Alina Basset

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Alina Basset (also Aliva Basset or Alina Bigod, Countess of Norfolk ) († 1281 ) was an English noblewoman.

Alina Basset was a daughter of Philip Basset , a younger son of Alan Basset of Wycombe and his first wife Helewisa de Lovaine. After the death of his older brothers in 1259, her father inherited his father's property. After her father had stood on the side of the aristocratic opposition at the beginning of the barons' rebellion, he rejoined the supporters of King Henry III around 1260 . to whom he temporarily served as legal advisor. After the death of her father in 1271, she became his heir.

Alina married Hugh le Despenser for the first time before the beginning of 1260 . In contrast to her father, her husband remained a supporter of the aristocratic opposition to the king of the aristocratic opposition and served him as justiciar until he was replaced by his father-in-law Philip Basset in 1261. In July 1263 Despenser was again succeeded by his father-in-law Justiciar until he fell during the War of the Barons in August 1265 at the Battle of Evesham . Despenser, who is also keeper of the Tower had been, it had before the campaign in the Welsh Marches Tower passed. After the decisive victory of the royal party at Evesham, Alina surrendered the tower and fled to her father, to whom the lands of Despenser were given in thanks for his services.

Alina had several children with Despenser, including:

  • Eleanor le Despencer († 1328) ∞ Sir Hugh de Courtenay
  • Joan le Despenser († 1354) ∞ Thomas de Furnivalle, 1st Baron Furnivalle
  • Hugh le Despenser (1261-1326)

In her second marriage, Alina married before October 1271 Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk , a son of Hugh Bigod , whom Despenser had replaced as legal advisor in 1260. The marriage remained childless.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ R. Malcolm Hogg: Basset, Philip (d.1271). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ^ Clive H. Knowles: Despenser, Sir Hugh (c.1223-1265). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
personal data
SURNAME Basset, Alina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Basset, Aliva; Norfolk, Alina Bigod, Countess of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobles
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1281