Lord Hugh "The Younger" le Despenser 2 5 6 7 8
- Born: Btw 1280 and 1290, Barton, England 5
- Marriage: Eleanor de Clare, Countess of Gloucester in May 1306 in Westminster, England 1 2 3 4 5
- Died: 26 Nov 1326, Hereford, England at age 45 2 5 7 9
- Buried: Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester 5
 Cause of his death was Executed via hanging, drawn & quartered.2
Another name for Hugh was Hugh Le Despenser The Earl of Gloucester.
General Notes:
See Wikipedia for more information on Hugh "The Younger"
Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (The Johns Hopkins Press) 1965, concerning the partition of the de CLARE estates after the death of the last Gilbert, p 170-171: "Hugh Despenser and Eleanor [Gilbert's sister] received the lordship of Glamorgan, the most important of all the Clare holdings, along with Rotherfield in Sussex and scattered manors in Devon and Somerset. In addition, each heir acquired two-ninths of the liberty of Kilkenny in Ireland, although there is no evidence that any of them every visited it. (P) The death of the countess in the summer of 1320 completed the division of the estates among th heirs. Maud probably died on July 2, and the properties she held in dower must have been partitioned shortly thereafter. Each received an equal portion of her third of Kilkenny. More importantly, Despenser obtained a substantial share of the honor of Gloucester, including the manor and town of Tewkesbury, the manor of Bushley and the castle and manor of Hanley in Worcester, and other demesne lands in Berkshire, Oxford, and Buckingham. The partition of the Clare estates has been described as "the most important territorial upheaval of the reign." [Denham-Young *Vita Edwardi Secundi, pp xii-xiii*]"
Research Notes:
Supposedly The "Boyfriend" Of King Edward II
Noted events in his life were:
• Military: Captured with the king, then tried and hanged. 5
• Land: Granted forfeited estates of wife's half sister Joan when Joan declared rebel. 5
• Land: Said fortune increased enormoously by violence, 1321-1326. 5
• Military: Fled with Edward II upon rebellion of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer. 5
• Title: Earl of Gloucester, Lord of Glamorgan on Eleanor's brother's death. 5 10
• Trial: Judged as a traitor and thief, 24 Nov 1326, London, England.
Hugh married Eleanor de Clare, Countess of Gloucester, daughter of Gilbert "The Red" de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and Joan "of Acre" , Countess Of Gloucester, in May 1306 in Westminster, England.1 2 3 4 5 (Eleanor de Clare, Countess of Gloucester was born on 12 Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales 2 5 9 11 and died on 30 Jun 1337 2 5 9.)
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