First Marriage and Issue
6 November 1330, she married John de Beaumont, 2nd Baron Beaumont, son of Henry Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan (c. 1288 - 1340) and his wife Alice Comyn (1289- 3 July 1349). They had two children:
- Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont, (4 April 1340 – 17 June 1369). He was the first husband of the daughter of Maud de Badlesmere and John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, Lady Margaret de Vere (died 15 June 1398), by whom he had issue. They were ancestors of Gerald Ford, 38th president of the USA.
- Matilda Beaumont (died July 1367), married Hugh de Courtenay
Eleanor was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Philippa, and was in service to her in Ghent when her son Henry was born. John de Beaumont died in a tournament on 14 April 1342.
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