Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer (1308–1349), Lord of Glamorgan, was the eldest son and heir of Hugh the younger Despenser, son of Hugh the elder Despenser. His father and grandfather were both executed in 1326. His mother was Eleanor de Clare, suo jure Lord of Glamorgan, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and Joan of Acre. Through his mother, Hugh was a great grandson of King Edward I. He married Elizabeth Montague (d.1359), and both are buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, which abbey was founded by Robert Fitzhamon (d.1107), the first Norman feudal baron of Gloucester and Lord of Glamorgan.
Death and inheritance
Hugh was restored to his grandfather's title of Baron le Despencer in 1338. He died without issue in 1349. His heir was his nephew, Edward le Despenser, who was created Baron le Despencer of a new creation in 1375.
In fiction
Hugh is the protagonist portrayed in the 2007 historical fiction novel Hugh and Bess, by author Susan Higginbotham.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16. Hugh le Despenser I | | | | | | | | | 8.Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4.Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Philip Basset | | | | | | | | | 9. Aline Bassett | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19. Hawise de Gray | | | | | | | | | 2.Hugh Despenser the Younger | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. William de Beauchamp | | | | | | | | | 10. William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21. Isabel Mauduit | | | | | | | | | 5. Isabella de Beauchamp | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. John Fitzgeoffrey | | | | | | | | | 11. Maud FitzJohn | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Isabel Bigod | | | | | | | | | 1. Hugh le Despenser | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford | | | | | | | | | 12. Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25. Isabel Marshal | | | | | | | | | 6.Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. John de Lacy, 1st Earl of Lincoln | | | | | | | | | 13. Maud de Lacy | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27. Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln | | | | | | | | | 3.Eleanor de Clare | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Henry III of England | | | | | | | | | 14. Edward I of England | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29. Eleanor of Provence | | | | | | | | | 7. Joan of Acre | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Ferdinand III of Castile | | | | | | | | | 15. Eleanor of Castile | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31. Joan, Countess of Ponthieu | | | | | | | |
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