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William Longespee of Salisbury III




Family 1: Maud Clifford Countess of Salisbury,    b. AFT 1234 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England    d. AFT DEC 1284 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
Sources:
  1. Title: The Topographer Vol 2
  2. Title: Salisbury Ballard "Historical Account of Earls of Salisbury"
  3. Title: Pedigrees from the plea rolls: collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the original rolls in the Public Record Office p. 66
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/pedigreesfromple00wrotrich/page/66/mode/2up;
  4. Title: Synopsis of Peerage of England
  5. Title: Peerage, The
    Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe (http://thepeerage.com : accessed 8 Nov 2018), William Longspee.
    Note: William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury was born illegitimately between 1160 and 1170.1 He was the son of Henry II \'Curtmantle\' d\'Anjou, King of England and Ida de Tosny.2,3 He married Ela, Countess of Salisbury, daughter of William FitzPatrick de Saresbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury and Eleanor de Vitri, circa 1196. He died in 1226 at Mansourah, EgyptG.1 He was also reported to have died on 7 March 1226 at Salisbury CastleG.He gained the title of 1st Earl of Salisbury in 1196.2Children of William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Ela, Countess of SalisburyRichard LongespéeNicholas Longespée d. 28 May 1297Isabel Longespée d. b 1248Ela Longespée2 d. 9 Feb 1298Ida Longespée+2 d. bt 1266 - 1270William Longespée, 2nd Earl of Salisbury+2 b. c 1200, d. 7 Feb 1250Stephen Longespée+4 b. 1216, d. 1260Citations[S11] Alison Weir, Britain\'s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 63. Hereinafter cited as Britain\'s Royal Families.[S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.[S79] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), page 456. Hereinafter cited as Plantagenet Ancestry.[S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 4287. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

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