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Individual Record for: William DE LONGESPREE (male)

    Geoffrey Plantagenet DE ANJOU+
  II HENRY      Family Record
William DE LONGESPREE      Family Record Matilda DE BRITTANY+
Hamelin Plantagenet DE ANJOU+
  Isabel II DE WARENNE      Family Record
    Isabel I DE WARENNE+

Spouse Children
Ela DE SALISBURY
  (Family Record)		 William II DE LONGESPREE
Ela DE LONGESPREE
Ida DE LONGESPREE
Stephen DE LONGESPREE

Event Date Details
Birth 1176  
Birth 1176 Place: Woodstock Manor
Death 7 MAR 1224/25  
Death 7 MAR 1225/26 Place: Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Burial   Place: Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Attribute Details
Title Earl
Source:
bulkeley.txt
Notes:
Much controversy surrounds the identity of the Mother of William, for Rosa mund was not the king's only mistress, though there are many who believe s he was. Those who dispute Rosamund's claim base their case on the dispari ty in the ages of all concerned, but there is other evidence as well whi ch can not be ignored. Unfortunately, the records date neither the bir th of Rosamund nor that of her father, or her reputed sons. Documents al so indicate an Ida, and an Ykenai as his mother.[Mytree.GED]

d. March 7, 1226, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Eng.
Longsword also spelled LONGESP?E , an illegitimate son of Henry II of Engl and, and a prominent baron, soldier, and administrator under John and Hen ry III. He acquired his lands and title from Richard I, who in 1196 gave h im the hand of the heiress Ela, or Isabel, daughter of William, earl of Sa lisbury. He held numerous official positions in England under John.
He was sent on missions to France (1202) and to Germany (1209). In 1213- 14 he organized John's Flemish allies, taking part in the destruction (121 3) of the French fleet at Damme, then the port of Bruges, and leading t he right wing of the allied army at Bouvines (July 27, 1214), where he w as captured. He was exchanged and was back in England by May 1215, wh en he was employed by John in inspecting the defenses of royal castles a nd fighting the rebels in the southwest.

During John's war against the barons, Salisbury deserted the king after t he landing of Louis of France (May 1216); he returned to royal allegianc e, however, by March 1217, fought at Lincoln (May) and Sandwich (August ), and attested the Treaty of Kingston (September 1217). Salisbury held va rious posts during the minority of Henry III and served against the Wel sh in 1223 and in Gascony in 1225. He and his wife were benefactors of Sal isbury Cathedral and laid foundation stones of the new cathedral in 122 0. William was buried there and his effigy, a splendid early example, sti ll survives.


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Notes Source: bulkeley.txt

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