Sir William Longespee, II, Knight, Earl of Salisbury, Crusader

Sir William Longespee, II, Knight, Earl of Salisbury, Crusader

Male 1212 - 1250  (38 years)

 

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Arms of Sir William Longespée

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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