Ida DE TOSNY

1160 - 1204  (44 years)

• Name	Ida DE TOSNY
  Born	1160
  Gender	Female
  Died	1204
  Notes	Wikipedia (08/04/2016): "Ida de Tosny, Countess of Norfolk was very likely a daughter of Ralph V de Tosny (died 1162) and his wife Margaret (born circa 1125 and living in 1185), a daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. Ida de Tosny was a royal ward and mistress of Henry II, King of England, by whom she was mother of one of his illegitimate sons, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, (b c. 1176-March 7, 1226). For many years, until the discovery of a charter of William mentioning "Comitissa Ida, mater mea" (Countess Ida, my mother), it was assumed that Rosamund Clifford, a previous mistress of Henry's, was the mother, but painstaking genealogical detective work has since shown otherwise. Ida was not the first English royal ward to be taken as a royal mistress. Isabel de Beaumont (Elizabeth de Beaumont), daughter of Robert de Beaumont, who fought at the Battle of Hastings with the Conqueror, was the ward of King Henry I and the mistress of one of his sons. Around Christmas 1181, Ida de Tosny was given in marriage to Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk by Henry II, together with the manors of Acle, Halvergate and South Walsham, which had been confiscated from his inheritance after his father's death (Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk). Ida and Roger had a number of children including: -Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk who married in 1206 or 1207, Maud Marshal, a daughter of William Marshal -William Bigod -Ralph Bigod -Roger Bigod -Margery Bigod, married William de Hastings -Mary Bigod, married Ralph fitz Robert Many historians, including Marc Morris have speculated that the couple had a third daughter, Alice, who married Aubrey de Vere IV, 2nd Earl of Oxford as his second wife. If so, the marriage would have been well within the bounds of consanguinity, for the couple would have been quite closely related, a daughter of the second earl of Norfolk being first cousin once removed to the second earl of Oxford."
  Person ID	I11880	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Ralph IV DE TOSNY, Lord of Flamstead,   b. 1132,   d. 1162  (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Margaret or Marguerite or Margareta de BEAUMONT, Lady Margaret of Leicester,   b. 1125,   d. Aft 1185  (Age > 61 years)
  Married	Aft 1155
  Family ID	F9653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Henry II, King of England, Duke of Normandy & Aquitaine,   b. 5 Mar 1132/3, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France ,   d. 6 Jul 1189, Château de Chinon, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France  (Age 56 years)
  Children	1. William LONGESPÉE, Knight, 3rd Earl of Salisbury,   b. Abt 1175/80,   d. 7 Mar 1225/6, Salisbury Castle, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Family ID	F4129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Roger BIGOD, 2nd Earl of Norfolk,   b. c. 1144/1150,   d. 1221  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	1181
  Children	1. Hugh BIGOD, 3rd Earl of Norfolk,   b. Abt 1182,   d. Feb 1225  (Age ~ 43 years)   2. William BIGOD   3. Ralph BIGOD   4. Roger BIGOD   5. Margery BIGOD   6. Mary BIGOD   7. Alice BIGOD
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F15045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart