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2nd Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers

2nd Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers

Male 1100 - 1160  (60 years)

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  • Name Robert de Ferrers 
    Title 2nd Earl of Derby 
    Birth 1100  Ferrers, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1160  Merevale, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1139, Charterley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Hawise de Vitre,   b. 1069, Vitre, Brittany, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1087 
    Family ID F13502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Peverel,   b. 1114, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1135 
    Children 
     1. 3rd Earl of Derby William de Ferrers,   b. 1130, Tutbury, Stafforshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1189, Siege of Acre, Jerusalem, Palestine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F13501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

  • 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]