Beauchamp, Isabel (fl. 1285)

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Beauchamp, Isabel (fl. 1285)

Countess of Winchester. Name variations: Isabel Despenser; Isabel Chaworth. Flourished around 1285; daughter of William Beauchamp, 1st earl of Warwick, andMaud Fitzjohn ; married Patrick Chaworth; married Hugh Despenser, Sr. (c. 1262–1326), earl of Winchester (executed, October 1326); children: (first marriage)Maud Chaworth (1282–c. 1322); (second marriage) Hugh Despenser, Jr. (c. 1285–1326);Isabel Despenser (who married John Hastings, 2nd baron Hastings).

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