Ralph III de Somery

First husband of Ida "prima" de Longespee. Probably an arranged childhood marriage, which may never have been consummated.

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Ralph DE SOMERY Lord of Dudley
Born: Abt 1186, Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England Married: Died: 1212, (dsp)

Ancestral File Number: VB1D-41.

General Notes: Ralph de Somery, 1st son and heir. He m. Ida or Idonea, daughter of William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury. He d. bef. 1220, when his widow had m. William de Beauchamp, of Bedford. [Complete Peerage XII/1:111, XIV:586]

Marriage Information: Ralph married Ida (Idonea) DE LONGESPÉE Countess of Warwick, daughter of Prince William I PLANTAGENET de Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Countess Ela Fitzwilliam DE SALISBURY . (Ida (Idonea) DE LONGESPÉE Countess of Warwick was born about 1204 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England , died after 1266 in England and was buried in Oseney Abbey, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.)