Ancestry of
Richard Gere

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Hugh le Despencer

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• • 22nd Great-grandfather of Richard Gere — 25th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 26626448 
  • Father:
  • Hugh le Despencer 
  • Mother:
  • Aveline Basset   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Mar 1260/1261 
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Oct 1326 
  • Death Location:
  • Bristol, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Isabella de Beauchamp
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1286 
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  Hugh le Despencer

  Philip le Despencer (Ahnentafel No:13313224 )

  Isabel le Despencer

  • Notes: 

  • 1st Earl of Winchester

    Sir Hugh le Despencer was hanged for leading a rebellion against the King.

• Sources for Hugh le Despencer

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1991, Vol. 145, p. 268.
  • ² Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. (1999), 1029-1030.
  • ³ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. III, p. 410.
  • ⁴ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2005), 159.
  • ⁵ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 97.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester", (accessed 05/03/2011).
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Isabella de Beauchamp", (accessed 05/03/2011).

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