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Birth:          ABT 1154 of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Death:          17 Apr 1196 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Salisbury,_2nd_Earl_of_Salisbury
William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (died 1196) was an Anglo-Norman peer. 
Though he is generally known as such, his proper title was Earl of Wiltshire, which 
title was conferred on his father by the Empress Maud around 1143. He was also 
called William FitzPatrick. (No relation to the Irish medieval dynasts who bore the 
surname "Fitzpatrick", which itself is a later anglicization of the Irish "Mac Giolla 
Phádraig".)

He was the son and heir of Patrick of Salisbury, Earl of Wiltshire, styled Earl of 
Salisbury, and of Ela Talvas.[1]

Family[edit]

He married Eléonore, daughter of Robert III de Vitré of Tilliers. He died without male 
issue in 1196. Their only daughter and heiress, was Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of 
Salisbury who married William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, who was half-brother 
to the king.

Service to Richard I[edit]

William bore the golden sceptre at the coronation of King Richard I, but the next year 
when the king became a prisoner in Almaine, he was one of those who adhered to the 
then Count of Mortain, who later became King John of England. In 1194 he served as 
High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. In 1195, William was back with King Richard in 
the expedition into Normandy and upon his return to England was one of Richard's 
great council assembled at Nottingham. The Earl of Salisbury was one of the four earls 
who supported the canopy of state at the second coronation of Richard that same 
year [2]

Parents
DE SALISBURY Patrick (ABT 1125 - 27 Mar 1168)
TALVAS (TALVACE) Ela (Adela) (ABT 1122 - 4 Oct 1174)

Siblings
FITZ PATRICK William (ABT 1154 - 17 Apr 1196)

Marriage To DE VITRE Eleanor (Alianore) (ABT 1150 - 1232)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE VITRE OF TILLIERS Robert III (1132 - )
DINAN Emma (1136 - )

Children by DE VITRE Eleanor (Alianore) ABT 1150 - 1232
FITZ PATRICK [OF SALISBURY] Ela (ABT 1191 - 24 Aug 1261)

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