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Hugh le DESPENCER, 1st Earl of Winchester

Hugh le DESPENCER, 1st Earl of Winchester[1, 2]

Male Abt 1240 - 1326  (86 years)


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  • Name Hugh le DESPENCER 
    Suffix 1st Earl of Winchester 
    Birth Abt 1240  Of, Winchester, Hampshire, England Or Louchborough, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Oct 1326  , Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9605  Coombs
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2016 

    Father Hugh le DESPENCER,   b. Bef 1223, Of, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1265, Battle Of, Evesham, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 42 years) 
    Mother Iline (Aliva) (Alice) BASSET, Countess of Norfolk,   b. 1241, Of, Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 11 Apr 1281 (Age < 40 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1260  Of, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabel de BEAUCHAMP,   b. Abt 1252, Of, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 30 May 1306, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1286 
    Children 
     1. Hugh DESPENCER, Baron Le Despencer,   b. 1 Mar 1260 OR 1261, Of, Barton, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1326, , Hereford, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. Ada (Elizabeth) DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1262, Of, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Joan DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1264, Of, Southampton, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 15 Feb 1351 (Age < 87 years)
     4. Aveline (Oliva) DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1266, Of, Southampton, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1363 (Age 97 years)
     5. Eleanor DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1268, Of, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1351, A Nun Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 84 years)
     6. Isabel Le DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1270, Of, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1334 (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F2801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Ancestral File (TM).

    2. [S2] Ancestral File (TM).