Robert de Ferrers , 1st Earl of Derby 
Robert de was born about 1062 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England. Robert de's father was Henry de Ferrers , Sir Knight and his mother was Berthe Roberts. His paternal grandfather was Walchelinde de Ferrers , Lord of Ferrieres. He had a brother and two sisters, named Engenulf de, Amice de and Gundred de. He was the oldest of the four children. He died in 1139 in Charterley, Staffordshire, England.General Notes
Robert de Ferrers, having contributed, at the head of the Derbyshire men, to King Stephen's victory over King David of Scotland at Northallerton (commonly called the battle of the Standard), was created by that monarch Earl of Derby. By Hawise his wife, he had William who d. s. p.; Robert his successor; Walcheline, of Okeham; Isolda, m. to Stephen de Beauchamp; and Maud, m. to Bertram de Verdon. The earl d. in 1139 and was s. by his son, Robert de Ferrers, as 2nd Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 196, Verdon, Earls of Derby]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- 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
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‌Robert de and Hawise de were married in a religious ceremony in 1087. They had a son and a daughter, named Robert de and Miss de.
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Children
Miss de Ferrers , Heiress of Greenham
Miss de was born in 1100 in Greenham, Newbury, Berkshire, England.
Robert de Ferrers , 2nd Earl of Derby
Robert de was born about 1118 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England. He died before 1160 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England. He was buried in Abbey of Merevale.
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