1st Earl of Salisbury William MONTACUTE

1301 - 1344  (43 years)

• Name	William MONTACUTE
  Prefix	1st Earl of Salisbury
  Born	1301	Cassington, Oxfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Jan 1344	Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Person ID	I11499	Young Kent Ancestors
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2011

  
  

  Family	Catherine GRANDISON,   b. Abt 1304,   d. 23 Nov 1349  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Married	Abt 1322
  Children	1. Philippa MONTAGU,   b. 1332,   d. 1381  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F3422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cause of death was injuries sustained during a tournament. Modern historians have called William Montague Edward's "most intimate personal friend"[1] and "the chief influence behind the throne from Mortimer's downfall in 1330 until his own death in 1344."[2] 1a b McKisack, May (1959). The Fourteenth Century: 1307-1399. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 152. ISBN 0-19-821712-9 . 2 Ormrod, W.M. (1990). The Reign of Edward III. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-300-04876-9 .