Earl William de Ferrers 
William was born in 1140 in Ferrers, derbyshire, England. William's father was Earl Robert de Ferrers and his mother was Countess Margaret de Peverel. His paternal grandparents were Robert de Ferrers and Hawise de Vitre; his maternal grandparents were William Peverel and Avice de Lancaster. He had two half-sisters named Bertha and Elizabeth. He died at the age of 50 in 1190 in Acre. He was buried in Slain in Normandy Civil Wars.1 General Notes
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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0990 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1010 in Ferrieres, Normandy, France d.1089
- b.1036 in Ferrieres, Normandy, France d.1088 in Castle, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1014 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
- b.1062 in derbyshire d.1139 in Merevale Warwickshire
- b.1040 in Gostenois, Normandy, France d. in Darley, Darbyshire, England
- b.1100 in Ferrers, derbyshire, England d.1141 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1030 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
- b.1054 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France d.1139
- b.1069 in Vitre, Brittany, France
- b.~ 1010 in Conteville d.~ 1080
- b.1031 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France d.08 Dec 1095 in France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.~ 1056 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France
- b.1022 in St Germain Montgomery, Normandy, France d.27 Jul 1094 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 1041 in Montgomery, Normandy, France d.1107
- b.1026 in Alencon, Eure, Normandy, France d.02 Dec 1079 in Bures Castle
- b.1140 in Ferrers, derbyshire, England d.1190 in Acre
- b.0999 in Normandy,France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentruvilleby, Rouen, France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.~ 1062 in Normandy, France d.17 Apr 1113 in England
- b.1080 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d.1155 in England
- b.~ 1054 in Nottinghamshire, England d.19 Jan 1119/1120 in England
- b.1114 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1058 d.1102
- b.1088 in Nottingham d.1149
- b.1030
- b.1062
- b.1034
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William and Godehuet were married in a religious ceremony about 1162. They had a daughter named Isabel.
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Children
Isabel deFerrers
Isabel was born in 1170 in derbyshire, England and her baptism took place in Of Castle, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England. She died before April 29th, 1252.
William and Sybil were married in a religious ceremony about 1167 in Sussex, England. They had two sons and three daughters, named William deFerrers VI Earl of, Robert, Isabel, Agatha and Millicent.
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Children
William deFerrers VI Earl of Derby
William deFerrers VI Earl of was born about 1162 in Ferrers, derbyshire, England. He died on September 22nd, 1247.
Robert deFerrers
Robert was born in 1170 in Tutbury Castle,Staffordshire,England. He died at the age of 57 in 1227.
They had a daughter named Agatha.
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