Earl of Salisbury, William Longespée

Birth Name Earl of Salisbury, William Longespée 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a
Also Known As Prince of England, William Longspee
Gramps ID I28754
Gender male
Age at Death 50 years, 2 months, 13 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E37628] 1176 Woodstock Manor  
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Death [E37629] 1225/6-03-07 (Julian) Amesbury, Wiltshire, England  
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_FA1 [E37630]   Acceded: Amesbury, Wiltshire.  
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_FA2 [E37631]   Buried in Salisbury Cathedral.  
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_FA3 [E37632] 1214-07-00 Suffered disastrous defeat by French at Valenciennes.  
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_FA4 [E37633]   Marked the end of John’s attempts to reclaim Continental possessions.  
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_FA5 [E37634] 1214-07-00 Led a brave charge attempting rescue of Renaud de Dammartin.  
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_FA6 [E37635]   Taken prisoner by Philippe Augustus & ransomed by John.  
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_FA7 [E37636] 1216-06-00 Forsook his brother John & recognized Louis Capet as King at Winchester.  
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_FA8 [E37637]   of Sutton, Northampton, England.  
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Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father King of England, Henry II Plantagenet de Anjou [I28660]1132/3-03-05 (Julian)1189-07-06
Mother Plantagenet, Ida (Isabel) [I28708]1154
         Earl of Salisbury, William Longespée [I28754] 1176 1225/6-03-07 (Julian)

Families

    Family of Earl of Salisbury, William Longespée and Cts de Salisbury, Ela FitzPatrick [F11023]
Married Wife Cts de Salisbury, Ela FitzPatrick [I28549] ( * BET. 1187 - 1191 + 1261-08-24 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58250] 1198 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  
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  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Earl of Salisbury, William Longespée II [I33830]12071249/50-02-07 (Julian)
Earl of Ulster, Stephen Longespée [I28548]12161260
Longespée, Ida [I36765]12221269

Narrative

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Some sources show him being born about 1173.
Some sources show death 07 March 1224/25.

Pedigree

  1. King of England, Henry II Plantagenet de Anjou [I28660]
    1. Plantagenet, Ida (Isabel) [I28708]
      1. Earl of Salisbury, William Longespée
        1. Cts de Salisbury, Ela FitzPatrick [I28549]
          1. Earl of Salisbury, William Longespée II [I33830]
          2. Earl of Ulster, Stephen Longespée [I28548]
          3. Longespée, Ida [I36765]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" [S287874]
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        s. of Rosamund Clifford & Henry II, but she allows for possibility that Alix de Porhoet could be the mother.

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        b 1176, no place

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  2. Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England) [S283806]
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        s of Henry II & Rosamund Clifford

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  3. Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy [S77343]
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        s of Henry II & Ykenai Hikenai

  4. Ernst-Friedrich Kraentzler: Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville [S11617]
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        William Lonfapww

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  5. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S286829]
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        s of King Henry II, no mother

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        b 1176 at Woodstock Manor

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        died given date at Salisbury Castle

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  6. Gary Boyd Roberts: Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants [S284637]
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        s of King Henry II, no mother

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        b 1176 at Woodstock Manor

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        died given date at Salisbury Castle

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  7. Farmerie, Todd A. [S287657]
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        "There is no basis for prefering Rosamund Clifford as William Longespee's mother over numerous other suggested mistresses, and two charters which name another mother, Ida. The truth of the matter is that the mother of William was unknown prior to a recent discovery. For this reason, every author produced their own theory of who the mother could be. None of them had any documentary support, but the Rosamund Clifford assignment was the worst of them, because it was assigned simply because at the time, she was Henry's only known mistress. No attention was paid to chronology or anything else. However, a decade ago, Charles Evans brought to the attention of the greater genealogical community a pair of charters in which William Longespee specifically names his mother as
        "Countess Ida". In light of this clear documentary evidence of the name of his mother, all other speculation (which had no such documentary basis) must be rejected. Who was "Countess Ida"? Recently the speculation has been published that she was the future wife of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, and supporting this identification is the fact that William Longespee was appointed guardian for Roger Bigod, who would have been his nephew. Questions of Ida's identity aside, there can be no doubt that Ida was mother of William Longespee. As far as I know, the earliest source that mentions Rosamund Clifford as his mother dates from the 16th century, 300+ years after the event (while the Ida charters belong to William Longespee himself)."

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  10. Sharon Kay Penman "Here be Dragons" [S0418]
  11. Gary Boyd Roberts: Ancestors of American Presidents [S286858]
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