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Hugh le Despenser the Younger

d. 1326

Vitals

Died
24 Nov 1326

Family

Parents
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Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester
d. 1326
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Isabel de Beauchamp
d. 1306
Siblings
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Elizabeth le Despenser
d. 1334
Spouse
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Eleanor de Clare
1292 – 1337
Children
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Edward le Despenser
d. 1342

About

Hugh le Despenser the younger, the king's favourite, was hanged from a fifty-foot gallows at Hereford in 1326, and the tree now holds him, his father the Earl of Winchester, and the grandfather Justiciar in one unbroken line.

Research notes

✓ HUGH LE DESPENSER THE YOUNGER (executed Hereford 24 Nov 1326), royal favourite of Edward II; son of HUGH LE DESPENSER, EARL OF WINCHESTER, by ISABEL DE BEAUCHAMP (both ALREADY IN TREE - wired as their child, a CONVERGENCE; his sister Elizabeth le Despenser m. Ralph de Camoys is our existing Camoys-line ancestress, so brother and sister are now BOTH direct ancestors by different lines). M. (Westminster, May 1306) ELEANOR DE CLARE. Sources: CP IV (Despenser). Direct ancestor. Added 8 Aug 2026 (the Raleigh royal door - consolation wave after the St Leger door closed; full write-up in RANKED LEADS addendum).

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