General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Countess of Salisbury
Note:
Earldom of Salisbury: Although William Longespee held the E
arldom of Salisbury, albeit in right of his wife, his eldes
t son and heir Sir William (I) Longespee did not succeed t
o the dignity. Nor did Sir William's son, Sir William (II)
Longespee. The position was complicated by the fact that El
a/Isabel outlived both her son and grandson. Accordingly af
ter her death in 1261, her great-granddaughter, Sir Willia
m II's daughter Margaret, came to be regarded by much late
r writers
as de jure Countess of Salisbury, although she was referre
d to by that title in at least two documents dating from 13
11, five years at most after her death. Yet neither Margare
t nor her husband Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, styled th
emselves
Countess/Earl of Salisbury. [Burke's Peeerage, p. 2532]