1. | William De Valence Earl Of Pembroke was born in 1225 in Cistercian Abbey, Valence, Charete, France; died on 17 May 1296. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact 1: Lord Of Valence, Montignac, Bellac, Rancon And Champagnac.; Fact 1
- Fact 10: Shared Mutual Hatred With Daffydd Ap Gruffydd.; Fact 10
- Fact 13: One Of The Most Universally Hated Lords In England By Commoners & Barons Alike.; Fact 13
- Fact 2: Was Called Earl Of Pembroke But Never Officially Gained That Title.; Fact 2
- Fact 3: Earl Of Wexford. Earl Of Pembroke By Right Of His Wife. Crusader, 1250.; Fact 3
- Fact 4: Interred: Westminster Abbey, London, England.; Fact 4
- Fact 7: This Was Aimed At The Hated DE Lusignans.; Fact 7
- Name: William De Lusignan
- Alt. Birth: 1225, France; Alt. Birth
- Fact 5: 1247, Came To Live At His 1/2 Brother Henry Iii's Court.; Fact 5
- Fact 6: Jun 1258, Oxford Parliament Stripped Foreign Born Lords Of Their Lands & Castles.; Fact 6
- Fact 8: Jul 1258, The DE Lusignans Surrender & Are Cast Out From England.; Fact 8
- Fact 9: Jul 1258, Fled Anti DE Lusignan Sentiment In Boulogne, Had To Seek Aid Of Louis Ix.; Fact 9
- Fact 11: 5 Apr 1264, Attempts To Lynch Nephew Bran DE Montfort But Dafydd Ap Gruffydd Intervenes.; Fact 11
- Fact 12: 14 May 1264, Fought Under Prince Edward "Longshanks" In Vanguard At Battle Of Lewes.; Fact 12
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REF: "Falls the Shadow" Sharon Kay Penman: During Simon de Montfort's barons war, March 31, 1264 Londoners riot (London was very pro de Montfort), burn townhouses of the hated William de Lusignan, also prominent Royalist Lord Philip Basset, also Richard of Cornwall's Westminster manor, & his beloved Isleworth manor 7 miles away. Richard overnight goes from trying to mediate a solution to, like Edward, ardently desiring a battlefield confrontation.
April 5 1264 Bran de Montfort leads defense of St. Andrew's Priory within the town & fights with suicidal bravery. The walls had been undermined by the Prior who was secretly in league with Prince Edward, & Bran was captured by some common soldiers. At that point William de Lusignan & Ralph de Mortimer rode up. Bran had just before taken part in the looting of de Mortimer's lands in Radnorshire. de Lusignan ordered his nephew Bran killed on the spot, but Dafydd ap Gruffydd rode up & intervened telling them Edward would be displeased to see his cousin Bran killed. de Lusignan attempts to argue but Philip Basset (who commanded the attackers) then rode up & commanded Bran be taken to Edward, and not to be escorted by de Lusignan or de Mortimer, as they would arrange an "accident" for Bran. Bran congratulated for his gallant bravery by Edward & then sent to King Henry who moves him to Windsor Castle. Abandoned nephew Prince Edward at Battle of Lewes (14 May 1264) when Edward returned from his savage pusuit of the Londoner contingent of the rebel forces back to the battle to see Henry III (de Lusignan's 1/2 brother) under seige at Lewes priory & the victory to Montfort (de Lusignan's 1/2 brother in law). After Lewes, forfeited lands to Gilbert de Clare. By April 1265, landed in South wales with John de Warenne.
William married Johanna De Munchesni Cts De Pembroke on 13 Aug 1247. Johanna (daughter of Warine De Munchesni Lord Swanscombe, II and Johanna (Joan) Marshal) was born in 1225 in Of Swanscombe, Kent, England; died before 20 Sep 1307. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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