Robert de Ferrers , 2nd Earl of Derby 
Robert de was born about 1118 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England. Robert de's father was Robert de Ferrers , 1st Earl of Derby and his mother was Hawise de Vitre. He had a sister named Miss de. He was the younger of the two children. He died before 1160 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England. He was buried in Abbey of Merevale.General Notes
Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby, in the 12th Henry II, upon levying the aid for marrying the king's daughter, certified the knights' fees then in his possession to be in number seventy-nine for which he paid the sum of 68 marks. This nobleman was also a liberal benefactor to the church. 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 hide according to his desire. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. and heiress of William Peverel, of Nottingham, by whom he had issue. He was s. by his son, 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]
‌Robert de and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony in 1135. They had a son named William I de.
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Children
William I de Ferrers , 3rd Earl of Derby
William I de was born in 1140 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England. He died before October 21st, 1190 in Seige of Acre, Jerusalem, Palestine.
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