Guillaume II (William) DE FIENNES , Lord of Wendover
- Born: Abt 1250
- Marriage (1): Blanche (of Acre) DE BRIENNE , Baroness Tingry in 1269
- Died: 11 Jul 1302, Battle of Courtrai, Flanders, Belgium aged about 52
General Notes:
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Marriage and issue:
In the year 1269, Blanche married William II de Fiennes, Baron of Tingry and Fiennes, son of Enguerrand II de Fiennes and Isabelle de Conde. His other titles included Lord of Wendover, Buckinghamshire, of Lambourne, Essex, of Chokes and Gayton, Northamptonshire, of Martock, Somerset, of Carshalton and Clapham, Surrey, and custodian of the county of Ponthieu. The settlement for the marriage had been made in February 1266/67. William and Blanche had at least one son and two daughters:
- Jean de Fiennes, Seigneur of Fiennes and Tingry (b. before 1281 in France - 1340), in 1307 married Isabelle de Dampierre, daughter of Guy de Dampierre, Count of Flanders and Isabelle of Luxembourg. They had a son Robert, who was Constable of France, and two daughters, Jeanne de Fiennes who married Jean de Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol, and Mahaut de Fiennes who married Jean de Bournonville.
- Joan de Fiennes (d. before 26 October 1309), in 1291 married John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell. Had issue, including Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell mother of Joan of Kent, grandmother of Richard II of England
- Margaret de Fiennes (b. after 1269 - 7 February 1333), in September 1285, married Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore. They had three children, including Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.
In 1285, Blanche received the gift of twelve leafless oak stumps from Selwood Forest from King Edward I for her fuel.
Blanche de Brienne died on an unknown date around the year 1302. Her husband William was killed on 11 July 1302 at the Battle of Courtrai.
Through her son Jean's daughter, Jeanne de Fiennes, who married Jean de Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol, Blanche was the ancestress of Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville."
Guillaume married Blanche (of Acre) DE BRIENNE , Baroness Tingry, daughter of Jean DE BRIENNE and Jeanne DE CHATEAUDUN, in 1269. (Blanche (of Acre) DE BRIENNE , Baroness Tingry was born about 1252 and died about 1302.)
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