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 1212 - 1250 (38 years)
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| Name |
William Longespee |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
II, Knight, Earl of Salisbury, Crusader |
| Birth |
1212 |
(Salisbury, Wiltshire) England  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
8 Feb 1250 |
Al-Mansurah, Egypt [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I43135 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2018 |
| Father |
Sir William (Plantagenet) Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, b. ~ 1176, (Salisbury, Wiltshire) England d. 7 Mar 1226, Salisbury Castle, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 50 years) |
| Mother |
Lady Ela FitzPatrick, 3rd Countess of Salisbury, b. 0___ 1187, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England d. 24 Aug 1261, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Marriage |
1196 |
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [3, 4] |
- King Richard arranged for the marriage of his half brother to the young heiress, Ela FitzPatrick, who was Countess of Salisbury in her own right, the daughter of William FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Salisbury and Elâeonore de Vitrâe.
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| Family ID |
F13818 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Odoine de Camville, b. ~ 1210, Brattleby, Lincolnshire, England d. 0___ 1252 (Age ~ 42 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [1, 2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Ela Longespee, b. ~ 1228, (Salisbury, Wiltshire) England d. 22 Nov 1299 (Age ~ 71 years) |
| | 2. Sir William Longespee, III, b. ~ 1230, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England d. 1256-1257, Blyth, Nottinghamshire, England (Age ~ 27 years) |
| | 3. Richard Longespee, b. ~ 1240, (Salisbury, Wiltshire) England d. Bef 1265 (Age ~ 24 years) |
| | 4. Edmund Longespee, b. (Salisbury, Wiltshire) England |
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| Family ID |
F15635 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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Sir William Longespée (c. 1212 - 8 February 1250) was an English knight, the son of William Longespée and Ela, Countess of Salisbury. His death became of significant importance to the English psyche, having died as a martyr due to the purported mistakes of the French at the Battle of Mansurah, near Al-Mansurah in Egypt. |
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- Sir William Longespâee (c. 1212 - 8 February 1250) was an English knight, the son of William Longespâee and Ela, Countess of Salisbury. His death became of significant importance to the English psyche, having died as a martyr due to the purported mistakes of the French at the Battle of Mansurah, near Al-Mansurah in Egypt.
Biography
Longespâee made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1240, and again in 1247. The second time, he proceeded to Rome and made a plea to Pope Innocent IV for support:
"Sir, you see that I am signed with the cross and am on my journey with the King of France to fight in this pilgrimage. My name is great and of note, viz., William Longespâee, but my estate is slender, for the King of England, my kinsman and liege lord, hath bereft me of the title of earl and of that estate, but this he did judiciously, and not in displeasure, and by the impulse of his will; therefore I do not blame him for it. Howbeit, I am necessitated to have recourse to your holiness for favour, desiring your assistance in this distress. We see here (quoth he) that Earl Richard (of Cornwall) who, though he is not signed with the cross, yet, through the especial grace of your holiness, he hath got very much money from those who are signed, and therefore, I, who am signed and in want, do intreat the like favour."[1]
Having succeeded in gaining the favour of the Pope, Longespâee raised a company of 200 English horse to join with King Louis on his crusade. To raise funds for his expedition, he sold a charter of liberties to the burgesses of the town of Poole in 1248 for 70 marks.[2] During the Seventh Crusade, Longespâee commanded the English forces. He became widely known for his feats of chivalry and his subsequent martyrdom. The circumstances of his death served to fuel growing English animosity toward the French; it is reported that the French Count d'Artois lured Longespâee into attacking the Mameluks before the forces of King Louis arrived in support. D'Artois, Longespâee and his men, along with 280 Knights Templar, were killed at this time.
It is said that his mother, Countess Ela, had a vision of the martyr being received into heaven by angels on the day of his death. In 1252, the Sultan delivered Longespâee's remains to a messenger who conveyed them to Acre for burial at the church of St Cross. However, his effigy is found amongst family members at Salisbury Cathedral, in England.
Marriage and issue
Longespâee married Idoine de Camville, daughter of Richard de Camville and Eustacia Basset. They had three sons and a daughter:
Edmund Longespâee, The Book of Lacock names “Guill Lungespee tertium, Ric´um, Elam et Edmundum” as the children of “Guill Lungespee secundus” & his wife.
Ela Longespâee, married James De Audley (1220–1272), of Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, son of Henry De Audley and Bertred Mainwaring
William III Longespâee, married Maud de Clifford, granddaughter of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales. Their daughter Margaret married Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln.[3]
Richard Longespâee, married Alice le Rus, daughter of William le Rus of Suffolk and died shortly before 27 December 1261.[4]
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