Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer

English noble
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IntroEnglish noble
A.K.A.Hugh le Despenser 1st Baron le Despenser (d. 1349)
A.K.A.Hugh le Despenser 1st Baron le Despenser (d. 1349)
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
isNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Death8 February 1349
Family
Father:Hugh Despenser the Younger
The details

Biography

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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