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William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (In or before 1167 – 7 March 1226) ("Long Sword", Latinised to de Longa Spatha) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, primarily remembered for his command of the English forces at the Battle of Damme and for remaining loyal to his half-brother, King John.
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- Salisbury, England
- Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- circa 1176
- Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
His eldest son William succeeded to the title Earl of Salisbury, His widow, Ela, Countess of Salisbury lived on until 1261 and was buried in Lacock Abbey. The tomb of William Longespée was opened in 1791, inside his skull was found the remains of a rat which carried traces of arsenic.
William Longespée died at Salisbury Castle, Wiltshire on 7 March 1226. The chronicler Matthew Paris gives an almost certainly false story that his death was due to poisoning by Hubert de Burgh. Hubert was a close friend of his from childhood and William's death may well have been due to the illness he had contracted in Gascony.
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- Ela (Salisbury) Longespee
Another Salisbury connection with Magna Carta is William Longespée, 3rd earl of Salisbury. He is named in Magna Carta, and was an important English baron. William, and his wife Ela, laid two of the Cathedral’s foundation stones in 1220.
William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (see here). Illegitimate son of Henry II. He mar 1196 [her as a child] to Ela, Countess of Salisbury [born 1187]. He died 1226 at Salisbury Castle. He was bur at Salisbury Cathedral. See images. They had issue: William II Longespee, born c.1209. He married between 1226 and 1230.
When William Longespée was born on 8 December 1207, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, his father, William Longespée 3rd Earl of Salisbury, was 32 and his mother, Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury, was 20. He married Idoine de Camville in 1216.
