Everything about William De Mandeville 3rd Earl Of Essex totally explained
William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex (1st Creation) (d.
14 November,
1189) was a loyal councilor of
Henry II and
Richard I of England.
He was the second son of
Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex and
Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex. After his father's death while in rebellion (1144), William grew up at the court of the
Count of Flanders. On the death of his elder brother Geoffrey in 1166, he became
Earl of Essex and returned to England, where he spent much time at the court of Henry II. He stayed loyal to the king during the
1173 rebellion of that king's eldest son, Henry.
In 1177 he became a
crusader, in company with a companion of his youth, Count
Philip of Flanders. Philip attempted to intervene in the court politics of the
Kingdom of Jerusalem but was rebuffed, and the two fought for the
Principality of Antioch at the siege of
Harim. William returned to England in the fall of 1178.
In 1180 he married
Hawise, daughter and heiress of
William, Count of Aumale, who had died the previous year. He gained possession of her lands, both in Normandy and in England, along with the title of Count of Aumale (or
Earl of Albemarle as it's sometimes called).
William fought in the wars against the French toward the end of Henry II's reign, and was at the deathbed of that king in 1189.
He carried the crown at the coronation of Richard I and held the favor of the new king. Richard I appointed him one of the two chief justiciars of England. But William died a few months later on a mission to Normandy, without issue.
He was initially succeeded by his elderly aunt, Beatrice de Say, née Mandeville, who passed her claim to her surviving son,
Geoffrey de Say. Geoffrey contracted to pay an unprecedentedly large relief for the Mandeville inheritance, but he rapidly fell into arrears. Geoffrey Fitz Peter, the husband of Beatrice's granddaughter and namesake, Beatrice de Say, was a prominent man at court and used his position to push his wife's claim. She was the eldest daughter of Geoffrey de Say's elder brother. Eventually the estates and, later, the earldom, went to Geoffrey Fitz Peter by right of his wife.
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