John de Estratlinges
John de Estratlinges (actually Johann von Strättligen ) († 1293 ) was a knight originally from Savoy who moved to England in the 13th century. He was the founder of the Anglo-Welsh Stradling family .
origin
John de Estratlinges came from the Strättligen family , a noble family from the Bernese Oberland . The family named itself after Strättligen bei Thun and belonged to the vassals of the Counts of Savoy . John was probably a younger son of Heinrich II von Strättligen († after 1263) and a nephew of Otton de Grandson .
Moved to England
In the wake of Eleanor of Provence , wife of King Henry III. , several members of her family and other nobles from Savoy came to England around the middle of the 13th century. One of these noblemen was Otton de Grandson, who became one of the closest friends of the heir to the throne and later King Edward . Presumably John de Estratlinges came to England in 1263 in the wake of his uncle. Through his contacts with the king, Grandson was able to reward his nephew's services with land holdings in Berkshire , Warwickshire and Ireland , so that John rose from a landless, foreign knight to the owner of a substantial property. In addition, John was allowed to expand his position in England by marrying Maud Wauton , the daughter and heiress of John of Wauton . She brought Wellesbourne in Warwickshire, Alkington in Oxfordshire and Shenington in Gloucestershire with her into the marriage. The marriage, however, remained childless, so that after John's death in early 1293 the possessions fell back to Maud and not to his son Peter Stradlinges († before 1314), who probably came from a first marriage. Peter Stradlinges must have come to England with his father and inherited his other estates. In view of John's service for the crown, Edward I released his descendants from the obligation to pay his debts to the merchant family Ricciardi from Lucca in 1294 . John's widow Maud Wauton married John Lestrange de Knockin for the second time .
Web links
- Jones, ED: STRADLING family of Glamorganshire . In: Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- RA Griffiths: John de Estratlinges (dc 1293). 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
Individual evidence
- ^ Ralph A. Griffiths: The rise of the Stradlings of St Donat's . In: Morgannwg , 7 (1963), p. 17.
- ↑ Christian Hesse: strategies of survival. Challenges for the lower nobility in the 13th / 14th centuries Century . In: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte , 75 (2013), p. 22.
- ^ Ralph A. Griffiths: The rise of the Stradlings of St Donat's . In: Morgannwg , 7 (1963), p. 18.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | de Estratlinges, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strättligen, Johann von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Knight from Savoy in England |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1293 |