de Fiennes, Lord William

Male 1252 - 1302  (50 years)


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  • Name de Fiennes, William  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Title Lord 
    Birth 1252  Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Military 11 Jul 1302  Couptrain, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Battle of Couptrain 
    Appointments / Titles Baron of Tingry 
    Appointments / Titles Chevalier of Hachin 
    Appointments / Titles Ponthieu (Historical), Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Custodian of the county of Ponthieu 
    Appointments / Titles Lord of Wendover 
    Life Event Acted as hostage in negotiations between England and France 
    FSID KFKV-97C  [2, 3
    Death 11 Jul 1302  Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Cause: Slain at the Battle of Courtrain (aka Battle of the Golden Spurs) 
    • Battle of the Golden Spurs
    Burial 16 Jul 1302  [1
    Person ID I35644  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Family de Brienne, Blanche,   b. 1252, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1302, Louplande, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 1268 
    Children 
     1. de Fiennes, Margaret,   b. 1269, Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1334, Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F14203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1252 - Buckinghamshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Battle of Couptrain - 11 Jul 1302 - Couptrain, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Custodian of the county of Ponthieu - - Ponthieu (Historical), Picardie, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Slain at the Battle of Courtrain (aka Battle of the Golden Spurs) - 11 Jul 1302 - Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Biography
      Seigneur of Fiennes and Tingry (Pas-de-Calais), and, in England, of the Chokes (Chocques) fee including Gayton, Northamptonshire; Wendover, Buckinghamshire; Fyfield and Lambourne, Essex; etc.

      He was slain at the Battle of Courtrai, aka Kortrijk, which was also known as the Battle of the Golden Spurs.

  • Sources 
    1. [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave.
      https://www.findagrave.com/

    2. [S844] WORLD: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
      http://fmg.ac/

    3. [S2814] WORLD: Google Books.
      https://books.google.com/?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjsYqMisn5AhVRK0QIHUjdDuQQPAgC

    4. [S806] WORLD: My Heritage.
      https://www.myheritage.com/

    5. [S788] WORLD: Wikipedia.
      https://www.wikipedia.org/