WILLIAM LONGSWORD

See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• WILLIAM LONGSWORD SALISBURY (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

SALISBURY (or LONGESPEE),

See also:

• EARL

EARL OF (d. 1226)  , was an illegitimate son of Henry II . In 1198 he received from King Richard I. the hand of Isabella, or Ela (d . 1261), daughter and heiress of William, earl of Salisbury, and was granted this title with the lands of the earldom . He held many high offices under John, and commanded a section of the English forces at Bouvines (1214), when he was made a prisoner . He remained faithful to the royal house except for a few months in 1216, when John's cause seemed hopelessly lost . He was also a supporter of Hubert de Burgh . In 1225he went on an expedition to Gascony, being wrecked on the Isle of Re on the return voyage . The hardships of this adventure undermined his health, and he died at Salisbury on the 7th of March 1226, and was buried in the cathedral there . The eldest of Longsword's four sons, William (c.1212-125o) did not receive his father's earldom, although he is often called earl of Salisbury .