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William Longue-Épée of Salisbury

Male 1176 - 1226  (50 years)


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  • Name William Longue-Épée of Salisbury  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 1176  Woodstock Manor, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1196 
    3rd Earl of Salisbury 
    Occupation 27 May 1199 
    Present at King John's coronation 
    Occupation 1202 
    Sent on a diplomatic mission to France 
    Occupation 1203 
    Keeper of Avranches Castle 
    Occupation 1204 
    Escorted Llewellyn to the King at Worcester (with William Marshal) 
    Occupation 1205 
    Keeper of the castle and honour of Eye (Suffolk) 
    Occupation 1206 
    Escorted William "the Lion" King of Scots to meet King John at York 
    Occupation 1199-1207 
    Sheriff of Wilts 
    Occupation 1209 
    Appointed Keeper of the March of Wales 
    Occupation 1210 
    Attended King John on his expedition to Ireland 
    Occupation 1212 
    Keeper of Dover Castle 
    Occupation 1213 
    Sheriff of Wilts (until 1226) 
    Military 30 May 1213 
    His Anglo-Flemish expedition burnt the French fleet at Damme (invasion of England is scuttled) 
    Military 27 Jul 1214 
    Captured (with the Counts of Flanders and Boulogne) by Philippe-Auguste at the battle of Bouvines 
    Occupation 1216 
    Forsook his brother John while recognizing Louis Capet as King at Winchester and surrendered Salisbury Castle to him 
    Military 1217 
    Rejoined the royalist cause by marching with Earl William Marshal at Whitsuntide to the relief of Lincoln (victory over the French on 20 May) 
    Military 1217 
    Was with Hubert de Burgh at the victory over the French fleet off Thanet 
    Occupation 1217 
    Witnessed the treaty with Louis of France at Lamberth 
    Property 1217 
    His lands were restored 
    Military 1223 
    He was with the King during the successful expedition against Llewellyn 
    Occupation 1224 
    Keeper of Bridgnorth and Shrewsbury Castles 
    Occupation 1224 
    Sheriff of Salop and Staffs 
    Died 7 Mar 1226  Salisbury Castle, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Poisoned by Hubert de Burgh 
    Buried Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3686  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Henri II Plantagenêt King of England,   b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire (Centre), France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Rosamond de Clifford,   b. Abt 1136, Clifford Castle, Hay, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1176, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married
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    Family ID F1855  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ela of Salisbury,   b. 1191, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1261, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 1198  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ela Longespee,   b. Aft 1198, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1297, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 98 years)
     2. Ida Longespee,   b. Abt 1204, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1266  (Age ~ 63 years)
     3. Sir William Longespee,   b. Abt 1207, St. Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1250, Mansourah, Nile Delta, Egypt Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)
     4. Stephen Longespee,   b. 1216, St. Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1260, Sutton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F1849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S576] Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, augustin déchaussé, (Troisième Édition, la Compagnie des Libraires, Paris, 2 août 1726-1733), Volume 3, p. 292.

    2. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume XI, pp. 379 & (f) to 381.

    3. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 126, 174-175 & 587.

    4. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 32:30-26 & 111:122-28.

    5. [S635] The Plantagenet Ancestry of Elizabeth (daughter of Edward IV, and wife of Henry VII) The Heiress of the Plantagenets, William Henry Turton, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1993), 254.