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. His paternal grandparents were Henry de Ferrers , Sir Knight and Berthe Roberts; his maternal grandparents were Andre Seigneur de Vitre and Agnes de Mortaigne. 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]
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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.~ 1010 in Ferrieres-St-Hilaire, Eure, Normandy, France d.1089 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1036 in Ferrieres-St-Hilaire, Eure, Normandy, France d.1101 in Castle Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1062 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.1139 in Charterley, Staffordshire, England
- b.1040 in Gostenois, Normandy, France d. in Darley, Darbyshire, England
- b.~ 1118 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.< 1160 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1000 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- b.~ 1030 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- b.~ 1010 in France
- b.1054 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.1139
- b.~ 1083 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- b.~ 0962 in of Tonsburgh & Comyn, Normandy, France d. in Conteville, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.1001 in Conteville, Eure, Normandy, France d.1066
- b.~ 1031 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France d.08 Dec 1095 in Abbey of St. Grestain, Normandy, France
- b.0978 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.0980 in France
- b.~ 1067 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0995 in St-Germain-de-Montgomery, Calvados, Normandy, France d.> 1040 in Exiled to Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 1022 in St-Germain-de-Montgomery, Calvados, Normandy, France d.>27 Jul 1094 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (clothed as a monk)
- b.~ 1000 in France d.> 1067
- b.~ 1051 in St-Germain-de-Montgomery, Calvados, Normandy, France d.< 1085 in Abbey of St. Grestain, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0985 in Belleme, Sarthe, Maine/Pays de le Loire, France d.1048 in Alencon, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.1026 in Alencon, Eure, Normandy, France d.02 Dec 1079 in Bures Castle, Eure, Normandy, France (murdered)
- b.0985 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine/Pays de la Loire, France
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‌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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