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Edward II 1St Baron Le DESPENSER, Kg, Sir

Edward II 1St Baron Le DESPENSER, Kg, Sir[1]

Male 1336 - 1375  (39 years)


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  • Name Edward II 1St Baron Le DESPENSER  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Suffix Kg, Sir 
    Birth 24 Mar 1335-1336  Essendine, Rutlandshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LZ2W-NR3 
    MilitaryService 19 Sep 1356  Poitiers, Vienne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Battle of Poitiers 
    Title 1357  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    He became 1st Lord Despenser (Baron Despenser) when he was summoned to Parliament 
    _UID 47C88555836842D7AA6E5FB95358EE6B2142 
    Death 11 Nov 1375  Llanbethian, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    Burial Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I13246  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2022 

    Father Sir Edward LE DESPENCER,   b. 3 Jan 1308, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1342, Morlaix, Brittany, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Mother Anne FERRERS,   b. 20 Apr 1315, Groby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1367, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 20 Apr 1335  Groby, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F536728311  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth De BURGHERSH,   b. 1342, Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1409, Glouchestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 2 Aug 1354  [9] 
    Alt. Marriage Bef Dec 1364  [2, 5, 6] 
    Alt. Marriage 
    Children 
     1. Phillip le DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1357, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Anne Le DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1360, Llanbethian, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 30 and 31 Oct 1426, Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Margaret Le DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1365, Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1415, Bugbrooke, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years)
     4. Elizabeth Le DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1367, Essendine, Rutlandshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 10 and 11 Apr 1408, Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Cicely DESPENSER,   b. 1370, Essendine, Rutland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1408, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     6. Thomas Le DESPENSER, Earl Of Gloucester, Kg,   b. 22 Sep 1373, Essendine, Rutlandshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1399-1400, Beheaded At Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     7. Hugh DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1375, Essendine, Rutland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1411, London, , Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years)
    Family ID F6738  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2022 

  • Notes 
    • Edward le Despenser, 1st Lord (Baron) le Despenser, so created by writ of summons to Parliament 15 Dec 1357; KG (1361); fought at Battle of Poitiers 1356, Constable of English Army in an unsuccessful invasion of France 1373-74. [Burke's Peerage]

      Sir Edward Despenser, KG, b. Essendine 24 Mar 1335/6, d. Llanbethian 11 Nov 1375; m. bef. Dec 1364 Elizabeth de Burghersh (13-9), d. 26 July 1409. [Magna Charta Sureties]

      d was present at the Battle of Poitiers. In recognition of his conduct in the French wars, he was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1357. At the same time, he also became a Knight of the Garter.

      He was a friend and patron of Jean Froissart[1] and the eldest brother of Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich.

      There is a statue of him on the top of the Holy Trinity Chantry Chapel in Tewkesbury Abbey, renowned as the "KNEELING KNIGHT".

      Edward married Elizabeth Burghersh, daughter of Bartholomew Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh.
      They had the following children:
      - Margaret Despencer (died 3 November 1415), married Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
      - Elizabeth Despenser (died 10 or 11 April 1408) married
      (1) John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel (30 November 1364 – 14 August 1390)
      (2) William Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche
      - Thomas Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester (22 September 1373 – 13 January 1400), married Constance of York
      - Hugh Despencer
      - Cicely Despencer
      - Anne Despencer (died 30 October 1426) married (1) Hugh de Hastings and (2) Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_le_Despencer%2C_1st_Baron_le_Despencer

  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

    2. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 70-35 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1030, 2098, 3102, 26 May 2003. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 13-9, 14-8, 79-8 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, II:427 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 13-9, 14-8 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 11 Dec 2022), entry for Edward II 1St Baron Le DESPENSER, person ID LZ2W-NR3. (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Dec 2024), entry for Edward LE DESPENCER, person ID LY9N-JV6. (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1030, 26 May 2003. (Reliability: 3).



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