Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan was a powerful Anglo-Welsh noblewoman who married Hugh Despenser the Younger, the future favourite of Edward II of England, and was a granddaughter of Edward I of England. With her sisters, Elizabeth de Clare and Margaret de Clare, she inherited her father's estates after the death of her brother, Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, 7th Earl of Hereford at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. She was born in 1292 at Caerphilly Castle in Glamorgan, Wales and was the eldest daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 5th Lord of Glamorgan and Princess Joan of Acre.
Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (born 1290)
On June 30, in the year 1337, Eleanor de Clare, English noblewoman (born 1290). This event is recorded as a Notable Deaths event in the history of June 30, one of 393 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on June 30, 1337 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Notable Deaths event in recorded history.
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- Wikipedia source last updated on 8 June 2026.
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