Fw: William de Mastac / Margaret de Stuteville

[Leo]

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Subject: William de Mastac / Margaret de Stuteville

> How is William de Mastac a "relative of the King" ?
>
> http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924084250582#page/n194/mode/1up
> See Footnote
>
> In 1233 the king had given him Margaret de Stuteville as wife
> (evidently she was a minor and died young).
>
> William was given seizin on the lands of Margaret's father, as one co-
> heiress, so he was an adult, and living and the king's relative...
>
> I have no "de Mastac's" in my database. Who was he?
>
> Will

If his parents are Geoffrey dit Marteau de Mastac and Philippe de Sabl�,
then he is a fifth cousin (modern counting) of King Henry III (who was king
in 1233).
Leo van de Pas