Robert de Ferrers , 1st Earl of Derby 
Robert de was born about 1062 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England. 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]
‌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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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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