebellion led by a number of Barons aimed at restoring Richard to the throne by assassinating King Henry IV; this quickly failed when the conspirators were betrayed by Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York to Henry. After fleeing to the western counties, a number of the Epiphany Rising conspirators were captured and killed by mobs of townspeople loyal to the king; Despenser was captured by a mob and beheaded at Bristol on 13 January 1400.
Marriage
Thomas le Despenser married Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. They had issue, of whom:
Elizabeth le Despenser (died young c. 1398)
Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh (1396–1414)
Edward le Despenser (b. bef. 1400), died young
Hugh le Despenser (c. 1400–1401)
Isabel le Despenser (1400–1439), she married first Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, she married second his cousin Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick [2]
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| Sources |
- [S6522] Elizabeth Beauchamp, Countess of Worcester (1415-1448) Pedigree-Ahnentafel, http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/pedigree.p.
- [S7817] "Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1373-1400)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_le_Despenser,_.
- [S9200] "Dorothy (Melton) Darcy (abt. 1501 - 1557)" 7-generation ahnentafel, profile manager, Doug Lockwood, last updated March.
- [S9213] "Sir Robert (Robert I) d'Ufford formerly Ufford" Descendants List, http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Ufford-Descendants-.
- [S10592] "Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh KG (bef. 1329 - 5 April 1369)" biography, which was abstracted, downloade.
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