Hugh "The Younger" le Despenser: Our Family History

Abt 1286 - 1326 (40 years)

Generation: 1

Hugh "The Younger" le Despenser 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:

2. Hugh le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despencer was born in 1308 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 8 Feb 1349 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.
3. Gilbert le Despenser was born in 1309 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England; died in 1381.
4. Edward le Despenser was born in 1310; died in 1342 in Morlaix, Finistère, Bretagne, République française.
5. John le Despenser was born in 1311 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died in Jun 1366.
6. Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Arundel was born in 1312; died in 1356.
7. Eleanor le Despenser was born about 1315; died in 1351 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England.
8. Joan le Despenser was born about 1317; died in 1384 in Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England.
9. Margaret le Despenser was born about 1319; died in 1337 in Whatton in the Vale, Nottinghamshire, England.
10. Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley 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.

Generation: 2

2.	Hugh le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despencer (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.

3. Gilbert le Despenser (1.Hugh¹) was born in 1309 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England; died in 1381.
4. Edward le Despenser (1.Hugh¹) was born in 1310; died in 1342 in Morlaix, Finistère, Bretagne, République française.
5. John le Despenser (1.Hugh¹) was born in 1311 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died in Jun 1366.

(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:

11. Edmund Fitzalan was born in 1327 in Bignor, Sussex, England; died in 1377 in Arundel, Sussex, England.

7. Eleanor le Despenser (1.Hugh¹) was born about 1315; died in 1351 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England.
8. Joan le Despenser (1.Hugh¹) was born about 1317; died in 1384 in Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England.
9. Margaret le Despenser (1.Hugh¹) was born about 1319; died in 1337 in Whatton in the Vale, Nottinghamshire, England.

10.	Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley (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.

Generation: 3

11. Edmund Fitzalan (6.Isabel², 1.Hugh¹) was born in 1327 in Bignor, Sussex, England; died in 1377 in Arundel, Sussex, England.