Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer

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Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, KG (also called Despenser) (c. 24 March 1335 or 1336 – 11 November 1375) was the son of another Edward le Despenser and Anne Ferrers, sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby. He succeeded as Lord of Glamorgan in 1349.

Le Despencer went with Edward the Black Prince to France, and 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 kneeling statue of him on the top of the Holy Trinity Chantry Chapel in Tewkesbury Abbey. He is the famous KNEELING KNIGHT of Tewkesbury. Brian Basham, Abbey guide.

Family

Edward married Elizabeth de Burghersh, daughter of Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh. They had the following children:

Ancestry

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Family of Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Aliva Basset
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Hugh Despenser the Younger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Isabella de Beauchamp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Maud FitzJohn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Edward le Despenser
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 10 Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Maud de Lacy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Eleanor de Clare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Edward I of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .11 Joan of Acre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Eleanor of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Edward le Despencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .12 Sir William De Ferrers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Margaret De Quincy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. William 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .13 Anne Le Despencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Aline Bassett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Anne Ferrers of Groby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Nicholas de Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .14 John Segrave, 2nd Baron Segrave
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Margaret Segrave[citation needed]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .15 Christian de Plessetis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31.
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  • Burke, Sir Bernard. "Despencer-Barons Despencer, Earl of Gloucester." A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, of the British Empire. London: Wm Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1962. (p. 167).
  • Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831. (pp. 173–4) googlebooks Retrieved May 26, 2008
  • Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, David Faris, and Frederick Lewis Weis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700: The Lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of Their Descendants. (7th Ed.) Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1992. (pp. 73–74, Lines: 70-35, 70-36, 74-34, 212-34.) googlebooks Retrieved May 26, 2008

Notes

  1. ↑ William Caferro, John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy (2006), p. 134.
Peerage of England
Preceded by
None; New Creation
 Baron le Despencer
1357–1375		 Succeeded by
Thomas le Despencer
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