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Hugh Despenser the younger

1287 - 1326

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Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser (c.1287/1289 – 24 November 1326), also referred to as "the Younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh Despenser, Earl of Winchester, (the Elder Despenser) and his wife Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. He rose to national prominence as royal chamberlain and a favourite of Edward II of England. Despenser made many enemies amongst the nobility of England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Despenser the younger has received more than 74,689 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hugh Despenser the younger is the 704th most popular companion (down from 617th in 2019), the 2,532nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,123rd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Companion.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.58

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Hugh Despenser the younger ranks 704 out of 784. Before him are Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, Tranquillina, Nimaathap, Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden, Plautia Urgulanilla, and Zenobia of Armenia. After him are Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, Aelia Paetina, and Deidamia II of Epirus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1287, Hugh Despenser the younger ranks 7. Before him are Robert III of Artois, William I, Count of Hainaut, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Luchino Visconti, and Nasr of Granada. After him is Richard de Bury. Among people deceased in 1326, Hugh Despenser the younger ranks 8. Before him are Leopold I, Duke of Austria, Kebek, Reginald I of Guelders, Mondino de Luzzi, Dmitry of Tver, and Prince Koreyasu. After him is Alessandra Giliani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Despenser the younger ranks 2,532 out of 8,785. Before him are Henri Alleg (1921), Daniel Jones (1881), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Henry Taylor (1885), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), and Harry Seeley (1839). After him are Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), Marianne North (1830), Warwick Davis (1970), Edward Blyth (1810), and Edwin Arnold (1832).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Hugh Despenser the younger ranks 52. Before him are Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), Edith Tolkien (1889), Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), and Ælfgifu of Northampton (990). After him are Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), Anabella Drummond (1350), Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946), Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), Eanflæd (626), and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968).

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