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Walchelin de Ferrers

Walchelin was born about 1010 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.¹ Walchelin's father was Henry de Ferrers and his mother was Bertha. His paternal grandparents were Eugenulf de Ferrers and <Unknown>. He was an only child. He died in 1089 in Normandy, France.¹

Death Notes
- Slain in Normandy Civil Wars

General Notes
- # Note:
  
  Ferrers, the name of a great Norman-English feudal house, derived from Ferrières-St.-Hilaire, to the south of Bernay, in Normandy. Its ancestor Walkelin was slain in a feud during the Conqueror's minority, leaving a son Henry, who took part in the Conquest and held a great fief in the midlands. [Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 9, p. 184, Ferrers]
  
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  slain in the civil wars which distracted Normandy during the minority of Duke William, later William the Conqueror.
  
  The name Ferrers means in French 'to bind with iron' or 'to shoe a horse'. FerriŠres in Normandy was known for its iron-working industry. The Ferrers coat of arms was black horseshoes on a silver background.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Eugenulf de Ferrers
  - b.~  0960 in Staffordshire, England
  
  Henry de Ferrers
  - b.~  0985 in Ferrieres, Normandy, France
  
  Walchelin de Ferrers
  - b.~  1010 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England d.1089 in Normandy, France
  
  Bertha

Personal Timeline

Walchelin's family with <Unknown>

Walchelin and <Unknown> were married about 1035 in Normandy.¹ They had two sons and two daughters, named Henry, Hugh, Gundella and Isbel.

Children
- Henry de Ferrers
  Henry was born about 1036 in Ferrieres, Normandy, France.¹ He died in 1088 in Castle Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.¹
  
  Gundella Ferreres
  Gundella was born about 1036 in Normandy, France.²
  
  Hugh de Ferrers
  Hugh was born in 1038 in Ferrieres, Normandy, France.²
  
  Isbel de Ferrers
  Isbel was born in 1040 in Normandy, France.²

¹ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I6972&style=TABLE
² http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I6975