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William de Windsor Feudal Baron of Eton Buckinghamshire
- Preferred Name: William de Windsor Feudal Baron of Eton Buckinghamshire[1] [2] [3]
- Alternate Name: Walter de Windsor
- Gender: M
- Death: 1176 in Normandie, France at LATI: N8.928 LONG: E0.5326
- Residence: in Buckinghamshire, England at LATI: N1.7627 LONG: E0.6592
- FSID: 9HM8-KXP
- Birth: ABT 1132 in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.7627 LONG: E0.6592
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
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William de Windsor
Birthdate: circa 1139
Birthplace: Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, England
Death: before 1176
Immediate Family:
Son of William FitzWalter de Windsor, Constable of Windsor, Keeper of Windsor Forest
Husband of Christina Windsor and Hawys wife of William de Windsor
Father of Walter de Windsor and William de Windsor, III
Brother of Hugh de Windsor
Not sure about parents shown in FS as father would have been 62 and mother 60 years old!
=== 1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" b ===
1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" by Seversmith, p. 2,244. 2. "This William de Wyndesore, second of the name in succession,..." 3a. "In 1161, he became feudal baron and lord of the Honor of Windsor". 3b. "Helped supervise the building operation at Windsor Castle". 4. "Perhaps other children". 5. "His wife is reported to have been named Christina de Wiham; she was a tenant by knighthood on the Montfichet fief in 1166. It is not established that she was the mother of the children."
=== REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain Am ===
REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists 178-2.
=== 1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" b ===
1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" by Seversmith, p. 2,244. 2. "This William de Wyndesore, third of the name in succession,..."
=== Hint: Both her husbands are the ===
SAME PERSON
=== Biography ===
William was born in 1110 to the House of Windsor, a dynasty of Catholic English. William became the court chaplain of Count Roger of Tarragona, a vassal of the County of Tarragona, managing affairs of Christianity in Tarragona. He was recruited into Stephen of England's plot to kill William FitzSulgwen in 1137
=== !Bridges Peerage. !Married a daughter of ===
!Bridges Peerage. !Married a daughter of the King.
=== Walter changed the sons name to Windsor ===
Walter changed the sons name to Windsor instead of calling him WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM .They often took the name of the town or the house they were in service to for the family name.
=== Source: THE GERARD AND CHESELDINE FAMILI ===
Source: THE GERARD AND CHESELDINE FAMILIES by Edwin Warfield Beitzel, Washington, DC, 1950
Preferred Parents:
Father: William de Windsor, b. 1068 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 1130 in Pembrokeshire, Wales
Mother: Agnes de Valognes, b. 1070 in Wales
Family 1: Maud , b. ABT 1104 in Buckinghamshire, England
Family 2: Baroness Christina de Wilham, b. 1136 in Buckinghamshire, England d. 1166 in Buckinghamshire, England
- William de Windsor IV, b. 1189 in Stanwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom d. 1248 in Stanwell, Middlesex, England
Family 3: Hawisia , b. ABT 1102 in England d. 1198
- William de Windsor III, b. in Stanwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom d. BEF 1204 in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Sources:
- Title: Burke's "Peerage and Baronetage" 106th Edition 1999
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: William II de Windsor -
Author: Public Member Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members., Page number: 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files were combined to create this source citation.
Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry.com and The Generations Network
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245908477
- Title: Death 1160, William FitzWalter, Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_FitzOther;
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