Rosamond "Fair Rosamond" de Clifford 
Rosamond "Fair Rosamond" de was born in 1136 in Clifford Castle, Hay, Herefordshire, England. Rosamond "Fair Rosamond" de's father was Walter I FitzRichard de Clifford , Sir and her mother was Margaret de Toeni. Her paternal grandparents were Richard FitzPonce , Lord of Cantref Bychan and Maud FitzWalter de Pitres; her maternal grandparents were Ralph IV de Toeni , de Conches, Lord Flamstead and Alice de Huntingdon. She had two brothers and a sister, named Walter II de, Richard de and Lucy de. She was the oldest of the four children. She died at the age of 40 in 1176 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.General Notes
Rosamond; mistress of Henry II, known as "Fair Rosamond" and quite possibly mother of William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury. [Burke's Peerage]
Note: Rosamond, although Henry's "favorite mistress", was probably not William's mother. A "Countess Ida", in William's own words in two different donations in her name, was probably his mother. Some think that Ida was connected with the de Toeni family. I await further developments before changing William's mother.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1078 in Lahnyndhry Castle, Wales d.1129
- b.1115 in of Corfham and Culminton, Salopshire, England d.< 1190 in Godstow, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1088 in Frampton, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1136 in Clifford Castle, Hay, Herefordshire, England d.1176 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1081 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England d.~ 1126 in Conches, Sein-et-Marne, France
- b.~ 1109 in Northumberland, England d.< 1185 in Clifford Castle, Hay, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1077 in Huntington, Huntingdonshire, England d.> 1126
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‌Rosamond "Fair Rosamond" de and Henry II "Curt Mantel" King of were married in a religious ceremony before 1173 in No Marriage. They had a son named William I.
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Children
William I Longespee , Earl of Salisbury
William I was born before 1173 in England. He died in Salisbury Castle, Wiltishire, England.
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