Earl of Gloucester Hugh IV Le Despencer Earl of Gloucester 
Hugh IV's father was Earl Of Winchester Hugh III Le Despencer Earl Of Winchester and his mother was Isabel Beauchamp. His maternal grandparents were William De Beauchamp and Maud FitzJohn. He had a brother and two sisters, named Philip, Joane and Isabel. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Walter, Walter and Maud. He died on November 24th, 1326 in Hereford, England - Hanged, drawn and quartered. He was buried after December 15th, 1330 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
1 Took part in Edward I's Scottish campaigns and engaged innegotiations with France. On accessio of Edward II, alienatedthe baronial party by support of Piers Gaveston. In 1312 becamechief adviser to the King. Both he and his son were banished in1321 but returned in 1322 after the barons were defeated atBoroughbridge and were the real rulers of England until 1326when they were executed after the invasion of Queen Isabella in1326. See J.C. Davies, "Baronial Opposition to Edward II" (1918,repr. 1967). COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPAEDIA.
BIOGRAPHY: Supposedly the "boyfriend" of King Edward II. Fled with Edward II upon rebellion of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer. Captured with the king, then tried and hanged.
Earl of Gloucester. Lord of Glamorgan on Eleanor's brother's death. Granted forfeited estates of wife's half sister Joan when Joan declared rebel. Wealth enormously increased by Eleanor's 1/3 share of the de Clare estates. Said fortune increased enormoously by violence in 1321-6. Estates & fortune forfeited in 1326, partially restored in 1328. Buried in Tewkesbury Abbey. 2nd Lord Despenser.
BIOGRAPHY: Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (The Johns Hopkins Press) 1965, concerning the partition of the de CLARE estates after the death of the last Gilbert, p 170-171: "Hugh Despenser and Eleanor [Gilbert's sister] received the lordship of Glamorgan, the most important of all the Clare holdings, along with Rotherfield in Sussex and scattered manors in Devon and Somerset. In addition, each heir acquired two-ninths of the liberty of Kilkenny in Ireland, although there is no evidence that any of them every visited it. (P) The death of the countess in the summer of 1320 completed the division of the estates among th heirs. Maud probably died on July 2, and the properties she held in dower must have been partitioned shortly thereafter. Each received an equal portion of her third of Kilkenny. More importantly, Despenser obtained a substantial share of the honor of Gloucester, including the manor and town of Tewkesbury, the manor of Bushley and the castle and manor of Hanley in Worcester, and other demesne lands in Berkshire, Oxford, and Buckingham. The partition of the Clare estates has been described as "the most important territorial upheaval of the reign."
[Denham-Young *Vita Edwardi Secundi, pp xii-xiii*]"
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1236 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.27 Oct 1326 in Winchester England, Beheaded
- b.1 MAR 1259/1260 d.24 Nov 1326 in Hereford, England - Hanged, drawn and quartered
- b.~ 1173 in Elmley, Worcestershire, England d.1235
- b.~ 1184 in Elmley, Worcestershire, England d.12 Apr 1236
- b.~ 1151 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1170 in England
- b.1215 in Elmley Castle, Elmley, Worcestershire, England d.Aft 7 JAN 1267/1268 in Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1155 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.12 Jun 1214 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.1194 in Wigmore, England d.1268
- b.~ 1170 in Derby, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1241 in Elmley Castle, Elmley, Worcestershire, England d.05 Jun 1298 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1172 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.1222
- b.~ 1196 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.Apr 1257
- b.~ 1176 in Chapman, Bedford, England
- b.~ 1214 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.7 JAN 1267/1268
- b.~ 1140 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England d.<13 Oct 1204 in England
- b.1196 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.< 1263
- b.~ 1181 in Warwickshire, England d.>Sep 1212
- b.~ 1252 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d. in Elmley Castley, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1134 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England d.>08 May 1198 in Winchester, England
- b.~ 1162 in Walden Abbey, Essex, England d.02 Oct 1213 in Shouldham
- b.~ 1138 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d.~ 1176
- b.~ 1215 in Shere, Surrey, England d.23 Nov 1258
- b.1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent England d.1173 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1172 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England d.~04 Jun 1225
- b.1132 in Burkenham, Norfolk, England d.24 Dec 1193 in Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1237 in Shere, Surrey, England d.16 Apr 1301 in Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Norfolk, England d.<02 Aug 1221 in Thetford, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.18 FEB 1224/1225 in England
- b.~ 1154 in Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1222 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1239
- b.BET. 1144 - 1146 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor, England
- b.~ 1192 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.27 Mar 1248
- b.~ 1172 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Hugh IV were married in a religious ceremony on May 1st, 1306 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England. He had a biological daughter named Isabel.
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