Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton (* around 1313 - † June 8, 1356 ) was an English noblewoman.
She was the daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare . After the conquest of Leeds Castle during the Despenser War , she and her mother and siblings were captured by King Edward II in 1321, who imprisoned them in the Tower of London . The king managed to defeat the aristocratic opposition to which her father belonged, after the victory her father was executed as a traitor in April 1322. Elizabeth was probably released in November 1322 with her mother and sisters. The king was overthrown by his wife Isabelle and her lover Roger Mortimer in 1326 and Roger Mortimer became regent of England. Probably shortly thereafter, Elizabeth was married to Mortimer's son Edmund .
In 1330, Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella were in a coup d'état by Isabella's son, the young King Edward III. overturned. It was Eduard III. supported among others by William de Bohun , a son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford . When Elizabeth's husband died in 1332, she married William de Bohun after November 1335. Through this marriage, the warring families Mortimer and Bohun should be reconciled. Since the two were related in the 4th degree, a papal dispensation was required for the marriage , which was issued on November 13, 1335.
When her only brother Giles died in 1338 with no descendants, Elizabeth and her three sisters became his heiresses. Elizabeth came into a rich inheritance, her husband had already been made Earl of Northampton in 1337 .
progeny
From her first marriage to Edmund de Mortimer, she had a son:
- Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (1328-1360)
From her marriage to William de Bohun, she had at least two children:
- Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1342-1373)
- Elizabeth de Bohun (around 1350–1385) ∞ Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel
Web links
- Elizabeth de Badlesmere on thepeerage.com , accessed July 28, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Find a grave: Elizabeth Badlesmere de Bohun. Retrieved June 14, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Badlesmere, Elizabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Badlesmere, Elizabeth, Countess of Northampton; De Bohun, Elizabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1313 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1356 |