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William Longespee

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• • 23rd Great-grandfather of Ranulph Fiennes — 26th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 38841956 
  • Father:
  • Henry II, King of England 
  • Mother:
  • Ida de Tony   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1176 
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Mar 1226 
  • Death Location:
  • Salisbury Castle, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Ela of Salisbury
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  William Longespee (Ahnentafel No:19420978 )

  Stephen Longespee

  Ida Longespee

  Ida Longespee

  • Notes: 

  • 3rd Earl of Salisbury and illegitimate child of King Henry II and Ida de Tosny.

• Sources for William Longespee

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. IV, p. 673.
  • ² Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 102.
  • ³ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 1, pp. 417, 612.
  • ⁴ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. III, p. 408.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 442, 454-455, 457.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 687, 737, 742, 757, 845.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury", _3rd_Earl_of_Salisbury, (accessed 04/12/2011).

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