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

Hugh was born about 1290.  Hugh's father was Hugh Despenser , Sir, Earl of Winchester and his mother was Isabel Beauchamp.  His paternal grandparents were Hugh Despencer Earl of Winchester and Isabel Beauchamp; his maternal grandparents were William Beauchamp Baron Elmley, Earl of Warwick and Lady Maud FitzGeoffery. He had a brother and a sister, named Philip and Isabel. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Walter, Patrick III, Hugh and Maud.  He died  due to executed (hanged & quartered) on November 29th, 1326 in Hereford, England.


Hugh's family with Eleanor de Clare

‌Hugh and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony on June 14th, 1306 in Westminster.

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