Hugh the younger le Despenser Lord Le Despenser [5327] ²⁴

   Cause of his death was Executed.

   Another name for Hugh was Earl of Gloucester.

  General Notes:

has been called Earl of Gloucester by some writers but The Complete Peerage vol.V,p715 makes it clear he was not. Executed.
The Complete Peerage vol.IV.pp.267-271.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal05744

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1314.

Hugh married Eleanor de Clare [13717] [MRIN: 6453], daughter of Gilbert the Red de Clare 3rd Earl of Gloucester [8883] and Princess Joan of Acre Plantagenet [4211], in 1306 in Westminster. (Eleanor de Clare [13717] was born in Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan and died on 30 Jun 1337.)