Knight of Bath, Earl of Worcester, Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches, Captain of Lances and Archers in Normandy. Captaoin of Neuffle and Gizors.
Son and heir to Sir William Beauchamp, 1st Lord Bergavenny and Joan FitzAlan. Grandson of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp and Katherine de Mortimer, Sir Richard Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun. Grandfather of Sir Thomas de Roos, and cousin of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Husband of Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester and Constance Langley. They were married 27 July 1411 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and had one daughter, Lady Elizabeth de Beauchamp, later 3rd Baroness Bergavenny, who married Sir Edward Neville who was the mother of George de Neville.
He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Bergavenny on 8 May 1411 at his father's death, was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 8 April 1413, held the office of Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches in 1415, and gained the rank of Captain in 1418 in the service of the Lancers and Archers in Normandy. He was created 1st Earl of Worcester in February 1421. He fought in the Siege of Meaux in March 1422. The Earldom of Worcester appears to have reverted to the Crown on his death.
Richard died at Meaux, France, mortally wounded in action, and was buried on 25 April 1422 at Tewkesbury.
Isabel le Despenser would remarry, to her first husband's cousin, Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Son and heir to Sir William Beauchamp, 1st Lord Bergavenny and Joan FitzAlan. Grandson of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp and Katherine de Mortimer, Sir Richard Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun. Grandfather of Sir Thomas de Roos, and cousin of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Husband of Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester and Constance Langley. They were married 27 July 1411 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and had one daughter, Lady Elizabeth de Beauchamp, later 3rd Baroness Bergavenny, who married Sir Edward Neville who was the mother of George de Neville.
He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Bergavenny on 8 May 1411 at his father's death, was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 8 April 1413, held the office of Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches in 1415, and gained the rank of Captain in 1418 in the service of the Lancers and Archers in Normandy. He was created 1st Earl of Worcester in February 1421. He fought in the Siege of Meaux in March 1422. The Earldom of Worcester appears to have reverted to the Crown on his death.
Richard died at Meaux, France, mortally wounded in action, and was buried on 25 April 1422 at Tewkesbury.
Isabel le Despenser would remarry, to her first husband's cousin, Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Knight of Bath, Earl of Worcester, Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches, Captain of Lances and Archers in Normandy. Captaoin of Neuffle and Gizors.
Son and heir to Sir William Beauchamp, 1st Lord Bergavenny and Joan FitzAlan. Grandson of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp and Katherine de Mortimer, Sir Richard Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun. Grandfather of Sir Thomas de Roos, and cousin of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Husband of Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester and Constance Langley. They were married 27 July 1411 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and had one daughter, Lady Elizabeth de Beauchamp, later 3rd Baroness Bergavenny, who married Sir Edward Neville who was the mother of George de Neville.
He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Bergavenny on 8 May 1411 at his father's death, was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 8 April 1413, held the office of Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches in 1415, and gained the rank of Captain in 1418 in the service of the Lancers and Archers in Normandy. He was created 1st Earl of Worcester in February 1421. He fought in the Siege of Meaux in March 1422. The Earldom of Worcester appears to have reverted to the Crown on his death.
Richard died at Meaux, France, mortally wounded in action, and was buried on 25 April 1422 at Tewkesbury.
Isabel le Despenser would remarry, to her first husband's cousin, Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Son and heir to Sir William Beauchamp, 1st Lord Bergavenny and Joan FitzAlan. Grandson of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp and Katherine de Mortimer, Sir Richard Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun. Grandfather of Sir Thomas de Roos, and cousin of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Husband of Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester and Constance Langley. They were married 27 July 1411 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and had one daughter, Lady Elizabeth de Beauchamp, later 3rd Baroness Bergavenny, who married Sir Edward Neville who was the mother of George de Neville.
He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Bergavenny on 8 May 1411 at his father's death, was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 8 April 1413, held the office of Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches in 1415, and gained the rank of Captain in 1418 in the service of the Lancers and Archers in Normandy. He was created 1st Earl of Worcester in February 1421. He fought in the Siege of Meaux in March 1422. The Earldom of Worcester appears to have reverted to the Crown on his death.
Richard died at Meaux, France, mortally wounded in action, and was buried on 25 April 1422 at Tewkesbury.
Isabel le Despenser would remarry, to her first husband's cousin, Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
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