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Birth:          1223 of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Death:          4 Aug 1265 Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Burial:         Evesham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_le_Despencer,_1st_Baron_le_Despencer
Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1223 – 4 August 1265) was an important 
ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of 
England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London.

Hugh Le Despenser, chief justiciar of England, first played an important part in 1258, 
when he was prominent on the baronial side in the Mad Parliament of Oxford. In 1260 
the barons chose him to succeed Hugh Bigod as Justiciar, and in 1263 the king was 
further compelled to put the Tower of London in his hands.

He was the son of Hugh le Despenser I and was summoned to Parliament by Simon de 
Montfort. Hugh was summoned as Lord Despencer Dec. 14, 1264 and was Chief 
Justiciar of England and a leader of the baronial party, and so might be deemed a 
baron, though the legality of that assembly is doubtful. He remained allied with 
Montfort to the end, and was present at the Battle of Lewes. He was killed fighting on 
de Montfort's side at the Battle of Evesham in August, 1265. He was slain by Roger 
Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore; this caused a feud to begin between the Despencer and 
the Mortimer families.

By his wife, Aline Bassett, he was father of Hugh the elder Despenser. She was the 
daughter of Philip Basset, who had also served as Justiciar. They also had a daughter 
named Eleanor, who married Hugh de Courtenay, feudal baron of Okehampton.

Parents
LE DESPENCER Hugh (ABT 1197 - 23 Feb 1238)
DE QUINCY ----- (possibly their daughter) (ABT 1200 - )

Siblings
LE DESPENCER Hugh (1223 - 4 Aug 1265)

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  

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Children by ----- ----- 
LE DESPENCER Anne (ABT 1248 - )
LE DESPENCER Eleanor (ABT 1249 - 30 Sep 1328)

Marriage To BASSETT Aline (Iline) (Alice) (1246 - BEF 11 Apr 1281)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
BASSETT Philip (ABT 1185 - 19 Oct 1271)
DE LOUVAINE Hawise (1225 - )

Children by BASSETT Aline (Iline) (Alice) 1246 - BEF 11 Apr 1281
LE DESPENCER Hugh ("the elder") (1 Mar 1261 - 27 Oct 1326)
LE DESPENCER Joan (1263 - 1322)

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