Brief Life History of Isabel
When Isabel le Despenser was born on 26 July 1400, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, her father, Thomas Despenser, was 26 and her mother, Constance of York, was 26. She married Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester on 27 July 1411, in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 27 December 1439, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 39, and was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Isabel Le Despencer, "Ireland Deaths, 1864-1870"
- Isabel Le Despencer in entry for Richard Beauchamp, "Ireland Deaths, 1864-1870"
- Isabel Despencer De Beauchamp, "Find A Grave Index"
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Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Thanh, Hung, Minh, Dung, Tuan, Hai, Hoa, Thuy, Son, Anh, Long, Hoang. Chinese Hong, Sang, Chi, Dong, Tong, Lai, Hang, Man, Han, Ho, Phoung, Chan. Korean Tam, Phong, Nam, Thai, Tuong, Chung, Thach, Tinh, Manh, Tham, Uyen, Vang.
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 樂, meaning ‘happiness’ in Chinese: from the first element of the personal name Le Fu (樂父), style name of Yan, son of the Duke Dai of Song (ruler of the state of Song, reigned 799–766 BC ). Yan's grandson Le Ju (樂莒) inherited Le (樂) as his surname.
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 勒: (i) from the second element of the placename Shu-Le (疏勒), an ancient state (located in present-day Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region) during the Western Han dynasty (206 BC –25 AD ). (ii) a surname near the Bohai Sea region during the Han dynasty (206 BC –220 AD ). (iii) a surname traced back to the Hun ethnic group in northern China during the Jin dynasty (265–420 AD ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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