Warin de Munchensi

Warin de Munchensi (also Warin de Monte Canisio or Munchensy ) (* around 1195, † around July 20, 1255 ) was an English nobleman, rebel and soldier.

Origin and youth

Warin was probably born in the mid-1190s as the second son of William de Munchensi (also William de Montchesney ) and his wife Aveline, a daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford . His father died in 1204, and after the death of his older brother around 1208, William became his father's heir. While he was a minor, his uncle, William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel, became his guardian.

Rebel against King Johann Ohneland

On December 23, 1213, King Johann Ohneland demanded 2,000 marks from Munchensi, which he was to quickly raise to settle the debts his father had made with Jewish moneylenders and which the king had now taken over. To secure this claim, the King seized Munchensi's possessions. This approach drove Munchensi to the side of the aristocratic opposition to the king, which forced the king to recognize the Magna Carta in 1215 . He remained on the side of the rebels during the following First War of the Barons until he was captured by the king's followers at the Battle of Lincoln on May 20, 1217 . After the Peace of Lambeth , he submitted to the Regency Council, which for the minor Henry III. led the government. From then on, Munchensi became a loyal follower of the crown, taking part in almost all of the king's campaigns over the next four decades.

Loyal vassal of Henry III.

Between 1219 and 1222 Munchensi married Joan, the youngest daughter of the regent William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke . After her death, shortly after November 1234, he married Dionisie , the widow of Walter Langton and daughter and heiress of Nicholas of Anstey from Hertfordshire . 1251 Munchensi had to answer before Bishop Robert Grosseteste of Lincoln, as he was accused, probably wrongly, of mistreating Dionisie. After all of his first wife's brothers, Joan Marshal, died with no offspring, Munchensi's underage son, John, became joint heirs to his father-in-law, William Marshal's estates in December 1245. In dividing up the inheritance, John received one-fifth of Marshal's estates, generating an annual income of £ 700, which doubled Munchensi's income from his property, which was previously scattered across Norfolk , Essex , Kent , Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire . However, John died childless in June 1247, making his sister Joan the heiress of the Martian semi-estate. As early as August 13, 1247, the king arranged for her to marry his half-brother William de Valence , who had just moved to England from southern France. Through this marriage, Munchensi also rose further in royal favor, who subsequently frequently gave him gifts.

progeny

From his first marriage to Joan Marshal, Munchensi had at least two children:

• John de Munchensi († 1247)
• Joan de Munchensi († 1307) ∞ William de Valence

From his marriage to Dionisie de Anesty he had at least one son:

• William de Munchensi (1235-1287)

His heir became his son William from his second marriage. The chronicler Matthew Paris praised Munchensi in an obituary as one of the wisest and most respected barons in England. Munchensi was a brave soldier who had distinguished himself several times, but Munchensi probably owed this praise above all to a generous donation in favor of the Abbey of St Albans , where Matthew Paris lived as a monk. In addition, Munchensi left foundations to the Augustinian priory of Dunstable and a hospital in Gravesend .

Web links

• HW Ridgeway: Munchensi, Warin de (c.1195-1255). 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