Ida de Tosny

1156 - 1226  (70 years)

• Name	Ida de Tosny
  Birth	1156	Norwich, Norfolk, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Mar 1226	Norfolk, England
  Person ID	I6378	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, and Lord of Ireland, and King of England Henry Plantagenet, II,   b. 5 Mar 1132, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1176
  	Ida was a royal ward and mistress of King Henry, by whom she was mother of one of his illegitimate sons - William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.
  Family ID	F2711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	2nd Earl of Norfolk Roger Bigod,   b. 1144, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 1220, England (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1181
  	Ida de Tosny was given to Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk in marriage 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)
  Children	1. Mary Bigod,   b. Yorkshire, England d. Yorkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1156 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Death - 7 Mar 1226 - Norfolk, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Ida de Tosny Ida de Tosny, Countess of Norfolk (died after 1181), was a Norman royal mistress. Named after her grandmother Ida de Hainaut, she was the daughter of Ralph IV de Tosny and his wife Margaret. 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…