ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Hugh Despenser the Younger
1287 - 1326

Hugh Despenser the Younger
  • Born 1287
  • Died Sun, 24 November 1326
  • Hereford
  • Buried
  • Hulton Abbey, Stoke-on-Trent
Details
  • Hugh Despenser
  • Lived 39 years, 4 months, 23 days

A favourite of Edward II. Charged with high treason and, ultimately, hanged, drawn and quartered.

Family

Wife

Eleanor de Clare
  • Eleanor de Clare
  • 1292 - 1337
  • Married Thursday, 1 July 1306
  • Groom was 19 Bride was 13
  • Marriage lasted 20 years, 4 months, 23 days
  • Ended on death of Husband