Earl of Pembroke, William de Valence

Birth Name Earl of Pembroke, William de Valence 1a 2 3 4a 5a 6a 7 8a
Also Known As de Lusignan, William
Gramps ID I33623
Gender male
Age at Death 71 years, 4 months, 16 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E44848] 1225 Cistercian Abbey, Valence, Charete, France  
2a 1 5b 6b 7
Birth [E44849] 1225 France  
8b
Death [E44850] 1296-05-17    
2b 1b 5c 6c 7
_FA1 [E44851]   Lord of Valence, Montignac, Bellac, Rancon and Champagnac.  
3a 4b 5d 7
_FA2 [E44852]   Was called Earl of Pembroke but never officially gained that title.  
3b 4c 7
_FA3 [E44853]   Earl of Wexford. Earl of Pembroke by right of his wife. Crusader, 1250.  
5e 7
_FA4 [E44854]   Interred: Westminster Abbey, London, England.  
7
_FA5 [E44855] 1247 Came to live at his 1/2 brother Henry III’s court.  
7
_FA6 [E44856] 1258-06-00 Oxford Parliament stripped foreign born Lords of their lands & castles.  
9 7
_FA7 [E44857]   This was aimed at the hated de Lusignans.  
9 7
_FA8 [E44858] 1258-07-00 The de Lusignans surrender & are cast out from England.  
9 7
_FA9 [E44859] 1258-07-00 Fled anti de Lusignan sentiment in Boulogne, had to seek aid of Louis IX.  
7
_FA10 [E44860]   Shared mutual hatred with Daffydd ap Gruffydd.  
9 7
_FA11 [E44861] 1264-04-05 Attempts to lynch nephew Bran de Montfort but Dafydd ap Gruffydd intervenes.  
9 7
_FA12 [E44862] 1264-05-14 Fought under Prince Edward “Longshanks” in vanguard at Battle of Lewes.  
9 7
_FA13 [E44863]   One of the most universally hated Lords in England by commoners & barons alike.  
10 7

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Ct de la Marche, Hugh de la Marche X le Brun [I29016]1183about 1246-06-06
Mother Taillefer, Isabella de Angoulême [I30860]11881246-05-31
    Brother     Ct de la Marche & Angoulême, Hugh de Lusignan [I29713] 1220 BET. 1250 - 1260
    Sister     de Lusignan, Alice Brun [I2582] 1224 1255/6-02-09 (Julian)
         Earl of Pembroke, William de Valence [I33623] 1225 1296-05-17

Families

    Family of Earl of Pembroke, William de Valence and Cts de Pembroke, Johanna de Munchesni [F6772]
Married Wife Cts de Pembroke, Johanna de Munchesni [I33624] ( * 1225 + before 1307-09-20 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E56368] 1247-08-13    
2 1c 5f 6d 7a
_FA1 [E56369]   Marriage arranged for William by Henry III caused much rancor with barons.  
9 7
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Valence, Isabel [I26061]12661305-10-03
de Valence, Joan [I33626]1273

Narrative

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REF: "Falls the Shadow" Sharon Kay Penman: During Simon de Montfort's barons war, March 31, 1264 Londoners riot (London was very pro de Montfort), burn townhouses of the hated William de Lusignan, also prominent Royalist Lord Philip Basset, also Richard of Cornwall's Westminster manor, & his beloved Isleworth manor 7 miles away. Richard overnight goes from trying to mediate a solution to, like Edward, ardently desiring a battlefield confrontation.
April 5 1264 Bran de Montfort leads defense of St. Andrew's Priory within the town & fights with suicidal bravery. The walls had been undermined by the Prior who was secretly in league with Prince Edward, & Bran was captured by some common soldiers. At that point William de Lusignan & Ralph de Mortimer rode up. Bran had just before taken part in the looting of de Mortimer's lands in Radnorshire. de Lusignan ordered his nephew Bran killed on the spot, but Dafydd ap Gruffydd rode up & intervened telling them Edward would be displeased to see his cousin Bran killed. de Lusignan attempts to argue but Philip Basset (who commanded the attackers) then rode up & commanded Bran be taken to Edward, and not to be escorted by de Lusignan or de Mortimer, as they would arrange an "accident" for Bran. Bran congratulated for his gallant bravery by Edward & then sent to King Henry who moves him to Windsor Castle. Abandoned nephew Prince Edward at Battle of Lewes (14 May 1264) when Edward returned from his savage pusuit of the Londoner contingent of the rebel forces back to the battle to see Henry III (de Lusignan's 1/2 brother) under seige at Lewes priory & the victory to Montfort (de Lusignan's 1/2 brother in law). After Lewes, forfeited lands to Gilbert de Clare. By April 1265, landed in South wales with John de Warenne.

Pedigree

  1. Ct de la Marche, Hugh de la Marche X le Brun [I29016]
    1. Taillefer, Isabella de Angoulême [I30860]
      1. Ct de la Marche & Angoulême, Hugh de Lusignan [I29713]
      2. de Lusignan, Alice Brun [I2582]
      3. Earl of Pembroke, William de Valence
        1. Cts de Pembroke, Johanna de Munchesni [I33624]
          1. de Valence, Isabel [I26061]
          2. de Valence, Joan [I33626]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" [S76671]
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        No title

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        d 1296

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        m 1247

  2. Ed Mann: Mann Database [S331348]
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        b aft 1225

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        d bef 18 May 1296

  3. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S42140]
      • Source text:

        Seigneur de Champagnac

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        named Earl of Pembroke

  4. Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 [S11883]
      • Page: p 106
      • Page: p 106
      • Source text:

        Seigneur de Champagnac

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        named Earl of Pembroke

  5. Frederick Lewis Weis: Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 [S72360]
      • Page: line 148, p 153
      • Page: line 148, p 153
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        b aft 1225, no place

      • Page: line 148, p 153
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        d bef 18 May 1296

      • Page: line 148, p 153
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        Lord of Valence

      • Page: line 148, p 153
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        Crusader 1250.

      • Page: line 148, p 153
  6. Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy [S146907]
      • Page: p 67
      • Page: p 67
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        b 1225/30, no place

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        d 1296

      • Page: p 67
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        no date/place, had issue

  7. large-G675.FTW [S261374]
      • Citation:

        soc.genealogy.medieval (John Cantwell marccant@@erols.com) quoting "Hubert de Burgh A Study in Constancy" by Clarence Ellis, pub. 1952

  8. 11615-2.ftw [S7587]
      • Source text:

        Date of Import: 21 Feb 1999

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        Date of Import: 21 Feb 1999

  9. Sharon Kay Penman: Falls the Shadow [S67318]
  10. Sharon Kay Penman: The Reckoning [S77190]