William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury

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Coat of arms of William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury as a Knight of the Order of the Garter

William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (also William de Montacute ) (born June 20, 1329 - † June 3, 1397 ) was an English military man and magnate.

He was the son of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison . When his father died in 1344, he inherited his title as 2nd Earl of Salisbury , 4th Baron Montagu and King of the Isle of Man .

As part of the Hundred Years War he was in the royal army, which landed in La Hague in July 1346 . There King Edward III. on July 13, 1346 his heir to the throne Edward of Woodstock to Prince of Wales , who then proposed William to Knight Bachelor . On April 23, 1348 he was accepted by Edward II as a founding member of the Order of the Garter. Between 1355 and 1360 he fought again in France. In 1361 he served as Commissioner of the Peace in Hampshire and Somerset , in 1368 in Dorset and 1380 in Wiltshire . In 1365 he became a member of the Privy Council . In 1367 he was the Commissioner of Array responsible for drafting in Somerset. From 1372 at the latest he was used as a captain in the royal fleet and in 1376 became " Admiral from the mouth of Thames westwards ". In 1378 he fought in Castile and in 1385 in Scotland .

In 1392 he sold his rights to the Isle of Man to William le Scrope , later the Earl of Wiltshire .

Marriages and offspring

Around 1341 he married Joan of Kent , heir to Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake . On November 13, 1349, the marriage of Pope Clement VI. canceled due to bigamy , as Joan had already secretly married Sir Thomas Holand .

He later married Elizabeth de Mohun, daughter of John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun and Joan Burghersh. With her he had a son, William Montagu, who married Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel , around 1383 , but who died childless on August 6, 1383.

Since he survived his only son, his nephew John Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (1350-1400) inherited his title of nobility when he died in 1397 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 6.
  2. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 1.
predecessor Office successor
William Montagu Earl of Salisbury
1344-1397 		John Montagu
William Montagu King of Mann
1344-1392 		William le Scrope
personal data
SURNAME Montagu, William, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Montacute, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English military and magnate
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1329
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1397