Person:Hugh le Despencer (2)
Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
b.Bef 1223 Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
d.4 Aug 1265 Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Pernell le DespenserAbt 1210 -
  2. Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le DespencerBef 1223 - 1265
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le DespencerBef 1223 - 1265
  • W.  Aliva Basset1241 - Abt 1275
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 -
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Facts and Events
Name Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1223 Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Marriage Abt 1260 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Englandto Aliva Basset
Military[1] 14 May 1264 Lewes, Sussex, England Combatant of Lewes
Death[1] 4 Aug 1265 Evesham, Worcestershire, England Combatant of Evesham, Slain by Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore
Burial[1] Evesham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Reference Number? Q1634646?


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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 of Oxford. In 1260 the barons chose him to succeed Hugh Bigod as Justiciar, and in 1263 the king was further compelled to put the Tower of London in his hands.

He was the son of Hugh le Despenser and was summoned to Parliament by Simon de Montfort. Hugh was summoned as Baron le Despenser on 14 December 1264 and was Chief Justiciar of England and a leader of the baronial party, and so might be deemed a baron, though the legality of that assembly is doubtful. He remained allied with Montfort to the end, and was present at the Battle of Lewes. He was killed fighting on de Montfort's side at the Battle of Evesham in August 1265. He was slain by Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore; this caused a feud to begin between the Despencer and Mortimer families.

By his wife, Aline Basset, he was father of Hugh Despenser 'the elder', who became an advisor to Edward II and was made Earl of Winchester. Aline was the daughter of Philip Basset, who had also served as Justiciar. They also had a daughter named Eleanor le Despenser, who married Sir Hugh de Courtenay, feudal baron of Okehampton.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Sir Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord Despenser, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3.   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 259 to 261.
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