Person:William de Montacute (4)

William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury
m. Abt 1292
  1. John Montacute1299 -
  2. William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury1301 - 1344
  3. Simon Montacute1303 - 1336
  4. Edward MontacuteAbt 1304 - 1361
  5. Elizabeth de MontaguAbt 1305 -
  6. Maud Montacute1307 -
  7. Edmund Montecute1310 -
  8. Alice Montacute1311 - Bef 1345
  9. Mary de Montagu (Montacute)1313 -
  10. Katherine Montacute1315 - 1415
  11. Hawise Montacute1317 -
  12. Isabel Montacute1319 -
m. 1327
  1. Elizabeth MontaguAbt 1325 - 1359
  2. William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury1328 - 1397
  3. John de MontagueAbt 1329 - 1396
  4. Anneys de MontagueAbt 1330 -
  5. Sibyl de Montague1330 - 1342/43
  6. Philippa Montacute1332 - 1382
Facts and Events
Name William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Alt Name William De Montagu
Alt Name William de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1301 Cassington, Oxfordshire, England
Alt Birth? 1301 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Alt Marriage 1324 to Catherine Grandisson
Marriage 1327 Cassington, Oxfordshire, Englandto Catherine Grandisson
Other? 1337 Created 1st Earl Of Salisbury
Other? 1341 Crowned King of the Isle of Man
Death[1][3] 30 Jan 1344 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Burial? Bisham, Berkshire, England
Reference Number? Q2481359?


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William Montagu, alias de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, King of Man (1301 – 30 January 1344) was an English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III.

The son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu, he entered the royal household at an early age and became a close companion of the young Prince Edward. The relationship continued after Edward was crowned king following the deposition of Edward II in 1327. In 1330, Montagu was one of Edward's main accomplices in the coup against Roger Mortimer, who until then had been acting as the king's protector.

In the following years Montagu served the king in various capacities, primarily in the Scottish Wars. He was richly rewarded, and among other things received the lordship of the Isle of Man. In 1337, he was created Earl of Salisbury, and given an annual income of 1000 marks to go with the title. He served on the Continent in the early years of the Hundred Years' War, but in 1340 he was captured by the French, and in return for his freedom had to promise never to fight in France again. Salisbury died of wounds suffered at a tournament early in 1344.

Legend has it that Montagu's wife Catherine was raped by Edward III, but this story is almost certainly French propaganda. William and Catherine had six children, most of whom married into the nobility. Modern historians have called William Montague Edward's "most intimate personal friend" and "the chief influence behind the throne from Mortimer's downfall in 1330 until his own death in 1344."

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3. WILLIAM de Montagu, son of WILLIAM de Montagu Lord Montagu & his wife Elisabeth de Montfort (Casington, Oxfordshire [1302/03]-30 Jan 1344, bur Bisham)., in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.