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- Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (died 1326)
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Earl of Winchester was a title that was created three times in the Peerage of England during the Middle Ages. The first was Saer de Quincy, who received the earldom in 1207/8 after his wife inherited half of the lands of the Beaumont earls of Leicester.
Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester (c. 1155 – 3 November 1219) was one of the leaders of the baronial rebellion against John, King of England, and a major figure in both the kingdoms of Scotland and England in the decades around the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Alfred (Aelfred) became ruler of the west Saxons after he and his brother defeated the Danish Vikings at the Battle of Ashdown. In 871 at the tender age of 21, Alfred was crowned King of Wessex and established Winchester as his capital. To protect his kingdom against the Danes, Alfred organised the defences of Wessex.
Saher de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester (c. 1155-3 November 1219) (or Saieur di Quinci) was one of the leaders of the baronial rebellion against John, King of England, and a major figure in both the kingdoms of Scotland and England in the decades around the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Scottish Upbringing Saher de Quincy's ...
The First Battle of Winchester, fought on May 25, 1862, in and around Frederick County, Virginia, and Winchester, Virginia, was a major victory in Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson 's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
Despenser, Hugh, 1st earl of Winchester (1261–1326). Despenser's father had been a leading member of the baronial opposition to Henry III, acted as justiciar, and was killed with de Montfort at Evesham.
Federal Defense of Winchester. After US Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks retreated north from Strasburg, Virginia, on May 24th, 1862, he arrayed his force of approximately 5,000 men just south of Winchester. His line stretched for about 2.5 miles, from Camp Hill on the southeast edge of the town, to Bowers Hill, southwest of Winchester.
