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Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser (c.1287/1289 [1] [2] – 24 November 1326), also referred to as "the Younger Despenser", [3] was the son and heir of Hugh Despenser, Earl of Winchester, (the Elder Despenser) and his wife Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. [4]
Hugh le Despenser (1 March 1261 – 27 October 1326), sometimes referred to as "the Elder Despenser", was for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II of England. [1] He was created a baron in 1295 and Earl of Winchester in 1322.
Thomas le Despenser: Hugh le Despenser High Sheriff of Berkshire died 1238: Hugh le Despenser Justiciar Parliament of 1264 † 1265, Evesham: Hugh Despenser Lord le Despenser (1295) [1st] exiled & deprived 1321/2 restored 1322 Earl of Winchester (1322) executed & attainted 1326 (attainder reversed 1398) Hugh le Despenser Lord le Despenser (1314 ...
The invasion of England in 1326 by the country's queen, Isabella of France, and her lover, Roger Mortimer, led to the capture and executions of Hugh Despenser the Younger and Hugh Despenser the Elder and the abdication of Isabella's husband, King Edward II. It brought an end to the insurrection and civil war. [2] [3]
Barony of le Despenser: Hugh le Despenser (sheriff) (1218–1238) Hugh Despenser (justiciar) (1238–1265) Hugh Despenser the Elder (1285–1326) [Later as Earl of Winchester] Barony de Ross: Robert de Ros (died 1227) (~1205–1227) Barony of Prudhoe: Richard Umfraville (1182–1226) Gilbert Umfraville I (1245)
Hugh le Despenser (c. 1308 /9 – 8 February 1349), Baron le Despenser, who was summoned to Parliament in 1338. At his death without issue, his nephew Edward, son of his brother Edward, was created Baron le Despenser in 1357. [6] Edward le Despenser (c. 1310 – 30 September 1342), soldier, killed at the siege of Vannes. [7]
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Edward le Despenser (c. 1310 – 30 September 1342) was a son of Hugh le Despenser the Younger by his wife Eleanor de Clare. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His father, a favourite of Edward II of England , was executed in 1326.