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SALISBURY EARLDOM

SALISBURY (SALISBURY) EARLDOM

[SALI341] --- de Salisbury m. [HUBE342] Matilda FitzHubert
. [SALI353] Mabel of Salisbury m. [HERE431] Humphrey II de Bohun
. [SALI354] Margaret of Salisbury m. [TATF401] Henry de Bohun
. [SALI351] Walter FitzEdward, Sheriff of Wiltshire m. [CHAW442] Sibilla de Charworth
. . [SALI362] Sibyl of Salisbury m. [MARS361] John FitzGilbert the marshal
. . [SALI361] Earl Patrick of Salisbury m2. [PON1363] Ela Talvas
. . . [SALI381] Earl William of Salisbury m. [VITR382] Eleanor de Vitre
. . . . [SALI392] Ela of Salisbury m. [LONG451] Earl William of Salisbury

30.  [SALI341] --- de Salisbury married (c.1087-92) [HUBE342] Matilda FitzHubert (widow of Edward of Salisbury, daughter of Ralph FitzHubert, see RALPH FITZHUBERT).

28.  [SALI351] Walter FitzEdward (son & heir of Edward) married [CHAW442] Sibilla (born c.1082, daughter of Patrick, see CHAORCES). Walter became Sheriff of Wiltshire, and died 1147.

27.  [SALI361] Patrick de Salisbury (2nd but 1st surviving son & heir of Walter) married 1. Maud; then 2. [PON1369] Ela (daughter of Count William Talvas, see PONTHIEU & MONTREUIL COUNTY, who had previously married 1. [SURR431] Earl William, see SURREY (WARENNE) EARLDOM). In recognition of his support for EMPRESS MATILDA, Patrick was created 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1143), retitled 1st Earl of Salisbury (by 1149). He was killed at the Battle of Poitou (April 1168), by Geoffrey de Lusignan, and was buried at Abbey at St. Hilaire, Poitiers. Ela died October 1174.

26.  [SALI381] William FitzPatrick (son & heir of Patrick & Ela) married [VITR382] Eleanor (daughter of Robert, see VITRE), who had previously married 1. William Paynel of Hambye, died 1184; then 2. Gilbert Crispin, Lord Tilliers, died on crusade 1190.) William became 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1168), and died 1196 (probably in Normandy). Afterwards Eleanor married 4. Gilbert de Malesmains. She died 1232-33.

SALISBURY (LONGESPEE) EARLDOM

[PLAN361] Duke Geoffrey of Normandy m1. [NORK352] Empress Matilda
. [LONG441] King Henry II of England m. [CLIF432] Rosamund de Clifford
. . [LONG451] Earl William of Salisbury m. [SALI392] Ela of Salisbury
. . . [LONG463] Justiciar Stephen of Ireland m. [RIDD362] Emeline de Riddlesford
. . . . [LONG473] Emeline Longespee m. [OFFY381] Sir Maurice FitzMaurice of Offaly
. . . [LONG461] Sir William Longespee of Salisbury m. [CAMV462] Idoine de Camville
. . . . [LONG472] Ela Longespee of Salisbury m. [AUD1471] James d'Aldithley, Sheriff of Salop

25.  [LONG451] William longespee (probably born before 1170, illegitimate son of [PLAN379] King Henry II by [allegedly] his concubine [CLIF432] Rosamund de Clifford, The Fair Rosamund, see PLANTAGENET KINGS, though it has also been argued [1982] that the mother was possibly Ida of Lorraine, suo jure Countess of Boulogne). William married (c.1196) [SALI392] Ela FitzPatrick (see SALISBURY (SALISBURY) EARLDOM above). He was styled 3rd Earl of Salisbury (1196), after Ela's father died.

William commanded an expedition (1213) to help the Count of Flanders against the French. The party of around 500 ships sailed to a Flanders port, described variously as Swine or Damme, where they found on 30th May the harbour full of French ships, from which the French troops had landed and were ravaging the country adjacent. William took some 300 ships as prizes, laden with precious provisions and military stores, fired the remaining 100 or so, and returned to England. William, as Marshal of King John, commanded the combined forces which set sail again (June 1214). They recovered almost all of Flanders for the Count of Flanders, but William and the Counts of Flanders and Boulogne were captured at the decisive Battle of Bouvines (27th July 1214), which annihilated King John's hopes, and forced him to beg a truce for 5 years. William died at Salisbury Castle (7th March 1225-26), and was buried at the Cathedral there, where the modern plaque with his tomb reads:

WILLIAM LONGESPEE

Earl of Salisbury. Illegitimate son of King Henry II and half

brother of King John. He was present at the laying of the

foundation stones of the Cathedral in 1220. He died in 1226

and was the first person to be buried in the Cathedral.

 William Longespee (1226)
(24 September 2004)

  

 

Ela remained COUNTESS OF SALISBURY until her death (24th August 1261), whilst also being Abbess of Lacock Abbey (1240-57).

24.  [LONG461] Sir William longespee (born c.1200, 1st son & heir of William) married (after April 1216) [CAMV462] Idoine (see CAMVILLE). William was a minor when his father died. He sometimes styled himself Earl of Salisbury, though his claim was disallowed. He was Knighted (1233), and served on a Crusade (1240-42). He was on an expedition in France (1242-43), fighting at Saintes. He went on the Seventh Crusade (July 1249), as leader of the English Christians, and fell heroically at Mansoura on the Nile (7th February 1249-50). His body was later removed to Acre, Palestine, where it was buried. Idoine died 1251-52. An effigy was placed in Salisbury Cathedral, and the modern plaque nearby reads:

WILLIAM LONGESPEE THE YOUNGER

Son of William, Earl of Salisbury,

he led the English Knights

in the Seventh Crusade

and died heroically in the assault

on Mansoura, Egypt, in 1250.

He was buried at Acre

William Longespee (1250)
(24 September 2004)

  

SALISBURY (MONTAGU) EARLDOM

. . . . . . . [SAL2501] Lord William of Montagu m. [MONF502] Elizabeth de Montfort of Beaudesert
. . . . . . . . [SAL2511] Earl William of Salisbury m. [GRAD512] Katherine of Grandison
. . . . . . . . . [SAL2523] Philippe of Salisbury m. [MRCH511] Earl Roger of March
. . . . . . . . . [SAL2521] John de Montagu m. [MONH522] Baroness Margaret of Monthermer
. . . . . . . . . . [SAL2532] Earl John of Salisbury m. [FRAU532] Maud Fraunceys of London
. . . . . . . . . . . [SAL2542] Anne Montagu of Salisbury m2. [FLEW541] Sir Lewis John of West Horndon

19.  [SAL2511] William (born at Cassington, Oxon, 1302, 1st surviving son & heir of [SAL2501] William, see MONTAGU BARONY) married (c.1327) [GRAD512] Katherine (born 1304, see GRANDISON BARONY). He became 3rd Lord Montagu (1319), was later created 6th Earl of Salisbury (1337), and died 30th January 1343-44. Katherine died 23rd at Bisham, Berks, (April 1349).

18.  [SAL2521] John (born at London, about 1330, 2nd son but 1st surviving of William) married (about 1343) [MONH522] Margaret, Baroness Monthermer, (born 1329, see MONTHERMER BARONY). John succeeded to Wark Castle and Manor after his father's death (1344). He fought in France (1346-47), first in the retinue of his elder brother (William, 4th Lord and 7th Earl), then of Edward, later Prince of Wales, (the "Black Prince", also born 1330). He was at the Battle of Crecy (26th August 1346) and the Siege of Calais (fell 4th August 1347). He also fought at the Battle of Poitiers (19th September 1356). John requested to be buried at St. Paul's London, where he had been baptised, should he die in London. In the event he was buried at Salisbury Cathedral (c. February 1389-90), where the modern plaque with his tomb reads:

SIR JOHN DE MONTACUTE

He fought at Crecy 1346 and Poitiers 1356

and was later Steward to King Richard II.

He died in 1389.

John Montacute (1389)
(24 September 2004)

  

Margaret died March 1394-95.

17.  [SAL2532] John (born c.1351, son & heir) married (before May 1383) [FRAU532] Maud (widow, daughter of Sir Adam Fraunceys of London, see ADAM FRAUNCEYS). John became both 5th Lord Montagu and 8th Earl of Salisbury (1397), succeeding his uncle William, the 7th Earl, who had died without issue. John was beheaded (7th January 1400-01) and his title forfeited. Maud died 1424.