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Sir Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of Winchester 1261–1326 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Mar 1261

Birth Location: Caer-wynt, Wales

Death Date: 27 Oct 1326

Death Location: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Hanged in his armour, then beheaded. His body was cut into pieces for the dogs, his head sent to Winchester and put on display there. )

Father: Sir Justiciar

Mother: Aliva Basset

Spouse(s): Isabella Despencer

Children(s): Hugh Younger, Edward Despencer

The story of Sir Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of Winchester began in 1261 in Caer-wynt, Wales. Sir Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of Winchester married Isabella De Beauchamp Lady Kidwelly Baroness Despencer, and had children including Edward Le Despencer, Hugh Le Despencer The Younger, Isabel Le Despencer. Sir Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of Winchester passed away in 1326 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Hanged in his armour, then beheaded. His body was cut into pieces for the dogs, his head sent to Winchester and put on display there. ).

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  • The story of Sir Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of Winchester began in 1261 in Caer-wynt, Wales.
  • Sir Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of Winchester married Isabella De Beauchamp Lady Kidwelly Baroness Despencer, and had children including Edward Le Despencer, Hugh Le Despencer The Younger, Isabel Le Despencer.
  • Sir Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of Winchester passed away in 1326 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Hanged in his armour, then beheaded. His body was cut into pieces for the dogs, his head sent to Winchester and put on display there. ).

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Sir Winchester's Ancestors

Self
Sir Winchester
1261–1326
Birth Place: Caer-wynt, Wales
Parents
Sir Hugh le Despencer 1st Lord of Falmouth, Justiciar
1223–1265
Gloucestershire, England
Aliva Basset
1246–1281
Wooten, Basset, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Hugh (I le) Despenser
1197–1238
England
Sir (Philip Basset Justicar Of) England
1184–1271
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Hawise (de) Lovain
1215–1256
Little Easton, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Elington
1169–1218
Rohese Foix
1172–
Alan Wycombe
1160–1232
Aline Gai
1164–1229
Matthew Lovaine
1175–1261
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Roger Foix
1130–1188
Thomas Headington
1120–1182
Adeliza Dunstanville
1130–1186
Sir Wilts
1120–
Cecily Berkeley
1135–1192
Godfrey Lovaine
1173–1266
Alice Hastings
1173–

Sir Winchester's Descendants

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Sir (Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of) Winchester (01 Mar 1261–27 Oct 1326) m. Isabella (de Beauchamp ⭐ Lady Kidwelly, Baroness) Despencer (1263–30 May 1306)
  1. 1. Hugh (le Despencer The) Younger 1287–1326 m. Eleanor (de) Clare 1292–1337
  2. 2. Edward (le) Despencer 1310–1342
    1. 1. Edward (le Despencer 1st Baron le) Despencer 1336–1375 m. Elizabeth Burghersh 1342–1402
      1. 1. Thomas (le Despencer 1st Earl of) Gloucester 1373–1400 m. Constance (of) York 1374–1416
        1. 1. Isabel (le) Despencer 1400–1439 m. Richard (Beauchamp 13th Earl of) Warwick 1382–1439

Sir Winchester's Timeline

2 Records

1261
01 Mar 1261
Birth of Sir Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of Winchester in Caer-wynt, Wales
Caer-wynt, Wales
1326
27 Oct 1326
Age 65
Death of Sir Hugh le Despencer ⭐ 1st & Last Earl of Winchester in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Hanged in his armour, then beheaded. His body was cut into pieces for the dogs, his head sent to Winchester and put on display there. )
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Hanged in his armour, then beheaded. His body was cut into pieces for the dogs, his head sent to Winchester and put on display there. )

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Mar 1261
    Event Place: Caer-wynt, Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Oct 1326
    Event Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Hanged in his armour, then beheaded. His body was cut into pieces for the dogs, his head sent to Winchester and put on display there. )

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