Eleanor Cobham | |
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Duchess of Gloucester | |
Born | c. 1400 Sterborough Castle, Surrey, English |
Died | 7 July 1452 (aged c. 52)[1] Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey, Wales [1] |
Spouse | Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (m. bet. 1428–1431; ann. c. 1441) |
Father | Sir Reynold Cobham |
Mother | Eleanor Culpeper |
Eleanor Cobham (c.1400 – 7 July 1452) was an English noblewoman, first the mistress and then the second wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. In 1441 she was forcibly divorced and sentenced to life imprisonment for treasonable necromancy, a punishment likely to have been politically motivated.[1]