Elizabeth de Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny

Elizabeth de Beauchamp, Baroness (A)bergavenny (16 September 1415, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England – 18 June 1448) was the only child and heiress of Richard de Beauchamp, Baron Abergavenny and 1st Earl of Worcester, by Isabel, daughter of Thomas le Despencer, Earl of Gloucester by Constance of York, granddaughter of Edward III.

She inherited her father's estates upon his death in 1421 or 1422, and succeeded to the title of Lady Bergavenny [E., 1392] on 18 March 1421/22, suo jure. She became the first wife of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny (d. 1476) before 18 October 1424. He was a younger son of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, daughter of John of Gaunt and his third wife, Katherine Roët, aka Katherine Swynford.

Elizabeth and Edward had several children including George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny. She was buried in Coventry in the graveyard of the Carmelites.

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Family of Elizabeth de Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny

16. Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick               8. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick                       17. Alice de Toeni               4. William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny                             18. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March               9. Katherine Mortimer                       19. Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville               2. Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester                                   20. Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel               10. Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel                       21. Eleanor of Lancaster               5. Joan FitzAlan                             22. William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton               11. Elizabeth de Bohun                       23. Elizabeth de Badlesmere               1. Elizabeth de Beauchamp, Baroness Abergavenny                                         24. Edward le Despenser               12. Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer                       25. Anne Ferrers               6. Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester                             26. Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh               13. Elizabeth de Burghersh                       27. Cicely Weyland               3. Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick                                   28. Edward III of England               14. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York                       29. Philippa of Hainault               7. Constance of York                             30. Peter of Castile               15. Isabella of Castile                       31. María de Padilla