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SALISBURY, Ela of

SALISBURY, Ela of

Female 1187 - 1261  (74 years)

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  1. 1.  SALISBURY, Ela ofSALISBURY, Ela of was born in 1187 (daughter of FITZPATRICK, High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset William and Living); died in 1261.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Books About: Ladies of the Magna Carta
    • Relation to Me: 25 GGM
    • Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Salisbury

    Notes:

    In 1196, she succeeded her father as suo jure 3rd Countess of Salisbury. There is a story that immediately following her father's death she was imprisoned in a castle in Normandy by one of her paternal uncles who wished to take her title and enormous wealth for himself. According to the legend, Ela was eventually rescued by William Talbot, a knight who had gone to France where he sang ballads under windows in all the castles of Normandy until he received a response from Ela

    Ela has been described as having been "one of the two towering female figures of the mid-13th century", the other one being Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln.

    Family/Spouse: LONGESPEE, William. William (son of HENRY, II and DE TOSNY, Ida) was born in 1176; died in 1225. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. LONGESPEE, Stephen was born in 1216; died in 1260.
    2. LONGSPEE, William II was born before 12 May 1205 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 7 Feb 1249 in Egypt.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  FITZPATRICK, High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset William was born in 1150 (son of SALISBURY, Patrick of and DE TALVAS, Adelia); died in 1196.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Earl of Salisburt
    • Name: William of Salisbury

    William + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Living
    Children:
    1. 1. SALISBURY, Ela of was born in 1187; died in 1261.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  SALISBURY, Patrick of was born in 1122 (son of Living and Living); died in 1168.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Earl of Wiltshire

    Patrick + DE TALVAS, Adelia. Adelia (daughter of TALVAS, William III and BURGANDY, Helie of) was born in 1124; died on 4 Oct 1174 in Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  DE TALVAS, Adelia was born in 1124 (daughter of TALVAS, William III and BURGANDY, Helie of); died on 4 Oct 1174 in Wiltshire, England.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Dalencon, , Normandy, France

    Children:
    1. 2. FITZPATRICK, High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset William was born in 1150; died in 1196.

  3. 6.  Living
    Children:
    1. 3. Living


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Living

    Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Living
    Children:
    1. 4. SALISBURY, Patrick of was born in 1122; died in 1168.
    2. SALISBURY, Sybil of was born in Nov 1126 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died in 1176 in Pembrokeshire, Wales; was buried in Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, England.

  3. 10.  TALVAS, William IIITALVAS, William III was born in 1093; died in 1172.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Seigneur de Montgomery in Normandy and Count of Ponthieu
    • Name: William III of Ponthieu

    William + BURGANDY, Helie of. Helie (daughter of EUDES, I and Living) was born in 1080; died on 28 Feb 1141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  BURGANDY, Helie of was born in 1080 (daughter of EUDES, I and Living); died on 28 Feb 1141.
    Children:
    1. 5. DE TALVAS, Adelia was born in 1124; died on 4 Oct 1174 in Wiltshire, England.


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