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He was an illegitimate son of Henry II of England. His mother is unknown. His father acknowledged him, and gave him the honor of Appleby, Lincolnshire in 1188. Ten years later his half-brother King Richard I married him to a great heiress, Ela, countess of Salisbury in her own right, and daughter of William, 2nd earl of Salisbury.

During the reign of King John, Salisbury was at court on several important ceremonial occasions, and held various offices: sheriff of Wiltshire, lieutenant of Gascony, constable of Dover and warden of the Cinque Ports, and later warden of the Welsh marches. He was a commander in the king's Welsh and Irish expeditions of 1210- 1212Events The first Great Fire of London burns most of the city to the ground. Battle of Navas de Tolosa. Children's crusade Crusaders push the Moslems out of northern Spain Births Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan Deaths Honen Shonin, who established Pure Land B. The king also granted him the honor of EyeEye is a small town in the county of Suffolk, East Anglia, England, south of Diss, and on the River Dove. Towns in Suffolk..

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By the time he returned to England, revolt was brewing amongst the barons. Salisbury was one of the few who remained loyal to John. In the civil war that followed the year after the signing of the Magna Carta, he was one of the leaders of the king's army in the south. But after the French prince Louis (later Louis VIII) landed as an ally of the rebels, Salisbury went over to his side. Presumably he thought John's cause was lost and hopeless.

After John's death and the departure of Louis, Salisbury, along with many other barons, joined the cause of John's young son, now Henry III of England. He then took an influential place in the government during the king's minority. Most notably, he fought in Gascony to help secure the remaining part of the English continental possessions. Salisbury's ship was nearly lost in a storm while returning to England in 1225, and he spent some months in refuge at a monastery on the French island of Ré. He died not long after his return to England.

By his wife Ela, countess of Salisbury, he had four sons and four daughters:

• William Longespee ( 1212? - 1250), who was sometimes called Earl of Salisbury but was never formally given the title, for reasons that remain unclear.
• Richard, a canon of Salisbury.
• Stephen (d. 1260), who was seneschal of Gascony.
• Nicholas (d. 1297), bishop of Salisbury
• Isabella, who married William de Vesey
• Petronilla, died unmarried
• Ela, who first married Thomas, Earl of Warwick, and then married Philip Basset
• Ida, who first married Walter FitzHerbert, and then William de Beauchamp