Stephen
de Longespée
formerly Longespée
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
Isabel (Longespée) Vescy, William (Longespée) de Longespée, Ida (Longespée) de Beauchamp, Petronella Longespée, Mary Longespée, Ela (Longespée) Bassett, Richard Longespee, Nicholas Longespée, Ida (Longespée) FitzRobert and Lora Longespée
Husband of
Emmeline (Riddlesford) Longespée
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ela (Longespée) la Zouche and Emeline (Longespée) Fitzmaurice
Died before
before about age 44
in Lacock Priory, Wanborough, Wiltshire, England
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Stephen Longespée was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
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Biography
Birth and Parentage
Sir Stephen de Longespée was the son of William Longespée, and Ela, Countess of Salisbury.[1][2] His birth date is uncertain but may have been about 1216.[3]
Between 8 Feb 1242/1243 and 16 Dec 1244 he married Emeline de Riddlesford[4] (d. between 18 May 1275 and 19 July 1276), widow of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster (d. 1242) and daughter and coheiress. of Walter de Ridelisford.[4] They had two daughters:
Life
His older brother William granted him the manor of King's Sutton, Northamptonshire in 1241 and that of Wamborough, Wiltshire in 1243.[6]
Stephen Longespée: was seneschal of Gascony in 1253.[1]
In 1258, when the future Edward I was persuaded to accept the Provisions of Oxford, Stephen was one of four barons appointed to oversee Prince Edward's conduct.[6]
He was Governor of Ireland from 1258 to his death.[1][7]
Death
He died in 1260 and was buried at Lacock Priory, Wiltshire, with his heart being interred at Bradenstoke Priory.[6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - entry for 'Longespée [Lungespée], William, third earl of Salisbury', 2004, revised online 2010, available online via some libraries
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edition 2011, Vol. II, p. 427, LONGESPÉE 3.ii
- ↑ Wikipedia: Stephen Longespée
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol. XII Part II, St Catherine Press, p. 171, USTER 1
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 586
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 William Lisle Bowles and John Gough Nichols. Annals and Antiquities of Lacock Abbey, pub. John Bowyer Nichols and Son, London, 1835, pp. 154-157, Internet Archve
- ↑ Wikipedia : List of Governors of Ireland
- Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 3 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011.
- Wikipedia: Stephen Longespée
- Bowles, William Lisle and Nichols, John Gough. Annals and Antiquities of Lacock Abbey, pub. John Bowyer Nichols and Son, London, 1835
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In a series of edits I have added some info and sources, and links in the main profile to profiles of family members, and done some rearrangement.
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Jamie Nelson
Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry p. 733 says "Knt., of King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, married Emeline de Ridelisford".
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