Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser (c.1287/1289 – 24 November 1326), also referred to as "the Younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh Despenser...
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Hugh le Despenser (1 March 1261 – 27 October 1326), sometimes referred to as "the Elder Despenser", was for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II...
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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...
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Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser (c. 1308/9 – 8 February 1349), Lord of Glamorgan, was an English peer. Imprisoned as a consequence of his support...
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Baron le Despencer is a title that has been created several times by writ in the Peerage of England. Sir Hugh le Despenser I was a large landowner in Leicestershire...
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Hugh Despenser may refer to: Hugh le Despenser (sheriff) (died 1238), High Sheriff of Berkshire Hugh Despenser (justiciar) (1223–1265), son of the above...
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Thomas Despenser, 2nd Baron Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester KG (22 September 1373 – 13 January 1400) was the son of Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer...
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Henry le Despenser (c. 1341 – 23 August 1406) was an English nobleman and Bishop of Norwich whose reputation as the 'Fighting Bishop' was gained for his...
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Sir Hugh le Despenser (died 1238) was a wealthy landowner in the East Midlands of England, and served as High Sheriff of Berkshire. Among his descendants...
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Eleanor de Clare (category Le Despenser family)
1292 – 30 June 1337) was a powerful Anglo-Welsh noblewoman who married Hugh Despenser the Younger, the future favourite of Edward II of England, and was a...
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Edward le Despenser (c. 1310 – 30 September 1342) was a son of Hugh le Despenser the Younger by his wife Eleanor de Clare. His father, a favourite of...
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Isabel le Despenser (1312 – living 1356, and died by 1374/5) was an English noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Hugh le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despenser...
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Despencer (redirect from Hugh le Despenser (family))
Bolsover. Hugh le Despenser (sheriff) (died 1238) was a wealthy land owner in the East Midlands of England, as well as High Sheriff of Berkshire Hugh le Despenser...
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Norfolk Hugh le Despencer (justiciar) (1223–1265), Baron le Despencer Hugh le Despenser (sheriff) (died 1238), High Sheriff of Berkshire Hugh le Despenser, 1st...
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and heir of Sir Philip le Despenser of Goxhill, grandson of Sir Philip le Despenser, and great-grandson of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester. His...
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Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick, LG (26 July 1400 – 27 December 1439) was the posthumous daughter and eventually the sole heiress...
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Elizabeth le Despenser (c. 1327 – 13 July 1389) was an English noblewoman. She was the youngest daughter of Hugh le Despenser the younger and his wife...
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Isabella de Beauchamp (category Le Despenser family)
making Lady Isabella Baroness Despenser. Together Lord and Lady Despenser had four children: Hugh le Despenser, Lord Despenser the Younger (1286 – executed...
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Elizabeth Despenser (died 10 April/11 April 1408) was an English noblewoman of the late 14th century. She should not be confused with Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness...
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Sir Philip Despenser, Knt., of Goxhill, Lincolnshire was the son of Hugh Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester and his wife, Isabella de Beauchamp, daughter...
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Hugh Despenser (c. 1337/8 – 2 March 1374) was an English soldier and knight. Hugh was the second son of Edward Despenser and Anne Ferrers. While with an...
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1322 King Edward II created the elder Hugh le Despenser earl of Winchester. This creation lapsed after Despenser's execution in 1326. During his exile in...
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a bill of attainder was in 1321 against Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester and his son Hugh Despenser the Younger, Earl of Gloucester, who were...
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Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser KG (24 March 1336, Essendine – 11 November 1375) was the son of another Edward le Despenser and Anne Ferrers...
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Isabel le Despenser may refer to: Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Arundel (1312–1356), daughter of Hugh Despenser the Younger and Eleanor de Clare Isabel...
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and entrails would be burned.[citation needed] William Harrington, Hugh le Despenser the Younger and William Parry are examples of men who were hanged...
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she married secondly in 1286, Hugh le Despenser, Lord Despenser by whom she had four children including Hugh Despenser the younger, the unpopular favourite...
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infidels in the Holy Land. Among those knighted were Piers Gaveston, Hugh le Despenser, John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of...
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Brewes, 1st Lord Brewes (d.1291), and secondly, Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (executed 27 October 1326). By...
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rest of the duchy. The war reverberated loudly in English politics. Hugh le Despenser, the Elder, whose military ineptitude and failure to relieve La Réole...
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