+ 2 i. Peter
de2 Estratlinges was born before
ca. 1305, the first event for which there is a recorded date.
He married three times. His first wife is unknown. He
married second Maud de Wauton. His third wife is
also unknown .
John arrived in England with Otto de Granson.
Otto was a staunch friend to Edward I, and served as soldier, diplomat
and royal administrator in north Wales and the Channel Islands.
"Otto's family hailed from Grandson, near the southern
tip of Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, and the hypothesis which derives
John's name from 'Strãttligen'near Thun, about fifty miles away,
is probably correct." (Griffiths, Ralph A., "TheRise of the Stradlings
of St. Donat's" in Conquerors and Conquered in Medieval Wales, NY:
St. Martin's, [1994].)
Maud de Wauton was the daughter and heiress of John
de Wauton, and by this marriage, John secured a landed position and future
residence in England. However, none of the property thus obtained
could be passed to his son by his first wife, who therefore had to secure
his own estate.
John de Estratlinges had the following child by his first wife:
+ 2 i. Peter
de2 Estratlinges was born before
ca. 1305, the first event for which there is a recorded date.
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