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Ela De Longespee
- Preferred Name: Ela De Longespee[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
- Gender: F
- Death: 10 JUL 1276 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.7325 LONG: E1.4537 with note: Removed reference to UK prior to 1801.
- FSID: LD9K-WVV
- Birth: 1244 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England at LATI: N1.0687 LONG: E1.794
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Ela Longespee, Lady of Ashby (1244 - c. 19 July 1276) was a wealthy heiress and daughter of Stephen Longespee, Justiciar of Ireland and Emmeline Riddlesford. She was the wife of Sir Roger La Zouche, Lord of Ashby.
Family
Ela was born in 1244 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Stephen Longespee, Justiciar of Ireland, Seneschal of Gascony, and Emmeline de Ridelsford.[1] Her paternal grandmother was Ela, Countess of Salisbury, who had founded Lacock Abbey, and for whom she was named. Ela had a younger sister, Emmeline, who became the second wife of Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly in 1273.
Marriage and issue
In about 1266 in Northamptonshire, she married Sir Roger La Zouche, Lord of Ashby, the son of Sir Alan La Zouche and Helen de Quincy. Their marriage produced one son:
Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby (19 October 1267 - 25 March 1314), married Eleanor de Segrave, by whom he had three daughters.
Ela died on about 19 July 1276 at the age of 32. Her younger sister Emmeline, co-heiress to their father and the wife of the 3rd Lord of Offaly, did not bear any children; thus when she died in 1291, her property was inherited by Maud La Zouche, Baroness Holland, the daughter of Ela's only son, Alan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ela_Longespee
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ELA Longespee (-before 19 Jul 1276). The Book of Lacock names “Elam de la Souch…Emelinam” as the children of “Stephanus Lungespee” and his wife “Emelinam comitissam de Ulton”, adding that Ela married “Rogerus de la Souch”, by whom she had “Alanus de la Souch, qui duxit…Alianoram filiam Nicholai de Segrave, de qua genuit Elam, Matildam, Elizabetham, Rogerum de la Souche”[1131]. m (before 1267) ROGER la Zouche Lord of Ashby, son of ALAIN la Zouche & his wife Helen de Quincy ([1240/42]-shortly before 15 Oct 1285).
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#ElaLongespeediedbefore19Jul1276
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#ElaLongespeediedbefore19Jul1276 as of 2/2/2016
ELA Longespee (-before 19 Jul 1276). The Book of Lacock names “Elam de la
=== Ela (d. by 19 July 1276), daughter of St ===
Ela (d. by 19 July 1276), daughter of Stephen Longespee, himself son of William Longespee Earl of Salisbury (illegitimate son of Henry II). [Burke's Peerage]
Seal to Parents: SUBMITTED
Ancestral File Number: 9R32-VX
=== Name Suffix: the younger Ancestral ===
Name Suffix: the younger Ancestral File Number: 9FTR-D1
=== Relationship to N. G. Utting note ===
Twenty first Great Grandmother
Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother
=== http://www.familylore.org/index.php?title=Ela_Longespee ===
Title/Occupation: (Daughter and coheir of Stephen Longespee)
Education:
Born: ,
Died: aft 1276,
Buried:
Mother: Emaline de Ridelisford
Father: Stephen Longespee
Siblings:
Spouse: Roger la Zouche, joined in marriage 1267
Issue: Alan la Zouche
=== Life Sketch ===
Ela Longespee, Lady of Ashby (1244 – c. 19 July 1276) was a wealthy heiress and daughter of Stephen Longespee, Justiciar of Ireland and Emmeline Riddlesford. She was the wife of Sir Roger La Zouche, Lord of Ashby.
Family
Ela was born in 1244 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Stephen Longespee, Justiciar of Ireland, Seneschal of Gascony, and Emmeline de Ridelsford.[1] Her paternal grandmother was Ela, Countess of Salisbury, who had founded Lacock Abbey, and for whom she was named. Ela had a younger sister, Emmeline, who became the second wife of Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly in 1273.
Marriage and issue
In about 1266 in Northamptonshire, she married Sir Roger La Zouche, Lord of Ashby, the son of Sir Alan La Zouche and Helen de Quincy. Their marriage produced one son:
Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby (19 October 1267 – 25 March 1314), married Eleanor de Segrave, by whom he had three daughters.
Ela died on about 19 July 1276 at the age of 32. Her younger sister Emmeline, co-heiress to their father and the wife of the 3rd Lord of Offaly, did not bear any children; thus when she died in 1291, her property was inherited by Maud La Zouche, Baroness Holland, the daughter of Ela's only son, Alan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ela_Longespee
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ELA Longespee (-before 19 Jul 1276). The Book of Lacock names “Elam de la Souch…Emelinam” as the children of “Stephanus Lungespee” and his wife “Emelinam comitissam de Ulton”, adding that Ela married “Rogerus de la Souch”, by whom she had “Alanus de la Souch, qui duxit…Alianoram filiam Nicholai de Segrave, de qua genuit Elam, Matildam, Elizabetham, Rogerum de la Souche”[1131]. m (before 1267) ROGER la Zouche Lord of Ashby, son of ALAIN la Zouche & his wife Helen de Quincy ([1240/42]-shortly before 15 Oct 1285).
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#ElaLongespeediedbefore19Jul1276
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#ElaLongespeediedbefore19Jul1276 as of 2/2/2016
ELA Longespee (-before 19 Jul 1276). The Book of Lacock names “Elam de la
=== Ela (d. by 19 July 1276), daughter of St ===
Ela (d. by 19 July 1276), daughter of Stephen Longespee, himself son of William Longespee Earl of Salisbury (illegitimate son of Henry II). [Burke's Peerage]
Seal to Parents: SUBMITTED
Ancestral File Number: 9R32-VX
=== Name Suffix: the younger Ancestral ===
Name Suffix: the younger Ancestral File Number: 9FTR-D1
=== AFGS
1 UID 1318D8540BAF094B9356C99C48478 ===
AFGS
1 UID 1318D8540BAF094B9356C99C48478415DB78
=== http://www.familylore.org/index.php?title=Ela_Longespee ===
Title/Occupation: (Daughter and coheir of Stephen Longespee)
Education:
Born: ,
Died: aft 1276,
Buried:
Mother: Emaline de Ridelisford
Father: Stephen Longespee
Siblings:
Spouse: Roger la Zouche, joined in marriage 1267
Issue: Alan la Zouche
=== Relationship to N. G. Utting note ===
Twenty first Great Grandmother
Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother
Preferred Parents:
Father: Stephen Longspee, b. ABT 1216 d. ABT 1276
Mother: Emmeline de Riddlesford, b. ABT 1223 d. 1276
Family 1: Roger la Zouche, b. 29 SEP 1242 in Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Leicestershire, England d. 15 OCT 1285 in Brockley, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- m. 1266 in Northamptonshire, England
- Alan La Zouche, b. 9 OCT 1267 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 25 MAR 1314 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Family 2: Roger La Zouche, b. ABT 1241 d. BEF 15 OCT 1285
- Alan La Zouche, b. 9 OCT 1267 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 25 MAR 1314 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Sources:
- Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage by Charles Mosley
Note: death:
ABBR Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Mosley, C. (1999). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th ed, pp. 3100
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244726614
- Title: Ela Longespée La Zouche, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJP-5T7K : 15 June 2022), Ela Longespée La Zouche, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 184012498, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJP-5T7K;
- Title: Earls of England
Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medieval Lands Projects, Lancaster
Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#_Toc64702013;
Note: About Gilbert and Helewise
Page: British Isles - England, Earls 1138-1143 , p. 236: ELA Longespee (-before 19 Jul 1276). The Book of Lacock names “Elam de la Souch…Emelinam” as the children of “Stephanus Lungespee” and his wife “Emelinam comitissam de Ulton”, adding that Ela married “Rogerus de la Souch”, by whom she had “Alanus de la Souch, qui duxit…Alianoram filiam Nicholai de Segrave, de qua genuit Elam, Matildam, Elizabetham, Rogerum de la Souche”[1790]. A writ dated 20 Jul "4 Edw I", following the death of "Emelina countess of Ulster" names "Emelina the wife of Maurice son of Maurice and daughter of the said countess aged 24 and more and Alan son of Roger la Zouche who had to wife Ela elder daughter of the said countess aged 8 are her heirs”[1791]. m (before 1267) ROGER la Zouche Lord of Ashby, son of ALAIN la Zouche & his wife Helen de Quincy ([1240/42]-shortly before 15 Oct 1284).
- Title: British History online
Note: Ela Longspee
eldest d/o Stephen Longspee & Emiline Riddlesford, Ctess of Ulster
b- 1246 -
m- Sir, Roger Zouche
d - bef 19 JUly 1276 -
20 Jul 1276 - IPM - Elmeline , Ctess of Ulster
her next heirs are - Emeline, age 24, w/o Maurcie s/o Maurice, her daughter
Alan , age 8, s/o Roger ZOuche & ELA, her eldest daughter
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Author: Ancestry Family Tree
- Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/11314022;
- Title: Foundation For Medieval Genealogy - Medieval Lands
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#_Toc434831822;
- Title: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & the United Kingdom by G E Cokayne
Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: XII/2:935
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741118
- Title: A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited & Extinct Peerages of the British Empire by Bernard Burke
Author: A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke {, Page number: 168, 598
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741116
- Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215 by, Frederick Lewis Weis
Author: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Ed {1999}, Page number: 90-4, 144-3; Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr, Page number: 53-30
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741136
- Title: Ela Longespée La Zouche, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJP-5T7K : 15 June 2022), Ela Longespée La Zouche, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 184012498, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJP-5T7K;
- Title: English Monarchs: William Longespee
Publication: Name: http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_78.html;
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