 Earl Robert de Ferrers, son of Robert de Ferrers and Hawise de Vitre.Born ± ABT. 1090 at Ferrers, derbyshire, England, died 1141 at Merevale, Warwickshire, England, approximately 51 years, buried at Abbey of Merevale Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby, in the 12th Henry II, upon levyingthe aid for marrying the king's daughter, certified the knights' feesthen in his possession to be in number seventy-nine for which he paid thesum of 68 marks. This nobleman was also a liberal benefactor to thechurch. His lordship was buried at the Abbey of Meervale, co. Warwick,one of the religious houses which he had founded, wrapped in an ox's hideaccording to his desire. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. and heiress ofWilliam Peverel, of Nottingham, by whom he had issue. He was s. by hisson, William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant,Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London,1883, p. 196, Ferrers, Earls of Derby] Desperate for information on Stewart and Montgomery Families of Allegeheny Co., Pennsylvania. Your assistance would be most appreciated. Thanks Married ± ABT. 1135 at Nottinghamshire, England (approximately 6 years married) to:  Countess Margaret de Peverel, daughter of William Peverel and Avice de Lancaster. Adoption parents: William Peverell and Avice deLancaster Born 1114 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Custom Field:<_FA COUNTESS de DERBY Desperate for information on Stewart and Montgomery Families of Allegeheny Co., Pennsylvania. Your assistance would be most appreciated. Thanks Child: 1. Earl William de FerrersAlso known as: 3rd Earl of Derby, born ± 1140 at Ferrers, derbyshire, England, died 1190 at Acre, approximately 50 years, buried at Slain in Normandy Civil Wars. Occupation: seigneur of Ferrieres-Saint-Hilaire and Lord of Oakham William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, rebelled against Henry II andmarching at the head of the Leicestershire men (19th Henry II) uponNottingham, then kept for the king by Reginald de Luci, got possession ofthe town which he sacked, putting the greater part of the inhabitants tothe sword and taking the rest prisoners. He was soon afterwards, however,reduced to submission and obliged to surrender to the crown his castlesin Tutbury and Duffield, which were demolished by order of the king. Hislordship m. Sibilla, dau. of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny andBrecknock, by whom he had issue. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p.196, Ferrers, Earls of Derby] Ferrers, the name of a great Norman-English feudal house, derived fromFerrières-St.-Hilaire, to the south of Bernay, in Normandy. Its ancestorWalkelin was slain in a feud during the Conqueror's minority, leaving ason Henry, who took part in the Conquest and held a great fief in themidlands. [Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 9, p. 184, Ferrers] Holdings in 9 southern counties Seige of Acre, Palestine Walklin was slain ina feud during the Conqueror's minority,leaving hisson Henry, who took part inthe conquest and hels agreat fief in the Midlands Earl of Derby This nobleman rebelled against King Henry II and, marching at the head ofthe Leicestershire men upon Nottingham, then kept for the King byReginald de Lucie, got possession of the town, which he sacked, puttingthe greater part of the inhabitants to the sword and taking the restprisoners. He soon afterwards, however was reduced to submission andobliged to surrender to the crown his castles of Tutbury and Duffield,which were demolished by order of the king. His lordship married Sibilla,daughter of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny and Brecknock, by whomhe had issue: William, his successor; Milicent married Roger Mortimer ofWigmore; Agatha, concubine to King John, by whom she had Jaone, whomarried Llewellyn the Great, Prince of North Wales; Anghared marriedLlewelly Vychan, grandson of Lord Rhys, Prince of South Wales. | |||
| 2nd marriage/ relation Earl Robert de Ferrers, son of Robert de Ferrers and Hawise de Vitre.Married/ Related to: Bertha de Gloucester, daughter of Earl Miles Fitzwalter and Sybil de Neufmarche. Adoption parents: Miles deGloucester and Sybil deNeufmarche Adoption parents: Earl Miles Fitz Walter, Earl of Herford , Earl of Herford and Sibyl de Neufmarche Adoption parents: Earl Miles Fitz Walter, Earl of Herford , Earl of Herford and Sybil deNeufmarche Born ± ABT. 1130 at Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, died 1204, approximately 74 years, 1st marriage to: William II de Braose, 2nd married/ related to: Earl Robert de Ferrers Heiress of Brecon Child: 1. Bertha deBraose[daddy5.FTW] [daddy3.FTW] [daddy2.FTW] [daddy5.FTW] [daddy3.FTW] [daddy2.FTW] | |||
| 3rd marriage/ relation Earl Robert de Ferrers, son of Robert de Ferrers and Hawise de Vitre.Married/ Related to: Elizabeth Boteler, daughter of William Boteler Lord of Wemme Lord of Wemme and Joane Dudley.Born at of Wemme Child: | |||