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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 ...
Hugh Despenser the younger was the son and heir of Hugh le Despenser, later Earl of Winchester, by Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. Hugh's father was created 1st Baron le Despencer in 1295. In 1322, he was elevated as Earl of Winchester.
In Despenser family …the interests of his son, Hugh Le Despenser (Hugh the Younger; d. Nov. 24, 1326, Hereford, Herefordshire, Eng.), who had been in the king’s household when he was prince of Wales. The younger Hugh was appointed the king’s chamberlain in 1318, but both father and son were attacked in Parliament… Read More
May 13, 2023 · The Rise of Hugh Despenser the Younger. Hugh Despenser was born around 1287 AD to Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester (known as Despenser the Elder), and his wife, Isabella De Beauchamp. His parents both hailed from two of England’s most powerful noble families and Hugh was fated from an early age to become a rich and powerful man.
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May 2, 2019 · 02 May 2019. Recently defined as the ‘greatest villain’ of the fourteenth century Hugh Despenser the Younger was a pirate and extortionist, and made himself the richest and most powerful man in England between 1322 and 1326. He suffered the traitor’s death in Hereford on 24 November 1326 on the orders of the queen-consort of England ...
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Hugh Despenser the Younger, born around 1286, was a powerful and controversial figure during the reign of King Edward II of England.He was the son of Hugh Despenser the Elder, a prominent nobleman who had served King Edward I. Despenser rose to prominence through his close association with Edward II, eventually becoming one of the king’s most trusted advisors and favourites.
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HUGH LE DESPENSER, the younger (d. 1326), baron, son of Hugh le Despenser the elder, received knighthood with the Prince of Wales [later Edward II] at Easter 1306, and about 1309 married Eleanor, daughter of Gilbert of Clare, earl of Gloucester, and sister and co-heiress of the next Earl Gilbert. During the early years of the reign of Edward II ...
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