Isabel de Verdon
Isabel de Verdon (also Verdun , married as Isabel de Ferrers, Baroness Ferrers of Groby , born March 21, 1317 in Amesbury , † July 25, 1349 ) was an English noblewoman .
Isabel de Verdon was the only daughter from the marriage of Theobald de Verdon, 2nd Baron Verdon and Elizabeth de Clare . Her mother was one of the heiresses of her brother Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford , as a wealthy heiress, Verdon had kidnapped and married the already widowed Elizabeth in February 1316. However, Verdon died before Isabel was born. Since he had died without male offspring, Isabel and the three daughters from their father's first marriage became his heir. Elizabeth de Clare retired to Amesbury Priory after her husband's death, where Isabel was born. Shortly after the birth, her mother married the courtier Roger Damory on May 3, 1317 , who died in 1322. After that, her mother did not remarry.
Before February 1331, Isabel was married to Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby . Her husband made a career at court as King's Chamberlain . Before 1335 he achieved that her father's inheritance was redistributed and more advantageously for Isabel. Isabel now received her father's Irish possessions as well as estates in seven counties in the Midlands between Derbyshire and Gloucestershire . Her mother assured her that Isabel or her descendants would inherit four more properties in the Midlands from her. Her husband fell ill in 1342 and died in September 1343. Isabel did not remarry and probably died of the plague at the age of 33.
progeny
From her marriage to Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby, she had several children, including:
- William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby (1333-1371);
- Ralph de Ferrers ⚭ Joan de Gray, widow of Sir William Harcourt and daughter of Richard de Gray ;
- Philippa de Ferrers († before 1384) ⚭ Sir Guy de Beauchamp († 1360), eldest son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick ;
- Elizabeth de Ferrers († 1375) ⚭ (1) David Strathbogie, 3rd Baron Strabolgi , ⚭ (2) John Malewayn.
Web links
- Isabel Verdun on thepeerage.com , accessed July 8, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jennifer C. Ward: Clare, Elizabeth de (1294 / 5-1360). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of January 2008
- ↑ Eric Acheson: Henry Ferrers [i], second Lord Ferrers (c.1303-1343). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Verdon, Isabel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Verdun, Isabel; De Ferrers, Isabel, Baroness Ferrers of Groby (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1317 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amesbury |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1349 |