3rd Earl of Salisbury William Longespée^{[1, 2]}

Bef 1170 - Abt 1226  (> 56 years)

• Name	William Longespée
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Bef 1170  [2]
  WWW	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Longesp%C3%A9e,_3rd_Earl_of_Salisbury
  Death	Abt 6 Mar 1226	Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   [3]
  Half-siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Roger le Bigod and Ida de Tosny)
  > 1. Margery le Bigod           b. Abt 1185 ▻ Sir William de Hastings, of Lidgate > 2. 3rd Earl of Norfolk Sir Hugh le Bigod           b. Abt 1185             d. Between 11 and 18 Feb 1225 ▻ Countess of Norfolk Maud Marshal,  m. Abt 1207
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Henry "Curtmantle" Plantagenet           b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France           d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Centre-Val de Loire, France (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Ida de Tosny

  
  

  Wife	3rd Countess of Salisbury Ela FitzPatrick           b. Abt 1191, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England           d. 24 Aug 1261, Lacock, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 70 years)
  Marriage	1198  [3]
  Age at Marriage	William was ~ 28 years old - Ela was ~ 7 years old.
  Children	1. Ida Longespée             d. Aft 11 May 1262
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life William Longespée was an illegitimate son of Henry II. As per TCP1, the surname had belonged to his Royal father's remote ancestor, William, Duke of Normandy, slain in 943, as also to the Conqueror's grandson, William, Count of Flanders, son of Robert, Duke of Normandy. Whilst Weir2 is unclear about William's mother ("he may have been the son of Ikenai ['a common prostitute'] but this is doubtful, Wikipedia explicitly makes him the son of Ida de Tosny, referring to a charter that he made, referring to his mother 'Ida'. Ida de Tosny is already in my tree, as the legitimate wife of ...obtained in marriage, 1198, by means of the reigning King, his brother (to whom the lady was in ward) ... Ela, heiress of the Earls of Salisbury, being, accordingly, acknowledged as Earl of Salisbury, and as such, present at the coronation of John, 27 May 1199. Footnotes [1] Complete Peerage, First Edition, Volume 5; Salisbury (page 31) [2] Britain's Royal Families by Alison Weir; The Angevin or Plantagenet Kings of England

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - Abt 6 Mar 1226 - Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0491] Douglas Richardson, Ed. by Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), FitzWalter; Vol. 2, pages 202-215. [S0495] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (London (1989)), The Angevin or Plantagenet Kings of England. [S0529] GE Cokayne, Complete Peerage, 1st Edition, (London (1887-1898)), Salisbury; Volume 7 (S-T), pages 29-44.