William III de Cantilupe

William III de Cantilupe (died 25 September 1254) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc, Latinised to de Cantilupo) ^[2] was lord of Abergavenny in right of his wife, Eve de Braose, of the de Braose dynasty of Welsh Marcher Lords, who inherited the tenancy.

His chief residences were at Calne in Wiltshire and Aston Cantlow in Warwickshire before inheriting the Abergavenny estates. His brother Thomas de Cantilupe became Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford.

Family

He was the son of William II de Cantilupe and Millicent de Gournay and grandson of William I de Cantilupe. He married Eve de Braose, daughter of William de Braose and his wife, Eva Marshal daughter of the famous William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke, before 15 February 1248. They had three children:

1. Milicent de Cantilupe, married (1) John de Montalt; (2) Eudo de la Zouche
2. Juliana de Cantilupe (died by June 1271), married Robert de Tregoz.^[3]
3. George de Cantilupe (died 1273).

Death

He died "in the flower of his youth" in 1254. Simon de Montfort, a close friend of the family, was the chief mourner at William's funeral. His arms were: De gueules, à trois fleurs de lys d'or.

Sources

• Braose Family Web

• Sir Bernard Burke C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms (compiler). (1996). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Baltimore:: Genealogical Publishing Co, pg. 101.

• George Edward Cokayne (revised by others later). (2000). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, I-XIII (in 6). Stroud: Sutton Publishing Limited, II:129.

• Frederick Lewis Weis (with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and assisted by David Faris). (1992). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Line 66.29. Lines: 39-29, 39A-29, 93A-28, 232A-32