Margaret Longespée, 4th Countess of Salisbury (died 1309) was an English noblewoman.
Margaret was the only child of William III Longespée[1] and Maud de Clifford.[2] After her father was badly wounded at a tournament at Blyth, Nottinghamshire on 4 July 1256, he began negotiations for Margaret's marriage to Henry, the heir by Edmund de Lacy of Pontefract. The marriage was confirmed by King Henry III of England on 23 December 1256.
After Margaret's father died, the king appointed her father-in-law Edmund, as her guardian. When Edmund died suddenly in 1258, the king appointed Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln and Edmund's widow Alésia of Saluzzo, as guardians.
She was married to Henry in 1257. From her marriage to Henry, Margaret had at least three children:
- Edmund de Lacy (died 1308)
- John de Lacy
- Alice de Lacy (1281–1348)
Both her sons died in accidents and left no heirs, leaving her daughter Alice, who was married to Thomas of Lancaster, as her heir.
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- Cokayne, George Edward. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. United Kingdom: G. Bell & sons. Volume VII, 1896.
- Wilkinson, Louise J. Women in Thirteenth-Century Lincolnshire . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2007. ISBN 978-0-86193-285-6.