Person:Hugh Le Despencer (2)
Sir Hugh Despenser, the Elder, Earl of Winchester
b.1 Mar 1261 Winchester, Hampshire, England
d.27 Oct 1326 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1260
  1. Eleanor le de SpencerAbt 1240 - 1328
  2. Philip DespencerAbt 1242 - 1313
  3. Joan Le DespenserAbt 1252 - 1354
  4. Anne Le DespencerAbt 1253 -
  5. Sir Hugh Despenser, the Elder, Earl of Winchester1261 - 1326
  6. Elizabeth DespencerAbt 1262 -
  7. Joan DespencerAbt 1264 - Bef 1349/50
  8. Oliva DespencerAbt 1266 - 1363
  9. Isabel Baroness of Hastings le DespencerAbt 1270 - 1334
  10. Philip le DespencerAbt 1275 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sir Hugh Despenser, the Elder, Earl of Winchester1261 - 1326
  • W.  Isabel de Beauchamp - Bef 1306
m. Abt 1286
  1. Ada DespencerAbt 1262 -
  2. Joane DespencerAbt 1264 -
  3. Eleanor DespencerAbt 1268 -
  4. Isabel le DespencerAbt 1270 - 1334
  5. Margaret Despenser - Bef 1330
  6. Hugh le Despenser, The Younger1286 - 1326
  7. Aline _____ - Bef 1353
  8. Philip le DespencerAbt 1288 - 1313
  9. Elizabeth le Despenser
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Sir Hugh Despenser, the Elder, Earl of Winchester
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1 Mar 1261 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Marriage Abt 1286 to Isabel de Beauchamp
Death[2] 27 Oct 1326 Bristol, Gloucestershire, EnglandHanged by Isabella of France (Queen of Edward II).
Reference Number? Q2685455?


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Hugh le Despenser (1 March 126127 October 1326), sometimes referred to as "the Elder Despenser", was for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II of England. He was created a baron in 1295 and Earl of Winchester in 1322.

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References
  1. ↑ Adams, Arthur. English Ancestry of the Elkinton Family of New Jersey. The American Genealogist. (July 1945)
    p. 13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Adams, Arthur. English Ancestry of the Elkinton Family of New Jersey. The American Genealogist. (July 1945)
    p. 14.
  3.   Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, in Wikipedia.
  4.   Hugh le Despenser, 1st and last Earl of Winchester, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  5.   Sir HUGH le Despencer, son of Sir HUGH le Despencer & his wife Aline Basset (1261-executed Bristol Castle 27 Nov 1326)., in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  6.   Hugh Despencer, in Find A Grave.
  7.   Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
    Volume 4 pages 262 to 266.
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