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Sir William Longespée (c. 1212 – 8 February 1250) was an English knight and crusader, the son of William Longespée and Ela, Countess of Salisbury. His death became of significant importance to the English psyche, having died at the Battle of Mansurah, near Al-Mansurah in Egypt .
Tags Administration and Government in the Middle Ages • James Turner • Medieval England • Medieval Politics. Born sometime around the mid 1170s, William Longespée was the son of King Henry II and the most aristocratic and well connected of his known mistresses, Ida de Tosny.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Sir William II Longespée (c. 1212 – 8 February, 1250) was the son of William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, an English noble. His death became of significant importance to the English psyche, having died as a martyr due to the purported mistakes, and arrogance, of the French at the Battle of Mansurah, near Al-Mansurah in Egypt.
27 de mar. de 2021 · William (II) Longespée went on crusade with Richard, Earl of Cornwall, in 1240–1 and later led the English contingent in the Seventh Crusade led by Louis IX of France. His company formed part of the doomed vanguard, which was overwhelmed at Mansourah in Egypt on 8 February 1250.
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.
William II de Longespee was the captain of the English contingent of the crusade under the overall command of Louis IX of France of 1248-50. His death at Mansurah, like many others, was needless for two reasons.
When Sir William II Longespee Earl of Salisbury was born on 8 December 1207, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Longespée Earl of Salisbury, was 32 and his mother, Ela FitzPatrick, was 21. He married Idoine Camville in 1216. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
