Elizabeth de Beauchamp, Lady of Abergavenny

Elizabeth de Beauchamp (16 September 1415 Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England[1] – 18 June 1448[1]) was the only child and heiress of Richard de Beauchamp, Baron Abergavenny and 1st Earl of Worcester, by Isabel, daughter of Thomas le Despencer, Earl of Gloucester by Constance of York, granddaughter of Edward III.[1]

She inherited her father's estates upon his death (1421/2) and succeeded to the title of Lady Bergavenny [E., 1392] on 18 March 1421/22, suo jure.[1] She became the first wife of Edward Neville, 1st Baron Bergavenny (d.1476) before 18 October 1424.[1] He was a younger son of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland, daughter of John of Gaunt and his third wife, Katherine Roët.[1]

Elizabeth and Edward had several children including George Neville, 4th Baron Abergavenny.

She was buried at the Carmelites, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.[1]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 27, 29.