Hugh Despenser , Lord le Despenser 
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.General Notes
Interred: Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester
Notes:
has been called Earl of Gloucester by some writers but The CompletePeerage
vol.V,p715 makes it clear he was not.
The Complete Peerage vol.IV.pp.267-271.
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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.01 Mar 1260 in Winchester,Hampshire,Leicestershire,England d.27 Oct 1326 in Bristol,Gloucestershire,England
- b.01 Mar 1261 in Barton,Gloucestershire,England d.24 Nov 1326 in Hereford,Herefordshire,England
- b.1194 in Elmley Castle, Warwickshire, England d.14 Apr 1236
- b.1215 in Elmley Castle, Warwickshire, England d.1269 in Worcester, England
- b.1194 in Elmley, Warwickshire, England d.1268
- b.1237 in Elmley Castle, Worcester, England d.05 Jun 1298 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
- b.1196 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.Apr 1257
- b.1217 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.7 Jan 1267/1268
- b.1196 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.< 1263
- b.1266 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Gloucester, England
- b.1162 in Walden, Essex, England d.14 Oct 1213 in of Walden, Essex, England
- b.~ 1208 in Shere, Surrey, England d.23 Nov 1258
- b.1172 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England d.04 Jun 1225 in England
- b.1237 in Bernard Castle, Warwickshire, Eng. d.16 Apr 1301 in Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England
- b.1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.18 Feb 1224/1225 in Eng.
- b.1210 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1269
- b.~ 1192 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.04 Apr 1248 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.~ 1290 d.29 Nov 1326 in Hereford, England
- b.1194 in Elmley Castle, Warwickshire, England d.14 Apr 1236
- b.1215 in Elmley Castle, Warwickshire, England d.1269 in Worcester, England
- b.1158 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.24 Jun 1214 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.1194 in Elmley, Warwickshire, England d.1268
- b.1167 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d.29 Apr 1252
- b.1237 in Elmley Castle, Worcester, England d.05 Jun 1298 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
- b.1196 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.Apr 1257
- b.1217 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.7 Jan 1267/1268
- b.1196 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England d.< 1263
- b.1266 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Gloucester, England
- b.1134 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England or Walden, Essex, Eng. d.14 Jan 1179/1180 in Pleshy, Essex, England
- b.1162 in Walden, Essex, England d.14 Oct 1213 in of Walden, Essex, England
- b.~ 1138 in Pleshey Castle, Essex , Eng. d. in England
- b.~ 1208 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 in England
- b.1132 in Dalling, Norfolk, Eng. d.24 Dec 1193 in Norfolk, Norfolk, Eng.
- b.1237 in Bernard Castle, Warwickshire, Eng. d.16 Apr 1301 in Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Norfolk, Eng.----Lord High Steward of England d.02 Aug 1221 in Thetford, Norfolk, England
- b.1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.18 Feb 1224/1225 in Eng.
- b.1165 in of Norfolk, England d.Wft Est 1200-1250
- b.1210 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1269
- b.1146 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.14 May 1219 in Caversham, England
- b.~ 1192 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.04 Apr 1248 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1173 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Hugh and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony on June 14th, 1306 in Westminster.
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