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Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser (1223 – 4 August 1265) was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London. Despenser first played an important part in 1258, when he was prominent on the baronial side in the Mad Parliament ...
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Dec 26, 2019 · About Sir Hugh le Despenser of Ryhall Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1223 – 4 August 1265) was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London.
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- August 05, 1223
- Evesham, Worcestersire, England
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- Enter Edward II
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- King in All But Name
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Hugh was a nobleman, born in the late 1280s; his maternal grandfather William Beauchamp was Earl of Warwick, his paternal grandmother Aline Basset was Countess of Norfolk and his grandfather Hugh Despenser (d. 1265) was Justiciar of England. Hugh the Younger’s father, Hugh the Elder, displayed undying loyalty to Edward I and his son Edward II for f...
Edward I died on 7 July 1307 and Hugh the Younger’s 23-year-old uncle-in-law succeeded his father as King Edward II. The young king was a very different man to his formidable father and had little capacity to fill the role he had been born into. His reign of just under twenty years would prove extraordinarily dramatic and turbulent. Though he was a...
Edward had long been indifferent to Hugh and perhaps disliked him, but Hugh used his new proximity to the monarch to work his way into the king’s affections. Edward seemingly became as infatuated with him as he had been with Gaveston, and their association came to the attention of chroniclers, who commented that Edward did whatever Hugh wanted. Hug...
In early 1322 Edward II recalled Hugh and his father, executed or imprisoned the Contrariants, and gave many of their confiscated lands to Despenser. He was now the richest man in England. Despenser’s influence continued to grow; his correspondence reveals that when Edward II went to war against his brother-in-law Charles IV of France in 1324, Desp...
But Hugh made the error of alienating Isabella, Edward’s queen, who feared and loathed him and swore to bring him down. In early 1326 she allied with the remnant of the Contrariant faction, led by the baron Roger Mortimer of Wigmore, and she and the Contrariants invaded England with an army in September 1326. Despenser’s father was captured and exe...
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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] He rose to national prominence as royal ...
- The Younger Despenser
- Hugh Despenser
- Hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason
Despenser, Hugh le. Hugh le Despenser (lə dĬspĕn´sər), d. 1265, chief justiciar of England. He joined the barons in their struggle against Henry III and received various offices, becoming chief justiciar in 1260. He lost this office in 1261 but was restored to it in 1263. He fought in the Barons' War and was killed at Evesham in 1265.
Nov 10, 2022 · Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1223 – 4 August 1265) was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London. Hugh Le Despenser, chief justiciar of England, first played an important part in 1258, when he was prominent on ...
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser (1223 – 4 August 1265) was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London. The fully clothed and armed dead body of Hugh le Despencer [citation needed] at the Battle of Evesham (with his ...
