1085 - De Warrenne, *1st Earl of Surry William

De Warrenne, *1st Earl of Surry William

Birth Name	De Warrenne, *1st Earl of Surry William 1a
Also Known As	De Warenne, William “1st Earl of Surrey” 1b
Also Known As	De Warenne, William “1st Earl of Surrey” 1c
Also Known As	De Warren, *William 1d
Also Known As	Warren, William de 1e
Also Known As	DeWarren, William 1f
Also Known As	De Warenne, William ‘1st Earl of Surrey’ 1g
Also Known As	De Warenne, William “1st Earl of Surrey” 1h
Gramps ID	I4535
Gender	male
Age at Death	52 years

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Birth [E10874]	1036	Varenne near Bellencombre, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France		1i
Death [E10875]	1088	Lewes, Sussex, England	Fatally wounded at Siege of Pevensey Castle	1j
Birth [E10876]	1055	Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, , France		1k
Birth [E10877]	1055	Bellecombe, Drome, Rhone-Alpes, France		1l
Birth [E10878]	1055	Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, , France		1m
Birth [E10879]	1055	Bellecombe, Drome, Rhone-Alpes, France		1n
Birth [E10880]	1055	Bellencombre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France		1o
Birth [E10881]	1055-06-24	Bellencombre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France		1p
Birth [E10882]	1055	Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, France		1q
Birth [E10883]	1055	Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, , France		1r
Birth [E10884]	1055	Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, , France		1s
Birth [E10885]	1055	Bellecombe, Drome, Rhone-Alpes, France		1t
Death [E10886]	1088-06-24	Pevensey, Sussex, , England		1u
Death [E10887]	1088-06-24	Lewes, Sussex, , England		1v
Death [E10888]	1088-06-24	Pevensey, Sussex, , England		1w
Death [E10889]	1088-06-24	Lewes, Sussex, , England		1x
Death [E10890]	1088-06-24	Lewes, Sussex, England		1y
Death [E10891]	1088-06-24	Lewes, Sussex, , England		1z
Death [E10892]	1088-06-24	Lewes, Sussex, , England		1aa
Death [E10893]	1088-06-24	Lewes, Sussex, , England		1ab
Death [E10894]	1088-06-24	Pevensey, Sussex, , England		1ac
Death [E10895]	1088-06-24	Lewes, Sussex, , England		1ad

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	De Warenne, *Ralph [I4578]	1018	1059
Mother	De Saint Martin, *Emma [I4579]	1030	1074
	De Warrenne, *1st Earl of Surry William [I4535]	1036	1088

Stepfather	Warren, Ralph De [I3237]		1074
Stepmother	De Warenne, Emma [I3238]	1020	1059
	De Warrenne, *1st Earl of Surry William [I4535]	1036	1088

Families

Family of De Warrenne, *1st Earl of Surry William and England, *Gundred Princess of [F1556]

Married

Wife

England, *Gundred Princess of [I4536] ( * 1063 + 1085-05-27 )

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Marriage [E21072]	1077	Normandy, France	1ae 1af
Marriage [E21073]	1077	Normandy, France	1ag
Marriage [E21074]	1077	Normandie, France	1ah

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
De Warren, *Edith [I4508]	1084	1096
De Warenne, William II [I3239]	1110	1148
Warren, Gundred De [I3240]	1085	1096
De Warren, Adelina [I3241]	1084	1157
Warren, Reginald De [I3242]	1082	1083

Narrative

WILLIAM DE WARREN, 1ST EARL OF SURRY
William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, (died 1088) was one of the Norman nobles who fought at the Battle of Hastings and became great landowners in England. He was a son of Rodulf II de Warenneand Emma and a grandnephew of duchess Gunnor, wife of duke Richard I of Normandy. The de Warenne surname derives from the hamlet named Varenne located on the river Varenne, which flows through the territory William acquired in Upper Normandy in the region today called Bellencombre. As a young man, William played a prominent role in protecting the Norman realm of the future William the Conqueror's from a major invasion by the King of France in February 1054 at the Battle of Mortemer. After this battle Roger de Mortemer forfeited most of his lands, and the duke gave them to William. William was one of the nobles who advised Duke William when the decision to invade England was being considered. He is said to have fought at Hastings, and afterwards received the Rape of Lewes inSussex, and subsequently lands in twelve other shires. He built castles at Lewes (Sussex), Reigate (Surrey), Castle Acre (Norfolk) and Conisbrough in Yorkshire. By the time of the Domesday survey he was one of the wealthiest landholders in England with holdings in 12 counties. He fought against rebels at the Isle of Ely in 1071 where he showed a special desire to hunt down Hereward the Wake who had murdered his brother the year before. William was loyal to William II, [and it was probably in early 1088 that he was created Earl of Surrey]. He died shortly afterwards of wounds he received while helping suppress the rebellion of 1088. At the time of his death, it has been estimated that his wealth was equivalent to £73.9 billion in today's money.

Souce: unknown

Pedigree

De Warenne, *Ralph [I4578]
1. De Saint Martin, *Emma [I4579]
  1. De Warrenne, *1st Earl of Surry William
    1. England, *Gundred Princess of [I4536]

Ancestors

De Warrenne, *1st Earl of Surry William
* 1036
+ 1088

De Warenne, *Ralph
* 1018
+ 1059

De Warenne, *Ralph Rudolf I
*
+ ...

De Saint Martin, *Emma
* 1030
+ 1074

De St. Martin, Walter
* 988
+ ...

De Crepon, Avelina
* 974
+ 1050

Source References

Ancestry.com: Public Member Trees [S0075]
1. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Edith de Warenne
2. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William "1st Earl of Surrey" De Warenne
3. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Gundred "Princess of England" "Countess of Surrey" England
4. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Edith De Warren
5. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Gundred England
6. - Page: Database online.
  - Source text:
    Record for William DeWarren
7. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Ralph De Warenne
8. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Emma De Saint Martin
9. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Edith de Warenne
10. - Page: Database online.
  - Source text:
    Record for Edith de Warenne
11. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William "1st Earl of Surrey" De Warenne
12. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William "1st Earl of Surrey" De Warenne
13. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Gundred "Princess of England" "Countess of Surrey" England
14. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Gundred "Princess of England" "Countess of Surrey" England
15. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Gundred England
16. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William DeWarren
17. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Edith De Warren
18. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Ralph De Warenne
19. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Emma De Saint Martin
20. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Emma De Saint Martin
21. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William "1st Earl of Surrey" De Warenne
22. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William "1st Earl of Surrey" De Warenne
23. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Gundred "Princess of England" "Countess of Surrey" England
24. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Gundred "Princess of England" "Countess of Surrey" England
25. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Edith De Warren
26. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Gundred England
27. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William DeWarren
28. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Ralph De Warenne
29. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Emma De Saint Martin
30. - Page: Database online.
  - Source text:
    Record for Emma De Saint Martin
31. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William "1st Earl of Surrey" De Warenne
32. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William DeWarren
33. - Page: Database online.
  - Source text:
    Record for Gundred "Princess of England" "Countess of Surrey" England
34. - Page: Database online.
  - Source text:
    Record for Gundred England