William III de Ferrers , 5th Earl of Derby 
William III de was born about 1193 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. William III de's father was William II de Ferrers , 4th Earl of Derby and his mother was Agnes of Chester , Lady of Chartley. His paternal grandparents were William I de Ferrers , 3rd Earl of Derby and Sybil de Braose; his maternal grandparents were Hugh de Kevelioc , 5th Earl of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort. He had two sisters named Bertha de and Sibyl de. He was the oldest of the three children. He died before March 28th, 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England. He was buried on March 31st, 1254 in Sheriff of Lancaster.General Notes
William de Ferrers, buried 31 Mar 1254, Earl of Derby. [Magna Charta Sureties, line 88-3]
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William de Ferrers, 7th Earl of Derby, upon doing homage in the 32nd Henry III [c. 1248], had livery of Chartley Castle and the other lands of his mother's inheritance; and the same year he sat in the parliament held in London wherein the king made so stout an answer to the demands of his impetuous barons. His lordship m. 1st, Sibel, one of the daus. and co-heirs of William Mareschal, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had seven daus., viz., Agnes, m. to William de Vesci; Isabel m. 1st to Gilbert Basset, of Wycombe, and 2ndly, to Reginald de Mohun; Maud, m. 1st to William de Kymes; 2ndly to William de Vyvon, and 3rdly, to Emerick de Rupel Carnardi; Sibil m. 1st to John de Vipont, 2ndly to Franco de Mohun; Joane m. to William Aguillon, and 2ndly to John de Mohun; Agatha m. to Hugh Mortimer of Chelmersh; Eleanor m. 1st to William de Vallibus, 2ndly to Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winton, and 3rdly to Roger de Leybourne, but had no issue. The earl m. 2ndly Margaret, one of the daus. and co-heirs of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, and had issue: Robert, his successor; William, upon whom his mother conferred the lordship of Groby, co. Leicester; Joan, m. Thomas, Lord Berkeley; and Agnes, m. to Robert de Muscegros, Lord of Deerhurst.
His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence obliged to he drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown through the heedlessness of his driver over the bridge at St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, in 1254. He was survived by his eldest son, Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 197, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- 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.1054 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.1139
- b.~ 1083 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- b.~ 1067 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France
- b.1140 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.<21 Oct 1190 in Seige of Acre, Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.1050 in Normandy, France d.17 Apr 1113 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1080 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d.1155 in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England
- b.1054 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d.19 JAN 1118/19 in England
- b.~ 1118 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1058 in St Germain Montgomery, Normandy, France d.1123
- b.1088 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d.1149
- b.1062 in Marche, Creuse, Limousin, France d.1116
- b.1172 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.22 Sep 1247
- b.1049 in Briouze near Argentan, Normandy, France d.> 1089 in Bramber, Sussex, England
- b.1075 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1112 in Holy Land, Palestine
- b.1058 in Normandy, France
- b.1112 in Abergavenny, Over Gwent, Monmouthshire, Wales d.< 1193 in Weobley, Herefordshire, England
- b.1059 in Barnstable, Devonshire, England d.> 1123
- b.1084 in Barnstable, Devonshire, England
- b.1060 in Picquigny, Picardy, France
- b.1150 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.AFT 5 FEB 1227/28
- b.~ 1070 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.1129 in England
- b.1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1070 in Ballon, Maine, France
- b.~ 1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1050 in Neufmarche, Seine-Inferiere, Normandy, France d.1093 in Aberhonwy, Breconshire, Wales
- b.< 1093 in Aberhonwy, Brecon, Wales d.> 1143 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1075 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1193 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d.<28 Mar 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1050 in Bayeux, Normandy, France d.>Apr 1089 in Lord of Cumberland & Carlisle, England
- b.~ 1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.JAN 1128/29 in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 1054 in Avranches, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1100 in Guernon Castle, Normandy, France d.16 Dec 1153 in Chester, Cheshire, England (poisoned)
- b.~ 1015 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia) d.< 1079 in Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1070 in Crowland & Spalding, Lincolnshire, England d.> 1130
- b.~ 1045 in Graville, Normandy, France
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-La-Foret, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1090 in Caen, Normandy, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1073 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 1117 in Gloucestershire, England. d.29 Jul 1189
- b.~ 1050 in Cruelly, Calvados, Normandy, France d.10 MAR 1106/07 in At the battle of Falaise
- b.~ 1094 in Gloucestershire, England d.1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1060 in St Germain, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1174 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.02 Nov 1247
- b.~ 1025 in Montfort-l'Amaury Castle, Ile-de-France, France d.~ 1087
- b.~ 1070 in Montfort-l'Amaury Castle, Ile-de-France, France d.1124
- b.~ 1040 in Evreux, Normandy, France
- b.1117 in Montfort-l'Amaury Castle, Ile-de-France, France d.13 MAR 1180/81 in France
- b.~ 1069 in Garlende, France d.1118
- b.~ 1090 in Garlende, France d.1181
- b.~ 1073 in Montlhery, France d. in Rochfort, France
- b.1155 in Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France d.12 Jul 1227 in Evreux, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1126 in Monmouth Castle, Gloucestershire, England d.~ 1164
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William III de and Sibyl were married in a religious ceremony before May 14th, 1219 in 1st wife. They had five daughters named Isabel de, Agnes de, Maud (Matilda) de, Eleanor de and Joan de.
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Children
Isabel de Ferrers
Isabel de was born about 1220 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. She died before November 26th, 1260 in Torre Mohun, Devonshire, England.
Agnes de Ferrers
Agnes de was born about 1222 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England. She died on May 11th, 1290 in Greyfriars, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.
Eleanor de Ferrers
Eleanor de was born about 1232 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. She died before October 26th, 1274 in Leeds Priory, Kent, England.
Joan de Ferrers
Joan de was born about 1233 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. She died before October 1267 in Addington, Surrey, England.
William III de and Margaret de were married in a religious ceremony before 1238 in 2nd wife. They had two sons and four daughters, named Robert de, William IV, Elizabeth de, Joan de, Agnes de and Berta de.
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Children
Robert de Ferrers , 6th\Last Earl of Derby
Robert de was born in 1239 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. He died at the age of 40 in 1279.
William IV Ferrers , of Groby, Sir
William IV was born about 1240 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. He died on December 20th, 1287 in Groby, Leicestershire, England.
Elizabeth de Ferrers
Elizabeth de was born about 1242 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. She died after 1297.
Joan de Ferrers
Joan de was born in 1248 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. She died in St Augustine Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Agnes de Ferrers
Agnes de was born about 1252 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. She died after May 9th, 1281 in Charlton Musgrove, Wincanton, Somerset, England.
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