William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Date of Death
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English Earl
About William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke
- William de Valence (died 18 May 1296), born Guillaume de Lusignan, was a French nobleman and knight who became important in English politics due to his relationship to King Henry III of England.
- He was heavily involved in the Second Barons' War, supporting the King and Prince Edward against the rebels led by Simon de Montfort.
- He took the name de Valence ("of Valence") after his birthplace, Valence, near Lusignan.He was the fourth son of Isabella of AngoulĂŞme, widow of John, King of England, and her second husband, Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, and was thus a half-brother to Henry III, and uncle to Edward I.
- William was born in the Cistercian abbey in Valence, Couhé-Vérac, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, near Lusignan, sometime in the late 1220s (his elder sister Alice was born in 1224).
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