Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick
Alice de Toeni | |
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Countess of Warwick Baroness Zouche de Mortimer | |
Born | c. 1284 Flamsted, John de Beauchamp Elizabeth de Beauchamp Alan la Zouche Joyce la Zouche |
Father | Ralph VII de Toeni, Lord Toeni of Flamsted |
Mother | Mary |
Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick (c. 1284 – bef. 8 January 1325) was a wealthy English heiress and the second wife of
Family and lineage
Alice de Toeni (or de Tosny) was born c. 1284 in Flamsted,
Marriages and issue
In 1300, when Alice was sixteen, she married her first husband, Sir Thomas Leybourne (died May 1307), son of Sir William Leybourne, by whom she had one daughter:
- Juliana de Leybourne (1303/4 – 30 October/2 November 1367), married firstly, John, Lord Hastings, by whom she had issue, secondly Thomas le Blount, and thirdly, William Clinton.
On 28 February 1309, less than two years after the death of her first husband, Alice married secondly
He had been previously married to Isabel de Clare, the daughter of
Alice and Guy had two sons and two daughters:
- Maud de Beauchamp (died 1366); she married Geoffrey de Say, 2nd Lord Say, by whom she had issue.
- Katherine Mortimer, by whom he had fifteen children.
- royal standard at the Battle of Crécy.
- Elizabeth de Beauchamp (1316—1359); she married in 1328 Thomas Astley, 3rd Lord Astley, by whom she had two sons, William Astley, 4th Lord Astley and Sir Thomas Astley, ancestor of the Astleys of Patshull and of Everley.
Following the sudden death of Guy de Beauchamp at Warwick Castle on 12 August 1315, which was rumoured to have been caused by poisoning, Alice married thirdly on 26 October 1316, William la Zouche, 1st Lord Zouche de Mortimer (see Baron Zouche), by whom she had a son and a daughter:[2]
- Alan la Zouche (bef. 15 November 1317 – 12 November 1346), 2nd Lord Zouche de Mortimer.
- Joyce la Zouche (c. 1318/20–1372); she married John Botetourt, 2nd Baron Botetourt.
Death
Alice de Toeni died on 1 January 1324 or 1325.[citation needed] The de Toeni lands and manors passed to her eldest son Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick. Her widower, Lord Zouche, later abducted and married Eleanor de Clare, widow of Hugh le Despenser, the Younger. Lord Zouche had been one of le Despenser's captors and had led the siege of Caerphilly Castle. [citation needed]