Sir William de Montagu, KG, Earl of Salisbury

1329 - 1397  (67 years)

• Name	William de Montagu
  	Father: William Montagu, Earl of Salisbury (1301-1344) Mother: Catherine Grandison (1304-1349) [3, 6]
  Birth	20 Jun 1329	Donyatt, Somerset, England   [3]
  Title(s)	1344 (14 years)  [6]
  He succeeded his father as the Earl of Salisbury in 1344.
  Knighted	13 Jul 1346 (17 years)  [6]
  On 13 July 1346 he was knighted.
  Knighted	1348 (18 years)  [6]
  Lord Salisbury, at this time married to the King's first cousin, was one of the knights admitted at the foundation of the Order of the Garter in 1348.
  Second Marriage	say 1350 (20 years)  [3, 6]
  He married second Elizabeth de Mohun, the daughter of John de Monun, Lord Monhun, and Joan Burghersh. She died on 14 January 1414/15. Children: 1. William de Montacute (____-1383)
  Military	19 Sep 1356 (27 years)  [6]
  He fought in the Battle of Poitiers on 19 September 1356.
  Death	3 Jun 1397  [3, 6]
  Person ID, Branch	I23379
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Joan, LG, Princess of Wales,   b. 29 Sep 1328, Woodstock, Kent, England d. 7 Aug 1385, Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England (Age 56 years)  Other Partners: Sir Thomas de Holand, KG, Earl of Kent  m. 1339/40;   Edward of Woodstock, KG, Prince of England  m. 10 Oct 1361
  Marriage	1340/41  [2, 3, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 11 years and 6 months - She : ~ 12 years and 3 months.
  Annulled	13 Nov 1349  [3, 4, 5]
  Information	14 Nov 1349  [3]
  	The marriage was annulled by the Pope because her marriage to William de Montacute was bigamous, and she was ordered to return to her first husband, Thomas de Holand.
  Family ID	F8066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 20 Jun 1329 - Donyatt, Somerset, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, KG, illustration from the Bruges Garter Book, c.1430.

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1461] Burke, John and John Bernard Burke. The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects , (London: E. Churton, 1848). [S1449] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume VII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1929). [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019). [S1682] Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families, (London: Vintage Books, 1989). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury.