William de Vesci († 1253)

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Sir William de Vesci (* around 1205; † before October 7, 1253 ) was an English nobleman.

William was the eldest son of Eustace de Vesci and his wife Margaret, an illegitimate daughter of the Scottish King William I. He was still a minor when his father died in 1216. His guardian was William Longespée , who married him to his daughter Isabel. Vesci came of age in 1226 and took over his father's possessions on May 16, 1226, including Alnwick Castle in Northumberland . Presumably in May 1229 he was knighted. In 1230 he took part in the French campaign of King Henry III. part. He probably was one of the knights who 1240-1241 with Richard of Cornwall at the crusade of the barons took part. After his return he founded the Carmelite priory of Hulne near Alnwick around 1242 .

After the death of his first wife Isabel, he married Agnes Ferrers, a daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and Sibyl Marshal , in 1243 . As the daughter of Sibyl Marshal, after the childless death of her mother's brothers in 1246, his wife had an inheritance claim to the rich estates of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke . In 1253 Vesci accompanied the king on his expedition to Gascony , where he died. His body was transported back to England and buried in Watton Priory .

He had several children with his second wife, including:

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles Henry Browning: Magna Charta barons and their descendants: with the story of the great charter of King John. Genealogical Pub., Baltimore 1991, p. 130
  2. ^ Brendan Smith: Britain and Ireland, 900-1300. Insular Responses to Medieval European Change . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999. ISBN 1-139-42533-1 , p. 212
  3. ^ Brendan Smith: Britain and Ireland, 900-1300. Insular Responses to Medieval European Change . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999. ISBN 1-139-42533-1 , p. 206
  4. ^ Brendan Smith: Britain and Ireland, 900-1300. Insular Responses to Medieval European Change . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999. ISBN 1-139-42533-1 , p. 220
personal data
SURNAME William de Vesci
ALTERNATIVE NAMES William de Vescy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1205
DATE OF DEATH before October 7, 1253