Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers II

Birth Name Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers II 1 2 3a 4a 5a 6a
Gramps ID I29754
Gender male
Age at Death 85 years, 8 months, 21 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E40114] 1162 of Ferrers, Derbyshire, England  
2a 4b 6b
Death [E40115] 1247-09-22 England  

Cause: Long afflicted with gout.

1a 7a 2 4c
Death [E40116] 1247-09-22    
8a 9a 10 6c
_FA1 [E40117]   4th Earl of Derby.  
2b 11a 4d 6d
_FA2 [E40118]   Took arms on Richard I’s behalf after Richard’s return from captivity.  
4e 6e
_FA3 [E40119]   Besieged & took Nottingham.  
4f 6f
_FA4 [E40120]   One of the four Earls holding the canopy over Richard I at his 2nd coronation.  
4g 6g
_FA5 [E40121]   Staunch loyalist in the Barons Wars, swore fealty to John & Henry III.  
4h 6h
_FA6 [E40122]   One of King John’s favorites, granted many estates & court revenues.  
4i 6i
_FA7 [E40123]   Helped William marshal besiege Mountsorrel castle.  
4j 6j
_FA8 [E40124]   Participated in coronation of Henry III.  
4k 6k
_FA9 [E40125]   Helped defeat (at Lincoln) the baronial faction led by Prince Louis of France.  
4l 6l

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers [I33346]about 1136before 1190-10-21
Mother de Braose, Sibyl [I29395]11471246
         Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers II [I29754] 1162 1247-09-22
    Sister     de Ferrers, Millicent [I34304] BET. 1164 - 1170 1252-04-29
    Sister     de Ferrers, Agatha [I3098] 1168
    Sister     de Ferrers, Petronilla [I2741] 1175

Families

    Family of Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers II and le Meschines, Agnes of Chester [F11852]
Married Wife le Meschines, Agnes of Chester [I29687] ( * 1174 + 1247-11-02 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58816] 1192-11-02 , Cheshire, England  
1b 12a 7b 13a 2 11b 4m 6m
Marriage [E58817]   England  
5b
Marriage [E58818] 1192 , Cheshire, England  
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Ferrers, Sybil [I30418]1216-07-25
Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers III [I2538]about 11931253/4-03-24 (Julian)

Pedigree

  1. Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers [I33346]
    1. de Braose, Sibyl [I29395]
      1. Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers II
        1. le Meschines, Agnes of Chester [I29687]
          1. de Ferrers, Sybil [I30418]
          2. Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers III [I2538]
      2. de Ferrers, Millicent [I34304]
      3. de Ferrers, Agatha [I3098]
      4. de Ferrers, Petronilla [I2741]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. G.E. Cockayne: Complete Peerage [S70552]
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        d 1247

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        m 1192

  2. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S286829]
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        b abt 1168

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        4th Earl

  3. Vernon M. Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees [S284164]
      • Page: p 68
  4. large-G675.FTW [S286834]
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  5. 11615-2.ftw [S7587]
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  6. large-G675.FTW [S261374]
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        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

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        from whom descend the Lords of Craon

  7. Sir Bernard Burke: Burke's Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited & Extinct Peerages of the British Empire [S287112]
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        d 1246

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        No date

  8. G.E. Cockayne: Complete Peerage [S336368]
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        d 1247

  9. Sir Bernard Burke: Burke's Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited & Extinct Peerages of the British Empire [S340764]
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        d 1246

  10. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S42140]
  11. Gary Boyd Roberts: Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants [S284637]
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        4th Earl

      • Page: p 400
  12. Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 [S286879]
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        m 1192

  13. Ed Mann: Mann Database [S285952]
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        no date