Edward Despenser (died 1342)

Edward le Despenser
Edward le Despenser
Died	1342; Vannes, Brittany
Spouse(s)	Anne Ferrers
	Issue Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer; Hugh le Despenser; Thomas le Despenser; Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich
Father	Hugh le Despenser the Younger
Mother	Eleanor de Clare

Edward le Despenser (died 1342) was a son of Hugh le Despenser the Younger by his wife Eleanor de Clare.[1][2] 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.

Arms of Despencer: Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent; 2nd & 3rd: Gules, a fret or, over all a bend sable

Early life

Although his exact whereabouts before the execution of his father are unknown, it is believed that he was among the children living with their mother Eleanor during her imprisonment in the Tower of London (November 1326 - February 1328).[3] He was clearly too young to be seen as a threat to Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, unlike his older brother, Hugh (who was imprisoned by the two in 1327).

Marriage and children

After coming into his estates in November 1334, he soon married Anne Ferrers of Groby, (sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers). They had four surviving sons:

Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1336–1375); inherited the Despenser estates from his paternal uncle Hugh.[2]
Hugh le Despenser (died 1374), married Alice Hotham, had issue.
Thomas le Despenser
Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich

Later life

Like a few of his brothers, Edward served in Edward III's military campaigns. In 1342, he accompanied his older brother Hugh to mainland Europe.[3] Although they were originally heading for Gascony, they were diverted to Brest to aid King Edward's ally the Countess of Montfort in the Breton Civil War. On September 30, 1342, he and his brother's forces joined the English and helped achieve a victory against the French army at Morlaix.[3] Edward died during the Sieges of Vannes (1342).[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Edward Despenser (died 1342)

16. Hugh le Despenser

8.Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer

4.Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester

18. Philip Basset

9. Aline Bassett

19. Hawise de Gray

2.Hugh Despenser the Younger

20. William de Beauchamp

10. William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick

21. Isabel Mauduit

5. Isabella de Beauchamp

22. John Fitzgeoffrey

11. Maud- FitzJohn

23. Isabel Bigod

1. Edward le Despenser

24. Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford

12. Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford

25. Isabel Marshal

6.Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford

26. John de Lacy, 1st Earl of Lincoln

13. Maud de Lacy

27. Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln

3.Eleanor de Clare

28. Henry III of England

14. Edward I of England

29. Eleanor of Provence

7. Joan of Acre

30. Ferdinand III of Castile

15. Eleanor of Castile

31. Joan, Countess of Ponthieu

References

Burke 1885, p. 793.
Pugh 2004.
Higginbotham, Susan. "Edward le Despenser". Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
Lane-Poole 1900.

Works cited

Burke, Bernard (1885). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage. 47. Harrison and Sons.
Lane-Poole, Reginald (1900). "Despenser, Henry le (DNB00)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Pugh, T.B. (2004). "Despenser, Edward, first Lord Despenser (1336–1375)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7550. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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[FOOTNOTEBurke1885793-1] Burke 1885, p. 793.

[FOOTNOTEPugh2004-2] Pugh 2004.

[higginbotham-3] Higginbotham, Susan. "Edward le Despenser". Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

[FOOTNOTELane-Poole1900-4] Lane-Poole 1900.