William "Longespée", Earl of Salisbury

Abt 1170 - 1226  (56 years)

• Name	William
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 1170	England   [3, 4]
  Death	7 Mar 1225/26	Salisbury Castle, Wiltshire, England (exact location not found)   [1, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I6785	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry II "Curt Mantel", King of England,   b. 5 Mar 1132/33, Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France d. 6 Jul 1189, Château Chinon, Normandy, France (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ida Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1154
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ela, Countess of Salisbury,   b. Abt 1190, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England d. 24 Aug 1261, Lacock, Wiltshire, England (Age 71 years)  [1]
  Marriage	Before Sep 1197	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   [4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 27 years and 8 months - She : ~ 7 years and 8 months.
  Notes	Marriage Date: Weis (1982) states their marriage date as 1198. [1]
  Children	1. Sir William Longespée,   b. Abt 1208, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 7 or 8 Feb 1249, Mansoura, Egypt (Age 41 years)   2. Stephen de Longespée,   b. Abt 1216, England d. 1260, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, England (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F5025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2021

  
  

• 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. [3, 5] Birth: Wies (1982) gives his birth as 1176. [1]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1170 - England Marriage - Before Sep 1197 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Child - Sir William Longespée - Abt 1208 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Child - Stephen de Longespée - Abt 1216 - England Death - 7 Mar 1225/26 - Salisbury Castle, Wiltshire, England (exact location not found)  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S517] Reed, Paul C. and Dorothy E. Hopkins. "The Identity of Anne Gifford, Wife of Thomas Goddard: Correcting the Royal Ancestry of the Immigrant William Goddard" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 156, April 2002). [S1440] Bradley, Hal. "A Royal Descent for John Stratton" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 160, April 2006). [S1464] Phair, Raymond W. "William Longespée, Ralph Bigod and Countess Ida" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 77, Number 4, October 2002).