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Hugh le Despenser the younger 1286–1326 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 MAY 1286

Birth Location: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England

Death Date: 15 DEC 1326

Death Location: Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Hugh Winchester

Mother: Isabella Beauchamp

Spouse(s): Eleanor Clare

Children(s): Elizabeth Berkeley, Edward I, John Despenser

Hugh le Despenser the younger was born in 1286 in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England, the child of Hugh Le Despencer The Elder 1St And Last Earl Of Winchester And Isabella De Beauchamp. Hugh le Despenser the younger married Eleanor De Clare, and had children including Edward Despenser I, Elizabeth Le Despenser Baroness Berkeley, John Le Despenser. Hugh le Despenser the younger passed away in 1326 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Hugh le Despenser the younger was born in 1286 in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England, the child of Hugh Le Despencer The Elder 1St And Last Earl Of Winchester And Isabella De Beauchamp.
  • Hugh le Despenser the younger married Eleanor De Clare, and had children including Edward Despenser I, Elizabeth Le Despenser Baroness Berkeley, John Le Despenser.
  • Hugh le Despenser the younger passed away in 1326 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

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Hugh younger's Ancestors

Self
Hugh younger
1286–1326
Birth Place: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England
Parents
Hugh Le Despencer , the Elder, 1st and Last Earl of Winchester
1261–1326
Gloucestershire, England
Isabella (de) Beauchamp
1263–1306
Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
Grandparents
Hugh (le) Despencer
1223–1265
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Aline (de) Bassett
1238–1281
Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England
William (de Beauchamp 9th Earl of) Warwick
1238–1298
Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Matilda FitzJohn
1235–1301
Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
Hugh Despenser
1195–1238
Mary Quincy
1197–1373
Philip England
1184–1271
Hawise Louvaine
1218–1256
William Beauchamp
1215–1268
Isabel Mauduit
1214–1268
John FitzGeoffrey
1208–1258
Isabel Bigod
1210–1258
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Despenser
1162–1218
Rohaise Foix
1162–1200
Saher Winchester
1155–1219
Margaret Winchester
1156–1235
Alan Basset
1155–1232
Aline Gai
1160–1229
Mathieu Easton
1194–1261
Muriel Braose
1200–1271
Walter Beauchamp
1195–1236
Joan Mortimer
1192–1225
William Mauduit
1196–1257
Alice Beaumont
1192–1247
Geoffrey FitzPiers
1162–1213
Aveline Clare
1172–1225
Hugh Norfolk
1186–1225
Maud Surrey
1192–1248

Hugh younger's Descendants

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Hugh (le Despenser the) younger (1 MAY 1286–15 DEC 1326) m. Eleanor (de) Clare (23 NOV 1292–JUL 1337)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Le Despenser, Baroness) Berkeley 1322–1389 m. Maurice (de Berkeley 4th Baron) Berkeley 1320–1368
    1. 1. James Berkeley 1355–1405 m. Elizabeth (de Bluet Heiress of) Raglan 1358–1420
      1. 1. James ("the just" de Berkeley 1st Lord) Berkeley 1394–1463 m. Lady (Isabel de) Mowbray 1396–1452
        1. 1. Elizabeth Berkeley 1418– m. Thomas (of Rothwell) Burdett 1405–1477
    2. 2. Thomas (de Berkeley 5th Baron) Berkeley 1353–1417 m. Margaret (de Lisle 3rd Baroness) Lisle 1362–1392
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Berkeley, Countess of Warwick and Baroness) Lisle 1386–1423 m. Thomas Aylesbury 1369–1418 m. Richard (de Beauchamp 13th Earl of) Warwick 1382–1439
        1. 1. Eleanor (Beauchamp, Duchess of) Somerset 1408–1467 m. Edmund (Beaufort 2nd Duke of) Somerset 1406–1455
  2. 2. Edward (Despenser) I 1310–1342 m. Anne (de) Ferrers 1315–1367
    1. 1. Edward (Despenser 1st Baron) Despenser 1336–1375 m. Elizabeth (de Burghersh 3rd Baroness) Burghersh 1342–1409
      1. 1. Margaret (le Despenser of) Glamorgan 1365–1415 m. Robert (de Ferrers 5th Baron Ferrers of) Chartley 1357–1413
        1. 1. Philippe (de Ferrers of) Chartley 1393–1458 m. Thomas (de Grene III of Grene's) Norton 1400–1462
        2. 2. Edmund (Ferrers 6th Baron) Chartley 1386–1436 m. Elene Roche 1395–1440
      2. 2. Anne (Le) Despencer 1360–1426 m. Hugh (de) Hastings 1356–1386 m. Thomas (de Morley 4th Baron) Morley 1354–1416
        1. 1. Edward Hastings 1382–1438 m. Muriel Dinham 1382–1427
  3. 3. John (le) Despenser 1317–1366 m. Alice (Elizabeth) Verell 1305–1386
    1. 1. Nicholas Spencer 1340–1395 m. Joan Pollard 1338–1372
      1. 1. Thomas Spencer 1362–1435 m. Dorothy (de Abbetot) Hills 1370–1416
        1. 1. Henry Spencer 1406–1477 m. Isabelle Lincoln 1410–1467

Hugh younger's Timeline

3 Records

1286
1 MAY 1286
Birth of Hugh le Despenser the younger in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England
Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England
1326
24 NOV 1326
Age 40
Death of Hugh le Despenser the younger in Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Hereford, Herefordshire, England
1326
15 DEC 1326
Age 40
Burial of Hugh le Despenser the younger in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 MAY 1286
    Event Place: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 NOV 1326
    Event Place: Hereford, Herefordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 15 DEC 1326
    Event Place: Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

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