William Longespée († 1256/57)

William Longespée (also William III Longespée ) (* after 1226; † between December 23, 1256 and January 3, 1257) was an English magnate .

William III Longespée was a son of William II Longespée and his wife Idonea de Camville . His parents married after 1226. After the death of his father, who fell in Egypt during a crusade in 1250, he inherited his extensive estates, which were mainly in Wiltshire and Dorset , but also included other goods in several English counties. Like his father, however, he did not inherit the title of Earl of Salisbury , which his grandmother Ela of Salisbury was allowed to use in her own right until her death in 1261. On Pentecost, June 4, 1256, he took part in a tournament at Blyth , Nottinghamshire . He suffered severe wounds in the process, from which he died several months later.

In 1254 Longespée had married Maud de Clifford , a daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret ferch Llywelyn . With her he had at least one daughter who became his heir and eventually also inherited the title Countess of Salisbury:

Margaret Longespée, 4th Countess of Salisbury (around 1254 – around 1309) ∞ Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln

After his death, his widow Maud probably negotiated a marriage with John Giffard , who impatiently abducted her from her Canford estate in Wiltshire and married her in October 1271 because of the sluggish course of negotiations .

Web links

William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, on thepeerage.com , accessed April 28, 2016.

Individual evidence

↑ Medieval Battles, 1047 to 1295. Retrieved April 27, 2016 .
↑ David Crouch: 'Giffard, John, first Lord Giffard (1232-1299). 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	William Longespée
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	William III Longespée
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	after 1226
DATE OF DEATH	between December 23, 1256 and January 3, 1257

[1] Medieval Battles, 1047 to 1295. Retrieved April 27, 2016 .

[2] David Crouch: 'Giffard, John, first Lord Giffard (1232-1299). 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