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Edward le Despenser (c. 1310 – 30 September 1342) was a son of Hugh le Despenser the Younger by his wife Eleanor de Clare. His father, a favourite of Edward II of England, was executed in 1326. Through his mother, he was a great-grandson of Edward I of England.
Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser KG (24 March 1336, Essendine – 11 November 1375) was the son of another Edward le Despenser and Anne Ferrers, sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby. [ citation needed ] He succeeded as Lord of Glamorgan in 1349.
Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser (c.1287/1289 – 24 November 1326), also referred to as "the Younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh Despenser, Earl of Winchester, (the Elder Despenser) and his wife Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick.
Despenser family, unpopular favourites of England’s King Edward II, who were executed by Edward’s opponents, Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer.
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Explore genealogy for Edward (Despenser) le Despenser born abt. 1315 died 1342 slain at Morlaix in Brittany (France) while serving on an expedition including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + 6 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
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2 de mai. de 2019 · His behaviour as royal favourite helped to bring about the first deposition of a king in English history: Edward II was so closely associated with Hugh Despenser that only a few weeks after Despenser’s execution, he was forced to abdicate his throne to his teenage son, Edward III.
When Edward Despenser I was born in 1310, in Buckinghamshire, England, his father, Sir Hugh le Despenser, 2nd Lord Despenser, was 24 and his mother, Eleanor de Clare, was 18. He married Anne Ferrers on 20 April 1335, in Groby, Leicestershire, England.
