Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex
| Isabel of Cambridge | |
|---|---|
| Countess of Essex | |
| Born | 1409 |
| Died | 2 October 1484 (aged 74–75) |
| Burial | Richard, 3rd Earl of Cambridge |
| Mother | Anne de Mortimer |
Arms of Plantagenet |
| Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge |
|---|
Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex (1409 – 2 October 1484) was the only daughter of
Early life
Isabel of York, the only daughter of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, and Anne de Mortimer, was born about 1409.
Isabel's father,
Marriages and issue
In 1412, at three years of age, Isabel was betrothed to Sir Thomas Grey (1404 – d. before 1426),[b] son and heir of Sir Thomas Grey (c. 1385 – 1415) of Heaton in Norham, Northumberland, and his wife, Alice Neville, the daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. The marriage took place on 18 February 1413. They had one son,[3] also called Thomas Grey (1423–1493). The elder Sir Thomas Grey was an associate of Isabel's father who also lost his life in the Southampton Plot.
She married, secondly,
- William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier (d. 1480), who married Anne Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, parents of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Cecily Bourchier, wife of John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley;
- Sir Henry Bourchier (d. 1462), who married Elizabeth Scales, 8th Baroness Scales.
- Humphrey Bourchier, 1st Baron Cromwell (d. 14 April 1471), slain at the Battle of Barnet.
- John Bourchier, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 1495), who married, firstly, Elizabeth Ferrers, and, secondly, Elizabeth Chichelle.
- Edward Bourchier (d. 30 December 1460). Killed in the Battle of Wakefield.[5]
- Sir Thomas Bourchier (b. prior to 1448 – 1492), who married Isabella Barre. No known children.[5]
- Florence Bourchier (d. 1525).[5]
- Fulk Bourchier, considered to have died young.[5]
- Hugh Bourchier, considered to have died young.[5]
- Isabella Bourchier, considered to have died young.[5]
- John Courtenay, 7th Earl of Devon (killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471).
Death
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, died on 4 April 1483. Isabel remained a widow and died on 2 October 1484.[4] A manuscript calendar records her death on VI Non Oct in 1484. Both were buried at Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon, Essex, but later reburied at Little Easton, Essex.[4]
Ancestry
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Notes
References
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 400–404.
- ^ Harriss 2004.
- ^ Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999. pp. 15, 1222
- ^ a b c Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3.
- ^ a b c d e f Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, UK: The Bodley Head, 1999), p. 111.
Bibliography
- Cokayne, George Edward (1932). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday. Vol. VIII. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 445–53.
- Harriss, G.L. (2004). "Richard , earl of Cambridge (1385–1415)". required.) (subscription required)
- Pugh, T.B. (1988). Henry V and the Southampton Plot of 1415. Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-86299-541-8.
- ISBN 978-1449966393.)
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