Richard and Charlotte Allen Cosby Ancestry » William fitz Patrick, Earl of Salisbury (1130-1196)

Personal data William fitz Patrick, Earl of Salisbury 

• Alternative names: William Fitz Patrick, 2nd Earl of Salisbury William FitzPatrick, William FitzPatrick 2nd Earl of Salisbury
• He was born in the year 1130 in Banstead, Surrey, England.Source 5
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1154 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.Sources 5, 6
• Alternative: He was born about 1150 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.Source 4
• He died on April 17, 1196 in Normandy, France, he was 66 years old.Sources 5, 6

  Age at Death: 42

• Alternative: He died on April 17, 1196 in Normandy, France, he was 66 years old.
• Alternative: He died on April 17, 1196 in Normandy (dspm), he was 66 years old.Sources 3, 4
• He is buried in Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, England.Source 6
• Alternative: He is buried in Bradenstoke Priory, Wiltshire, England.
• A child of Patrick de Salisbury, and Ela de Talvas d'Alencon

Household of William fitz Patrick, Earl of Salisbury

(1) He is married to Eleanor de Maniers.

They got married in the year 1147 at Banstead, Surrey, England, he was 17 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mabel Fitzpatrick  1148-1203 

(2) He is married to Eleanor de Vitre,.

They got married in the year 1184, he was 54 years old.Source 5

Child(ren):

1. Ela fitz Patrick,  1191-1261 

Notes about William fitz Patrick, Earl of Salisbury

EARLDOM OF WILTSHIRE (III)rd penny of Wilts in 1168. He remained loyal during the rebellion of the King's sons, 1173-74. In 1177 the Earl was one of those for whom the King provided a ship, for the crossing to Normandy in his train. He was sheriff of Wilts 1189-90 and 1191-96. At Richard's Coronation, 3 September 1189, he bore the sceptre with the dove; and he appears to have been in close attendance upon the King until he left Dover for Normandy, 12 December. In 1190-91 he served personally in Wales. From Lent to the Close of Easter 1194 he was sheriff of Dorset and Somerset. On Richard's return from captivity, he attended the Great Council at Nottingham in March, and at the King's 2nd Coronation at Winchester, 17 April, he was one of the 4 earls carrying the canopy. In the summer of 1194 he was fighting in Normandy.r of Alan DE DINAN. He died (? in Normandy) 1196, and was buried at Bradenstoke. His widow married, 4thly, Gilbert DE MALESMAINS, who in 1198, and later, was holding in her right both her inheritance and her dower. In 1205 he appears to have adhered to France, while the Countess was permitted peaceful enjoyment of her lands in England. She died between 31 May 1232 and 12 August 1233, and was buried in the Abbey of Mondaye, near Bayeux, of which she was a benefactress. [Complete Peerage XI:378-9, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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