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WILLIAM OF VALENCE (d. 1296)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 677 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM OF See also:VALENCE (d. 1296)  , See also:brother of See also:Henry III. of See also:England, was a son 'of See also:John's widow, Isabelle of See also:Angouleme, by her second See also:marriage . See also:William came to England with his See also:brothers in 1247, and at once became a See also:court favourite . He married See also:Joan de Munchensi, the heiress to the See also:Pembroke estates, whence he is sons ?times styled See also:earl of Pembroke . In 1258 he was attacked by the baronial opposition and forced to leave England . He returned in 1261, after Henry III. had repudiated the Provisions of See also:Oxford, and fought on the royal See also:side at See also:Lewes (1264) . Escaping from the pursuit of the victorious Montfortians, he later appeared at the See also:head of a small See also:army in See also:Pembrokeshire . This gave the See also:signal for the outbreak of a new See also:civil See also:war which ended with the defeat of See also:Montfort at See also:Evesham (1265) . See also:Valence accompanied See also:Prince See also:Edward to the See also:Holy See also:Land and, in later years, became a trusted See also:agent of the See also:crown, especially in the Welsh See also:wars . The position of his estates made him the natural See also:leader of all expeditions undertaken against See also:Llewelyn from See also:South See also:Wales . He was also employed in See also:Aquitaine . He died at See also:Bayonne in 1296 . Despite his origin he had become, in course of See also:time, a respected leader of the baronage; and as a military See also:commander See also:rose high above the See also:average level .

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Pauli's Geschichte von England, vol. iii . (See also:Hamburg, 1853) W . H . Blaauw, Barons' War (1871) .

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