The Genealogy Zone
1st Baron Hugh le Despenser
1286 - 1326 (40 years)1. 1st Baron Hugh le Despenser was born in 1286 in England; died in 1326 in England. Hugh married Eleanor de Clare in 1306 in London, Middlesex, England. Eleanor (daughter of 7th Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford Gilbert "der Rote" de Clare and Princess (of England) Joan Plantagenet) was born on 3 Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales; was christened on 30 Jun 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Countess of Arundel Isabel le Despenser was born about 1314.
- 3. Baroness Berkeley Elizabeth le Despenser was born in 1322 in Stoke, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1389 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England.
- 4. 2nd Baron Hugh le Despenser
- 5. Edward le Despenser died in 1342 in Morlaix, Brittany.
Generation: 2
2. Countess of Arundel Isabel le Despenser (1.Hugh1) was born about 1314. Isabel married Richard 'Copped Hat' Fitzalan on 09 Feb 1321 in Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England, and was divorced in 1344. Richard (son of Edmund Fitzalan and Alice de Warren) was born about 1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1375 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Edmund Arundel Fitzalan was born in 1327.
3. Baroness Berkeley Elizabeth le Despenser (1.Hugh1) was born in 1322 in Stoke, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1389 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. 4. 2nd Baron Hugh le Despenser (1.Hugh1) 5. Edward le Despenser (1.Hugh1) died in 1342 in Morlaix, Brittany.
Generation: 3
6. Edmund Arundel Fitzalan (2.Isabel2, 1.Hugh1) was born in 1327.