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Biography of Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln 1281-1348

Paternal Family Tree: Vesci

Maternal Family Tree: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy

Before 1271 [her father] Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 19) and [her mother] Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln were married. She by marriage Countess Lincoln. He by marriage Earl Salisbury. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 25 Dec 1281 Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln was born to Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 30) and Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln at Denbigh Castle. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

After 25 Dec 1281 [her father] Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 30) and [her step-mother] Joan Fitzmartin Countess Lincoln were married. She by marriage Countess Lincoln. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1294 Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 16) and Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 43) and Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln. He the son of Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 48) and Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 46). They were half second cousin twice removed. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 05 Jun 1296 [her father-in-law] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 51) died at Bayonne [Map]. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son [her husband] Thomas (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster. Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln (age 14) by marriage Countess of Leicester, Countess Lancaster.

On 02 Apr 1305 [her sister-in-law] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 32) died.

In 1316 John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 29) attempted to divorce his wife Joan of Bar Countess of Surrey (age 20). He blamed [her husband] Thomas Earl of Lancaster (age 38) for his failure to obtain a divorce so kidnapped Thomas' wife Alice de Lacy (age 34) Thomas retaliated by capturing Conisbrough Castle [Map]; King Edward (age 31) confirmed Thomas as the new owner. Thomas subsequenly rebelled against the King and was executed and King Edward took possession of Conisbrough Castle [Map]. Following the usurption of King Edward the castle was returned to John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey.

In 1317 Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln (age 35) was abducted from her manor of Canford, Dorset, by some of the household Knights of John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 30). She may have been complicit in the abduction. Warenne appears to be using the abduction to attack her husband [her husband] Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 39). Lancaster proceeded to wage war agaonmt Warenne although he didn't request the return of his wife.

In 1318 Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 40) and Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln (age 36) were divorced.

In Mar 1322 Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln (age 40) was imprisoned at York [Map]. The reasons for her imprisonment are unclear.

Battle of Boroughbridge

On 22 Mar 1322 [her former husband] Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) was beheaded at Pontefract Castle [Map] following his capture six days before at the Battle of Boroughbridge. He was buried at Pontefract Priory [Map].

In 1324 Eubulus Strange and Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln (age 42) were married. She the daughter of Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury and Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln. They were second cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1335 [her husband] Eubulus Strange died.

On 02 Oct 1348 Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln (age 66) died without issue at Barlings Abbey [Map]. Earl Salisbury, Earl Lincoln, Baron Pontefract and Baron Halton extinct.

Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln 1281-1348 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln 1281-1348

Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln 1281-1348

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzrichard 6th Baron Halton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Albreda Lissours

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Essex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Essex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Vere Baroness Warkworth

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth

GrandFather: Edmund Lacy 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux

Father: Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Manfred III Marquess Saluzzo

GrandMother: Alice Saluzzo Baroness Lacy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Odo II Duke Burgundy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh III Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois Duchess Burgundy Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guigues V Count of Albon and Grenoble

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice of Albon Duchess Burgundy

Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Longsword" Longespee Earl Salisbury Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Longespée Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Vitre

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Vitre Countess of Salisbury

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emma de Dinan

GrandFather: William Longespée Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Camville

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard Canville

Great x 4 Grandmother: Millicent Rethel

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Camville

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de la Haie

Great x 3 Grandmother: Nichola de la Haie

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Vernon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Idoine Camville

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Basset

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Basset

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Dunstanville

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eustachia Basset

Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay

Great x 3 Grandmother: Egelina Courtenay

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Courcy

Mother: Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzpons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Gloucester

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Tosny

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Northumbria

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Cundy Baroness Clifford

GrandMother: Maud Clifford Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Aberffraw

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet