Hugh (1st Lord Despenser) Le Despenser
Hugh (1st Lord Despenser) was born about 1290. Hugh (1st Lord Despenser)'s father was Hugh Le Despenser and his mother was Isabel Beauchamp. His paternal grandparents were + Hugh (Lord Despenser) Le Despenser and Aliva Bassett; his maternal grandfather was William (9th Earl of Warwick) beauchamp and his maternal grandmother is Maud Fitzjohn. He had a brother and two sisters, named Philip, Margaret and Isabel. He was the second youngest of the four children. He had a half-sister named Matilda "Maud". He died on November 29th, 1326 in Executed, Hanged as a Traitor.General Notes
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord le Despenser
b. circa 1290, d. 29 November 1326
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord le Despenser was born circa 1290.
He was the son of Hugh le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Winchester and Isabella de Beauchamp.
He married Lady Eleanor de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre, in 1306.
He died on 29 November 1326, by hanging as a traitor.
He was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord le Despenser also went by the nick-name of Hugh 'the Younger'.
He was created 1st Lord le Despenser [England by writ] on 29 July 1314.
He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.).
In August 1321 he was disinherited and exiled in perpetuity for his alleged misgovernment and malign influence of King Edward II.
He was attainted.
Children of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord le Despenser and Lady Eleanor de Clare:
1.Elizabeth le Despencer d. 13 Jul 1389
2.Sir Edward le Despenser d. 30 Sep 1342
3.Eleanor le Despenser+
4.Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord le Despenser b. c 1308, d. 8 Feb 1348/49
5.Isabel le Despenser b. c 1313, d. 1375
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1152 in Ryhall, Rutland, , England d.1199 in Evesham, Worcestershire, , England
- b.1169 in Elington, Lincolnshire, , England d.1218 in Arnesby, Leicestershire, , England
- b.1126 in London, Middlesex, , England d.1211 in Y, Somme, Picardie, France
- b.1197 in Ryhall, Rutland, , England d.23 Feb 1238 in Ryhall, , Stamford, England
- b.1130 in Foix,Ariege,Midi Pyreneees,France d.Nov 1188 in , , , France
- b.1165 in Foix,Ariege,Midi Pyreneees,France d.1200 in ,,,England
- b.1132 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France d.1188 in Foix, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France
- b.< 1223 in Loughborough, Leicestershire d.04 Aug 1265 in Killed at Battle of Evesham - Evesham, Worcestershire
- b.~ 1202 in Rhyall, Rutland, Suffolk d.~ 1227 in Ryhall, Rutland, Suffolk
- b.01 Mar 1260 in England d.27 Oct 1326
- b.1130 in Hedington,,Oxfordshire,England d.1182 in Hedington,,Oxfordshire,England
- b.1155 in Headington, , Oxfordshire, England d.1233 in Headington, , Oxfordshire, England
- b.1118 in Castle Combe,,Wiltshire,England d.1186 in Colston,,Nottinghamshire,England
- b.1184 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England d.29 Oct 1271 in Stanley, Wiltshire, England
- b.1122 in ,,Gloucestershire,England d.1147 in Bristol,,Gloucestershire,England
- b.~ 1159 in Wycombe, , Buckinghamshire, England d.1233 in Holland, Lancastershire, , England
- b.1135 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, , England d.1192 in , , , England
- b.1241 in ,Wooten Basset,Wiltshire,England d.11 Apr 1281 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, , England
- b.1215 in Little Easton, Essex, , England d.07 Nov 1256 in Little Easton, Essex, , England
- b.~ 1290 d.29 Nov 1326 in Executed, Hanged as a Traitor
- b.1237 d.1298
- b.1252 in Warwick, Warwickshire, , England d.<30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, , England
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They had two sons and two daughters, named Hugh (4th Lord Despenser), + Edward '1st Lord Despenser', Isabel and Elizabeth.
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Children
Hugh (4th Lord Despenser) Le Despenser
Hugh (4th Lord Despenser) was born in 1308. He died at the age of 40 on February 8th, 1348.
+ Edward '1st Lord Despenser' Le Despenser
+ Edward '1st Lord Despenser' was born before 1326 in Essendine,Rutlandshire,,England.1 He died on November 11th, 1375 in Llanblethian,Glamorganshire,,Wales.1
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