Re: the following genealogical line: >I have come across another one of my suposed Plantagenet lines. Can anyone >tell me if this is a solid line? > >Geoffrey V "le Bon" Plantagenet b: 24 AUG 1113 d: 7 SEP 1151 > >Henry II "Plantagenet" King of England b: 5 MAR 1132/33 d: 6 JUL 1189 > >William "Longespee" Prince of England b: ABT 1173 d: 1225 > >William Longespee b: ABT 1212 d: 1249 > >Ela Longspee b: ABT 1226 d: 22 NOV 1299 > >Nicholas Audley b: 11 NOV 1289 d: ABT 1316 > >Alice Audley b: ABT 1315 d: BEF 1359 > >Ralph Bassett b: 1335 d: 10 MAY 1390 > Up to this point, and but for a few minor corrections, the line is generally OK. Geoffrey V's nicknames were 'Plantagenet' and 'la Belle' (the fair). The nickname 'le Bon' (the Good) was used by his 4th great-grandfather, Foulques (Fulk) II, Count of Anjou. William I 'Longspee', being an illegitimate child was probably not ever titled Prince of England, and would have been better known simply as William 'Longspee', Earl of Salisbury. [ES III:356A][CP I:338][CP IX:379-81][AR7:30, 122][MCS:143][Turton 119][BXP:122], et al. Your Alice Audley here is the daughter of Nicholas, Lord Audley of Heligh (d. 1316) and Joan Martin ( d. 1322) [CP I:339][CP VII:686-7] who was the son of Nicholas de Audley of Heleigh (1258-1299) and Katherine Giffard (1272-1322). This Nicholas was, in turn, the son of James de Audley, Justiciar of Ireland (1220-1272) and Ela Longspee (d c.1299) [CP I:337-8]. The main problem at this point is that Ralph Basset, Lord Basset of Drayton. b. c.1335, d. 10 May 1390 s.p. meaning he had no offspring. He was married twice, first to Joan Beauchamp, who herself d.s.p., and secondly, bef. 20 Oct 1385 to Jeanne de Montfort l'Amuary, Countess of Richmond [ES II:18] by whom he had no known children [CP II:3]. This does not preclude illegitimate children, it's just that I was unable to find any with what sources I have. Anyway, I hope this helps with your question. Jim >Jane Bassett b: ABT 1378 > >Elizabeth Edith Stourton b: 1394 d: 13 JUN 1441 > > >