Hugh Despenser the Younger, English courtier (born 1296)

Hugh Despenser the Younger

English peer and favourite of Edward II (c.1287/1289–1326)

Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser, also referred to as "the Younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh Despenser, Earl of Winchester and his wife Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. He rose to national prominence as royal chamberlain and…