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Richard Despenser | |
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.svg) Arms of Despencer | |
| Baron Burghersh | |
| Reign | August 1402-1414 |
| Predecessor | Elizabeth de Burghersh |
| Successor | Isabel Despenser, Countess of Warwick |
| Born | 30 November 1396 |
| Died | 7 October 1414 Merton, Surrey, England |
| Buried | Tewkesbury Abbey |
| Noble family | le Despenser |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Neville |
| Father | Thomas Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester |
| Mother | Constance of York, Countess of Gloucester |
Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh, K.B (30 November 1396–7 October 1414)[1] was the son and heir of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1373–1400), by Constance of York.
Constance was a daughter of Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, fourth surviving son of Edward III of England, and Isabella of Castile, a daughter of Peter of Castile. His ancestry and marriage placed him in influential circles of the English nobility and he was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath, on 8 April 1413.[1]
- ^ a b Weir, Alison (18 April 2011). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. Random House. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4464-4911-0.