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Male Hugh le Despenser Click to view Hugh le Despenser in the family tree

Hugh was born in 1360 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England.1   Hugh's father was Sir Edward le Despenser II and his mother was Elizabeth de Burghersh.  His paternal grandparents were Sir Edward le Despenser and Anne de Ferrers; his maternal grandparents were Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh 3rd Baron de Burghersh, KG and Elizabeth de Verdun. He had three brothers and five sisters, named Edward, Phillip, Thomas, Cicely, Anne, Margaret, Elizabeth and Phillippa.  He was the fifth oldest of the nine children.

1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dblocher&id=I117719

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