Eleanor de Spencer ¹

  General Notes:

Daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser and Alivia Basset, dtr of Philip. Sister of the Hugh le Despenser who was executed as a traitor by Roger de Mortimer and Queen Isabella.

Wife of Sir Hugh de Courtenay, son of Sir John de Courtenay and Lady Isabel de Vere. Mother of three sons and four daughters:
* Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon
* John Courtenay
* Philip Courtenay
* Isabel de Courtenay, wife of John de Saint John, 1st Lord St John of Basing
* Aveline de Courtenay
* Egeline de Courtenay
* Margaret de Courtenay

Eleanor's maritagium included the manors of Wooton and Dunstredon. ²

Eleanor married Hugh de Courtney Fifth Baron of Courtney and Third Baron of Okehampton, son of John de Courtney Baron of Okehampton and Lady Isabel de Vere. (Hugh de Courtney Fifth Baron of Courtney and Third Baron of Okehampton was born on 25 Mar 1251 in Okehampton, Devon, England and died on 28 Feb 1292 in Colyton, East Devon District, Devon, England.)