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Female Eleanore de Clare (Elinor) Click to view Eleanore de Clare in the family tree

Eleanore was born in October 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales.1   Eleanore's father was Gilbert (Red Earl) de Clare and her mother was Joan (of Acre) England.  Her paternal grandparents were Earl of Gloucester Richard De Clare and Maud De Lacie; her maternal grandparents were Edward (Longshanks) Plantagenet of England I and Princess Eleanor of Castile. She had two sisters named Margaret and Elizabeth.  She was the second oldest of the three children. She had a half-brother named Thomas.  She died at the age of 44 on June 30th, 1337.1 

Family Details of Eleanore's family with Hugh (The Younger) le Despencer Baron le Despencer, K.G.

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