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Hugh Despenser the Younger

Hugh Le Despenser

English peer and favorite of Edward II.

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Sex or Gender

Male

Date of Birth

3/1/1287
Instance Of
:
Statement with Gregorian Date Earlier than 1584
1286
Sourcing Circumstances
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Circa

Instance Of

Human

Date of Death

12/2/1326

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Place of Birth

England

Place of Death

Hereford

Country of Citizenship

Kingdom of England

Given Name

Ugo

Noble Title

Father

Hugh Le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester

Mother

Isabella De Beauchamp

Described by Source

Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900

Child

Edward Le Despenser
Elizabeth Le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley
Éléonore Le Despenser
Margaret Le Despenser
Hugh Le Despencer, 2nd Baron Le Despencer
Isabel Le Despenser, Countess of Arundel

Sibling

Philip Despencer
Maud Chaworth

Spouse

Eleanor De Clare
(1306 - )
Start Time
: 1306

Cause of Death

Hanged, Drawn, Quartered and Decapitated

Place of Burial

Tewkesbury Abbey

Occupation

Politician

Name in Native Language

Hugh le Despenser/Despencer the Younger
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Despenser, Hugh Le (d.1326) (DNB00)