4th Baron de Percy William de Percy II 
William was born in 1112 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England.1 William's father was William de Percy and his mother was Alice de Ros. His paternal grandparents were 2nd Baron de Percy Alan de Percy and Emma de Gaunt; his maternal grandparents were Everard de Ros and <Unknown>. He was an only child. He died at the age of 62 in 1174 in Sally, Craven, Yorkshire, England.1 Death Notes
D: 1174/1175
General Notes
William; fought on King Stephen's side at the Battle of the Standard 1138 against the invading Scots under David I; founded Sallay Abbey Jan 1147/8, having presented the Abbey with lands for its upkeep and a site for its physical construction; probably founded also Stainfield Priory, Lincs, and made gifts to Byland and Fountains Abbeys, at the latter of which he was later buried; married 1st Alice or Adelaide de Tonbridge (died between 1148 and c1166), probably daughter of Richard FitzGilbert de (Lord of) Clare by Alice, sister of Ranulph, Earl of Chester; married 2nd c1166, as her 2nd of three husbands, Sibyl de Vaognes (died in or after 1212), widow of Robert de Ros, and dspml by Easter 1175. [Burke's Peerage]
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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.0996 in Perci-En-Auge, Normandy, France
- b.1020
<Unknown>
- b.1044 d.1096
- b.1067 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1135
- b.1012 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.1038 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1096
<Unknown>
- b.1088
- b.1004 in Gand, Flanders, Belgium
- b.1009 in Flanders, Belgium d.1047 in Alost, Flanders, Belgium
<Unknown>
- b.1048 in Alost, Flanders, Belgium d.1094
- b.0965 in Moselgau, France d.06 Oct 1009
- b.1018 in Chateau de Salm, Luxembourg, Belgium d.1058 in Chapel of St. Lawrence, Ghent
- b.0948 in Gleiberg, Germany
- b.1071 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
- b.0975 in Montfort-Sur-Risle, Normandy, France
- b.1020 in Flanders, France d.1068
- b.1000 in Millent, Warwickshire, England
- b.1042 in Montfort, France
- b.1000 in Beaufoe, Normandy, France d.1081
- b.1014 in Beaufoe, Normandy, France
- b.1004
- b.1112 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England d.1174 in Sally, Craven, Yorkshire, England
- b.1040 in Ros, Normandy, France d.1124 in Hamlake, Yorkshire, England
- b.1090 d.1112
<Unknown>
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Details of William's family with Alice de Clare
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=stolp&id=I8047&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I4599&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stolp&id=I8702, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I012153
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I4599&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stolp&id=I8702, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I012153
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