William I de Warrenne 
William I was born about 1055 in Bellencombe, France. William I's father was Rudolf de Warrenne and his mother is UNKNOWN Emma. His paternal grandfather was William de Warren and his paternal grandmother is daughter de Torta. He was an only child. He died on June 24th, 1088 in Lewes or Pevensey, Sussex, England.General Notes
bk&q p 503 "William (the Conqueror) returned to Normandy in 1072 andremai
ned there for the next twelve years, needing to maintain his ducy again
st the opposition of the French and his former allies who were now fearf
ul of his power. The administration of England was left in the hands of R
ichard Fitzgilbert and WILLIAM DE WARENNE, two of William's most powerf
ul barons." According to index, this baron was "chief justice of Engla
nd and 1st Earl of Surrey."
possibly ASC pp 201 "That summer (1070) the fleet came from the north in t
he Humber into the Thames, lay there for two nights and headed for Denmar
k. . . . Eorl WILLIAM should have been his protector, and the French ki
ng also; eorl Robert came and killed his kinsman Arnulf and the eorl put t
he king to flight and killed many thousands of his men."
and possibly p 208 "in spring [1075] [king William I] went away over the s
ea to Normandy . . . Bishop Odo and eorl WILLIAM remained here, built cast
les widely throughout this nation, oppressed the people wretchedly, a
nd it afterwards grew much more evil. May the end be good when God wil
ls it."
‌William I and Gundred of were married in a religious ceremony in 1085.1 They had a son named William II.
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Children
William II de Warren
William II was born in 1071 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England or Vermandois, France.2 He died at the age of 67 on May 11th, 1138 in England.2
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