1100 - 1160 (60 years)
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Name |
Robert de Ferrers |
Title |
2nd Earl of Derby |
Birth |
1100 |
Ferrers, Derbyshire, England |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1160 |
Merevale, Warwickshire, England |
Burial |
Abbey of Merevale, Warwickshire, England |
Person ID |
I36684 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
Father |
1st Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers, b. 1062, Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d. 1139, Charterley, Staffordshire, England (Age 77 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
Hawise de Vitre, b. 1069, Vitre, Brittany, France |
Relationship |
natural |
Marriage |
1087 |
Family ID |
F13502 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby, in the 12th Henry II, upon levying the aid for marrying the king's daughter, certified the knights' fees then in his possession to be in number seventy-nine for which he paid the sum of 68 marks. This nobleman was also a liberal benefactor to the church. His lordship was buried at the Abbey of Meervale, Warwick, one of the religious houses which he had founded, wrapped in an ox's hide according to his desire. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. And heiress of William Peverel, of Nottingham, by whom he had issue. He was s. by his son, William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 196, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]
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