Ela (Longespée) la Zouche (1244 - abt. 1276)

Born 1244 in Salisbury, Wiltshire

Ancestors

Wife of Roger (Zouche) la Zouche — married before 1267 in England

Descendants

Died about 19 Jul 1276 at about age 32 in Ashby-de La-Zouche, Leicestershire, England

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Biography

Ela Longespée was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Ela Longespée (1244-c. 19 July 1276) was the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Stephen Longespee, Justiciar of Ireland, Seneschal of Gascony. Her paternal grandmother was Ela, Countess of Salisbury, who had founded Lacock Abbey, and for whom she was named. Her maternal grandmother was the daughter of Henry FitzRoy (d. 1158). Ela had a younger sister, Emmeline, who became the second wife of Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly in 1273.

She m. c.1266 in Northants. Sir Roger La Zouche, Lord of Ashby, the son of Sir Alan La Zouche and Helen de Quincy. Their marriage produced one son:

• Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby (19 October 1267 – 25 March 1314), married Eleanor de Segrave, by whom he had three daughters.

Ela died on about 19 July 1276 at the age of 32.

Sources

• Yeatman, John Pym. The Early Genealogical History of the House of Arundel (Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1882) Page 67
• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. III, page 606. Vol. V, page 474: ROGER LA ZOUCHE, Knt., married before 1267 ELA LONGESPEE. They had two sons, Alan, Knt. [Lord Zouche], and John and possibly Edmund [Rector of Sileby, Leicestershire].
• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson 2nd Ed.p. 586
• wikipedia:Ela Longespee

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