SALISBURY, Ela of
1187 - 1261 (74 years)Set As Default Person
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Name SALISBURY, Ela of Birth 1187 Gender Female Books About Ladies of the Magna Carta At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. Relation to Me 25 GGM Royalty & Nobility Countess of Salisbury Death 1261 Person ID I7238 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father FITZPATRICK, High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset William, b. 1150 d. 1196 (Age 46 years) Relationship natural Mother Living Relationship natural Family ID F7016 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LONGESPEE, William, b. 1176 d. 1225 (Age 49 years) Children 1. LONGESPEE, Stephen, b. 1216 d. 1260 (Age 44 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. LONGSPEE, William II, b. Bef 12 May 1205, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 7 Feb 1249, Egypt (Age > 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F1761 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Documents Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury - Wikipedia
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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.
- 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