Hugh Baron le Despenser , Earl of Winchester 
Hugh Baron le was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Hugh Baron le's father was Hugh 1st Baron le Despenser , Sir Knight and his mother was Aline Basset , Countess of Norfolk. His paternal grandfather was Hugh le Despenser , Lord of Loughborough, Sir; his maternal grandparents were Philip Basset , Sir and Hawise de Lovaine. He had a sister named Joan le. He had two half-sisters named Anne le and Eleanor le. He died on October 27th, 1326 in Hanged.General Notes
Hugh le Despenser ("The Elder Despenser"), 1st Lord (Baron) le Despenser of the 1295 Creation and 1st and last Earl of Winchester, so created 10 May 1322; called to Parliament by writ 24 June 1295, thus being deemed to have been created a baron; sole person of rank to take Edward II's part in the quarrel with his nobles over the notorious royal favourite Piers Gaveston, whom Edward was eventually induced to banish; later represented Edward in negotiating a treaty with his nobles at the time of Gaveston's murder by them in 1312; at Battle of Bannockburn 1314; banished from court by the machinations of his enemies Feb 1314/15; disinherited and exiled in perpetuity Aug 1321, through malign influence over Edward; this judgement reversed Jan 1321/2 and May 1322; and after Edward II had fled to Wales was convicted as a traitor and hanged 27 Oct 1326, when all his honours were forfeited. [Burke's Peerage]
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Sir Hugh le Despenser, b. 1 Mar 1260/1, hanged 27 Oct 1326, Earl of Winchester, son of Hugh le Despenser and Aline Basset. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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Sir Hugh le Despenser, b. 1 Mar 1260/1, hanged Oct 1326, Earl of Winchester (son of Sir Hugh le Despenser, summoned 14 Dec 1264 Lord Despenser, d. Evesham Aug 1265, & Aline Basset (m. (2) Roger Bigod), daughter of Sir Philip Basset of Wycombe, Bucks, Justiciar, and Hawise, daughter of Sir Matthew de Louvaine of Little Easton, Essex). [Ancestral Roots]
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Hugh and his son were favorites of King Edward II (a weak king) and helped him throw off the mastery of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. Edward's reliance on the Despencer's drew the ire of his wife Isabel. She had become the mistress of Roger de Mortimer while on a diplomatic mission to France. In September 1326 the couple invaded England, executed the Despencers, and deposed Edward II in favor of his son, Edward III. See Encyclopedia Britannica, Edward II.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1159 in Elington, Lincolnshire, England d.1218 in Arnesby, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
- b.1197 in Ryhall, Stamford, Rutlandshire, England d.<30 May 1238 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1170 in England
- b.1223 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d.04 Aug 1265 in Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
- b.1 MAR 1260/61 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.27 Oct 1326 in Hanged
- b.1155 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England d.< 1233 in Headington, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1184 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England d.29 Oct 1272
- b.~ 1165 in Wooton Basset, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1105 in Berkeley, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.1170 in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1145 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.> 1193
- b.1246 in Wooten Bassett, Wiltshire, England d.11 Apr 1281
- b.~ 1199 in Little Easton, Essex, England d.<Jun 1258
- b.1225 in Little Easton, Essex, England
- b.1200 in Suffolk, England d.> 1275
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