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Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer was born in 1223 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England; died on 4 Aug 1265 in Battle of Evesham, Evesham, Worcestershire, England; was buried in Evesham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

    Hugh married Aline Bassett about 1260. Aline (daughter of Philip Basset, Lord of Wycombe and Hawise de Gray) was born in 1241 in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England; died before 11 Apr 1281. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Mar 1261 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 27 Oct 1326 in Bristol, Bristol, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hugh1) was born on 1 Mar 1261 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 27 Oct 1326 in Bristol, Bristol, England.

    Hugh married Isabella de Beauchamp in 1286. Isabella (daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick and Maud FitzJohn, Countess of Warwick) was born in 1263 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died before 30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Hugh "The Younger" le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1286 in Barton, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 24 Nov 1326 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.
    2. 4. Aline le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1288 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died before 28 Nov 1353.
    3. 5. Isabella le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1289; died on 5 Dec 1334.
    4. 6. Phillip le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1289 in Stoke, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 24 Sep 1313 in Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Hugh "The Younger" le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1286 in Barton, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 24 Nov 1326 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.

    Hugh married Eleanor de Clare in May 1306 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. Eleanor (daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester and Joan "Joan of Acre" Plantagenet) was born on 3 Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1337; was buried in 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Hugh le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despencer  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1308 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 8 Feb 1349 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. 8. Gilbert le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1309 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England; died in 1381.
    3. 9. Edward le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1310; died in 1342 in Morlaix, Finistère, Bretagne, République française.
    4. 10. John le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1311 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died in Jun 1366.
    5. 11. Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Arundel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1312; died in 1356.
    6. 12. Eleanor le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1315; died in 1351 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England.
    7. 13. Joan le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1317; died in 1384 in Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England.
    8. 14. Margaret le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1319; died in 1337 in Whatton in the Vale, Nottinghamshire, England.
    9. 15. Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1325 in Tower of London, Middlesex, England; died on 13 Jul 1389 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in St. Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England.

  2. 4.  Aline le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1288 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died before 28 Nov 1353.

  3. 5.  Isabella le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1289; died on 5 Dec 1334.

  4. 6.  Phillip le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1289 in Stoke, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 24 Sep 1313 in Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Hugh le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despencer Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born in 1308 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 8 Feb 1349 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.

  2. 8.  Gilbert le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born in 1309 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England; died in 1381.

  3. 9.  Edward le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born in 1310; died in 1342 in Morlaix, Finistère, Bretagne, République française.

  4. 10.  John le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born in 1311 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died in Jun 1366.

  5. 11.  Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Arundel Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born in 1312; died in 1356.

    Isabel married Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and 8th Earl of Surrey on 9 Feb 1321, and was divorced. Richard (son of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice de Warenne) was born about 1306 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1376 in Arundel, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Edmund Fitzalan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1327 in Bignor, Sussex, England; died in 1377 in Arundel, Sussex, England.

  6. 12.  Eleanor le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1315; died in 1351 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England.

  7. 13.  Joan le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1317; died in 1384 in Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England.

  8. 14.  Margaret le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1319; died in 1337 in Whatton in the Vale, Nottinghamshire, England.

  9. 15.  Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born in 1325 in Tower of London, Middlesex, England; died on 13 Jul 1389 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in St. Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England.