Constance of York (c. 1374 - 29 November 1416) was the only daughter of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and his wife Isabella of Castile, daughter of Pedro of Castile and Maria de Padilla. On about 7 November 1379, Constance married Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (22 September 1373 - 16 January 1400), who was eventually beheaded at Bristol. She was involved in an affair with Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent and had a daughter by him, Eleanor de Holland.

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  • Constance of York (c. 1374 - 29 November 1416) was the only daughter of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and his wife Isabella of Castile, daughter of Pedro of Castile and Maria de Padilla. On about 7 November 1379, Constance married Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (22 September 1373 - 16 January 1400), who was eventually beheaded at Bristol. She was involved in an affair with Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent and had a daughter by him, Eleanor de Holland. Eleanor was later married to James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley. In 1405, during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, Constance, who held Caerphilly Castle, arranged the escape of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, from Windsor Castle, apparently intending to deliver the young earl, who had the best claim to the throne of any of Henry IV's rivals, to his uncle Edmund who was married to Glyndwr's daughter. The earl was recaptured before entering Wales. When Constance died in 1416, she was buried at the High altar in Reading Abbey.
  • Nata nel Castello di Conisbrough, fu la secondogenita di Edoardo, duca di York, e della prima moglie Isabella di Castiglia. Suo nonno materno era il re di Castiglia e Leon Pietro I, suo nonno paterno Edoardo III d'Inghilterra. Venne data in sposa a Thomas Le Despencer, conte di Gloucester. Il matrimonio venne celebrato il 7 novembre 1379. Diede al marito cinque figli: Elisabetta; Riccardo, quarto barone di Burghersh; Edoardo, morto bambino; Ugo; Isabella, che sposò Richard de Beauchamp, primo conte di Worcester. Mentre Costanza era incinta, suo marito venne arrestato e decapitato il 13 gennaio 1400 a Bristol per aver preso parte ad una ribellione contro Enrico IV d'Inghilterra. Nel luglio di quello stesso anno Costanza diede alla luce una bambina, Isabella, che raggiunse l'età adulta divenendo contessa di Worcester e Warwick. Rimasta vedova, ebbe una relazione con Edmondo Holland, quarto conte di Kent, a cui diede una famiglia illegittima: Eleonora, che venne data in sposa a Giacomo Tuchet, quinto Barone di Audley. Durante la ribellione di Owain Glyndŵr, aiutò a far fuggire dal castello di Windsor il giovane Edmondo Mortimer, quinto conte March, rivale e pretendente al trono di Enrico IV. Morì a Reading nel 1416 e venne sepolta nell'Abbazia.
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  • c. 1374
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  • Baroness le Despencer; Countess of Gloucester
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  • Constance of York (c. 1374 - 29 November 1416) was the only daughter of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and his wife Isabella of Castile, daughter of Pedro of Castile and Maria de Padilla. On about 7 November 1379, Constance married Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (22 September 1373 - 16 January 1400), who was eventually beheaded at Bristol. She was involved in an affair with Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent and had a daughter by him, Eleanor de Holland.
  • Nata nel Castello di Conisbrough, fu la secondogenita di Edoardo, duca di York, e della prima moglie Isabella di Castiglia. Suo nonno materno era il re di Castiglia e Leon Pietro I, suo nonno paterno Edoardo III d'Inghilterra. Venne data in sposa a Thomas Le Despencer, conte di Gloucester. Il matrimonio venne celebrato il 7 novembre 1379.
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  • Constance of York
  • Costanza di York
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