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     Isabel le Despenser was born posthumously on 26 July 1400 at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales^G.¹ She was also reported to have been born on 26 July 1400 at Elmley, Worcestershire, England^G.² She was the daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester and Constance Langley.³ She married, firstly, Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, son of William Beauchamp, 1st Lord Bergavenny and Lady Joan FitzAlan, on 27 July 1411 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ She married, secondly, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick and Margaret Ferrers, on 26 November 1423 at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England^G, by Papal dispensation.⁴ She died on 27 December 1439 at age 39 at Friars Minoress, London, England^G.⁴ She was buried on 13 January 1439/40 at Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England^G.⁴ Her will was proven (by probate) on 4 February 1439/40.⁵
     From 27 July 1411, her married name became Beauchamp.⁴ She succeeded as the 5th Baroness Burghersh [E., 1330] on 7 October 1414, suo jure.⁵ Her last will was dated 1 December 1439. In June 1441 at Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England^G, an inquest was held.⁴

     Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester was born before 1397.² He was the son of William Beauchamp, 1st Lord Bergavenny and Lady Joan FitzAlan.² He married Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester and Constance Langley, on 27 July 1411 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England^G.² He died on 18 March 1421/22 at Meaux, France^G, mortally wounded in action, without male issue.^2,3 He was buried on 25 April 1422 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England^G.²
     He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Bergavenny [E., 1392] on 8 May 1411.² He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 8 April 1413.² He held the office of Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches in 1415.² He gained the rank of Captain in 1418 in the Lancers and Archers in Normandy.² He was created 1st Earl of Worcester [England] in February 1420/21.³ He fought in the Siege of Meaux in March 1421/22.²
     The Earldom of Worcester appears to have reverted to the Crown on his death.³

     Lucia Visconti was born in 1372.¹ She was the daughter of Bernabò Visconti, Duca di Milano and Regina Beatrice della Scala.¹ She married Edmund de Holand, 4th/7th Earl of Kent, son of Thomas de Holand, 2nd/5th Earl of Kent and Lady Alice FitzAlan, on 24 January 1406/7 at St. Mary Overy, Southwark, London, England^G.² She died on 14 April 1424.¹
     After her marriage, Lucia Visconti was styled as Countess of Kent on 24 January 1407.

     Sir Thomas Grey was born circa 1402. He was the son of Sir Thomas Grey and Lady Alice Neville. He married Isabella Plantagenet, daughter of Richard of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge and Lady Anne de Mortimer, on 18 February 1413, by Royal Asset.¹ He died before 26 July 1443.¹
     His marriage to Isabella Plantagenet was annulled before 1426.¹

     Henry Bourchier was the son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and Isabella Plantagenet.¹ He married Elizabeth Scales, Baroness Scales, daughter of Thomas de Scales, 7th Baron Scales and Emma Walesborough.¹ He died in 1462.¹

     William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier was the son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and Isabella Plantagenet.¹ He married, firstly, Isobel de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford.² He married, secondly, Lady Anne Woodville, daughter of Richard Wydevill, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta de Luxembourg, before 15 August 1467.^1,3 He died before 26 June 1480.²
     He was styled as Viscount Bourchier.¹ He fought in the Battle of Barnet on 14 April 1471, fighting on the Yorkist side.³

     Lady Anne Woodville was born circa 1438.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Wydevill, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta de Luxembourg.¹ She married, firstly, William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier, son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and Isabella Plantagenet, before 15 August 1467.^1,2 She married, secondly, George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, son of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Catherine Percy, after 1483.² She died on 30 July 1489.²
     From before 15 August 1467, her married name became Bourchier.^1,2 From after 1483, her married name became Grey.³

     Ymana von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim was born in 1437.¹ She was the daughter of Kraft V Graf von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and Margareta von Oettingen.¹ She died in 1475.¹
     She was a member of the House of Hohenlohe.¹

     Thomas de Scales, 7th Baron Scales was born before 1402. He was the son of Robert de Scales, 5th Lord Scales and Elizabeth Bardolf.² He married Emma Walesborough.² He died on 25 July 1460.
     He gained the title of 7th Baron Scales.¹