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William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby

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Cokayne, G. E.; Gibbs, Vicary & Doubleday, H. A., eds. (1926). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat). 5 (2nd ed.). London, p.340, note
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in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and major landowner, unable through illness to take much part in national affairs. From his two marriages, he left numerous children who married into noble and royal families of
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and, although he escaped death, never recovered from the effects of the accident. He succeeded to the title of his father in 1247, but only lived another seven years, dying on 28 March 1254.
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from youth and after the 1230s took little part in public affairs, travelling always in a litter. He was accidentally thrown from his litter into the
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Unable to play any part at court or at war, he followed his father in managing the family's landholdings. Their original lands were centred on
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He married (2nd) Eleanor de Lovaine, a daughter of Matthew de Lovaine, who after her husband's death was abducted by and married to
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of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat)
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Eleanor de Ferrers (died 16 October 1274) married (1) William de Vaux, (2) in about 1252 (as his 3rd wife)
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to France and attended Parliament in London in the same year. Like his father, he suffered from
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He married (2nd) in 1238 Margaret de Quincy (c. 1218 - 12 March 1280), daughter and heiress of
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Maud de Ferrers (died 12 March 1298), who married (1) Simon de Kyme (died 1248), (2)
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Maddicott, J. R. (2004). "Ferrers, Robert de, sixth earl of Derby (c.1239–1279)".
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The Sibyl de Ferrers who married John de Vipont, Lord of Appleby, was her aunt.
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Agatha de Ferrers (died May 1306), married Hugh Mortimer, younger son of
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Sibyl de Ferrers, who married (as his first wife) Frank de Bohun, of
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Cokayne, G. E. (1926). Gibbs, Vicary & Doubleday, H. A. (eds.).
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Agnes de Ferrers (d. 11 May 1290), who married (as his second wife)
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Isabel de Ferrers (died before 26 November 1260), who married (1)
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English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327
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Agnes de Ferrers, who married (1) Sir Robert de Musgrove, of
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was granted to the King's eldest son, the future King
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William's first wife's great estates in 147:, brought him vast new estates, including 145:Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester 504: 197:Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke 52:William III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby 495: 289: 285: 178: 163:and many manors in Northamptonshire and 35: 20: 594: 516:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 509:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 379:Gules, seven mascles or conjoined 3:3:1 315:Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester 300:Gules, seven mascles or conjoined 3:3:1 275:Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester 661: 399:Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley 306:), in lieu of their paternal arms of 247:Joan de Ferrers (died 1267) married: 193:William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke 89:Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester 85:William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby 461:Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby 326:Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby 91:(by his wife Bertrada de Montfort). 46:charged with eight horseshoes argent 347:William de Ferrers (1240–1287), of 231:Amaury IX, Viscount of Rochechouart 199:, by whom he had seven daughters: 186: 42:Vairy or and gules, a bordure azure 13: 390:William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas 14: 705: 143:. 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Merevale Abbey
Warwickshire

Chartley Castle
England
France
Scotland
Wales
William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby
Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester
Henry III
gout
River Great Ouse
St Neots
Huntingdonshire
Tutbury Castle
Staffordshire
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire
Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester
Chartley Castle
Lancashire
Ribble
Mersey
Lincolnshire
Needwood
Duffield Frith
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke

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