Roy Family Genealogy
Genealogy of the Roy family, including Boudreau, Burnett, Myers, Ward, Whelpley, and Woodman
First Name:  Last Name: 
[Advanced Search]  [Surnames]

Eleanor de Longespée

Female - 1276


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Eleanor de Longespée (daughter of Stephen de Longespée and Emmeline de Riddlesford); was buried on 10 Jul 1276 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    Her name was also spelt Ela.

    Family/Spouse: Sir Roger la Zouche, Baron Zouche of Ashby . Roger (son of Sir Alan la Zouche, Constable of the Tower of London and Elena de Quincy) died in 1285. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Alan la Zouche, Baron Zouche of Ashby was born on 9 Oct 1267 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England; died on 25 Mar 1313/14 in Brackley, Northampton, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Stephen de Longespée was born about 1216 in England (son of William "Longespée", Earl of Salisbury and Ela, Countess of Salisbury); died in 1260 in Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, England.

    Stephen married Emmeline de Riddlesford on 1243 to 1244. Emmeline (daughter of Walter de Riddlesford and Annora) died in 1276. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Emmeline de Riddlesford (daughter of Walter de Riddlesford and Annora); died in 1276.
    Children:
    1. Emeline de Longespée was born about 1250; died in 1291 in Ireland.
    2. 1. Eleanor de Longespée was buried on 10 Jul 1276 in England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William "Longespée", Earl of Salisbury was born about 1170 in England (son of Henry II "Curt Mantel", King of England and Ida Plantagenet); died on 7 Mar 1225/26 in Salisbury Castle, Wiltshire, England (exact location not found).

    Notes:

    The listing of Rosamond de Clifford as the mother of William Longespée is incorrect. This association did not appear until 1611 in Speed's History of Great Britain.

    Birth: Wies (1982) gives his birth as 1176.

    William married Ela, Countess of Salisbury before Sep 1197 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Ela (daughter of William FitzPatrick, Earl of Salisbury and Eleanor de Vitrie) was born about 1190 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 24 Aug 1261 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ela, Countess of Salisbury was born about 1190 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England (daughter of William FitzPatrick, Earl of Salisbury and Eleanor de Vitrie); died on 24 Aug 1261 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire, England.

    Notes:

    Marriage Date: Weis (1982) states their marriage date as 1198.

    Children:
    1. Sir William Longespée was born about 1208 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died in 7 or 8 Feb 1249 in Mansoura, Egypt; was buried in Acre, Holy Land.
    2. 2. Stephen de Longespée was born about 1216 in England; died in 1260 in Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, England.

  3. 6.  Walter de Riddlesford (son of Walter de Riddlesford and Amabilis FitzHenry).

    Walter married Annora on yes date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Annora (daughter of Henry FitzHenry).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: Her name was also spelt Amabilis Fitzhenry.
    • Last Full Review: 2 Jun 2020

    Children:
    1. 3. Emmeline de Riddlesford died in 1276.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry II "Curt Mantel", King of England was born on 5 Mar 1132/33 in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France (son of Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy and The Empress Maud); died on 6 Jul 1189 in Château Chinon, Normandy, France; was buried after 6 Jul 1189 in Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: From 1154 to 1189; King of England

    Notes:

    Name:


    He was also the Duke of Normandy; Duke of Aquitaine; and Count of Anjou.

    History:
    He was also the Duke of Normandy; Duke of Aquitaine; and Count of Anjou.

    In 1149, he was knighted by King David of Scotland.

    He was crowned King of England on 25 Oct 1154 in Westminster Abbey.

    A dispute between the King and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, lead to Thomas' murder in the cathedral in December 1170. A year later, Henry invaded Ireland.

    Henry married Ida Plantagenet. Ida (daughter of Hamelin Plantagenet, Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey) was born about 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ida Plantagenet was born about 1154 (daughter of Hamelin Plantagenet, Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey).
    Children:
    1. 4. William "Longespée", Earl of Salisbury was born about 1170 in England; died on 7 Mar 1225/26 in Salisbury Castle, Wiltshire, England (exact location not found).

  3. 10.  William FitzPatrick, Earl of Salisbury was born about 1150 (son of Patrick, Earl of Salisbury and Ela de Talvas); died on 17 Apr 1196.

    William married Eleanor de Vitrie about 1190. Eleanor (daughter of Robert de Vitrie and Emma de Dinan) was born about 1158 in Normandy, France; died in 1232. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Eleanor de Vitrie was born about 1158 in Normandy, France (daughter of Robert de Vitrie and Emma de Dinan); died in 1232.
    Children:
    1. 5. Ela, Countess of Salisbury was born about 1190 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 24 Aug 1261 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire, England.

  5. 12.  Walter de Riddlesford was born in Carriebenan, Kildare, Ireland; died in 1226.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    He was living in 1150.

    Between 1171 and 1176, he was granted in Ireland the baronies of Bray, County Wicklow and Kilkea, County Kildare in Ireland.

    In 1181, he built a motte and bailey fortress on the site of what is now Kilkea Castle in County Kildare.

    Walter married Amabilis FitzHenry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Amabilis FitzHenry (daughter of Henry FitzRoy of Narberth and Pebidiog).
    Children:
    1. 6. Walter de Riddlesford

  7. 14.  Henry FitzHenry (son of Reginald FitzRoy de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall and Beatrice FitzWilliam).
    Children:
    1. 7. Annora