Sir William de Montagu, KG, Earl of Salisbury

Other Events and Attributes:

• Parents: Father: William Montagu, Earl of Salisbury (1301-1344) Mother: Catherine Grandison (1304-1349)
• Title(s): 1344; He succeeded his father as the Earl of Salisbury in 1344.
• Knighted: 13 Jul 1346; On 13 July 1346 he was knighted.
• Knighted: 1348; Lord Salisbury, at this time married to the King's first cousin, was one of the knights admitted at the foundation of the Order of the Garter in 1348.
• Second Marriage: say 1350; He married second Elizabeth de Mohun, the daughter of John de Monun, Lord Monhun, and Joan Burghersh. She died on 14 January 1414/15. Children: 1. William de Montacute (____-1383)
• Military: 19 Sep 1356; He fought in the Battle of Poitiers on 19 September 1356.
• Last Full Review: 12 Feb 2021

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William married Joan "the Fair Maid of Kent", LG, Princess of Wales in 1340/41. Joan (daughter of Edumnd of Woodstock, Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, Baroness Wake) was born on 29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock, Kent, England; died on 7 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England; was buried in Greyfriars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]