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| Name |
William de Ferrers |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
3rd Earl of Derby |
| Birth |
1140 |
Tutbury, Staffordshire, England  [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Knight Templar [2] |
| Military |
Third Crusade [5] |
| Death |
21 Oct 1191 |
The Siege of Acre, Israel [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Person ID |
I47819 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
24 Dec 2019 |
| Father |
Sir Robert de Ferrers, II, Knight, 2nd Earl of Derby, b. ~1100, Staffordshire, England d. 1162 (Age ~ 61 years) |
| Mother |
Lady Margaret Peverel, Countess of Derby, b. ~1114, (Peveril Castle, Derbyshire) England d. 1154, (Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England) (Age ~ 39 years) |
| Marriage |
~1135 [2, 6, 7] |
| Family ID |
F17598 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sybil de Braose, b. Bef 1151, Bramber, Sussex, England d. 5 Feb 1227, Derbyshire, England (Age ~ 76 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [2, 3, 5] |
| Residence (Family) |
Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England [2] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F17590 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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- William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby
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William I de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby (died 1190) was a 12th-century English Earl who resided in Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire and was head of a family which controlled a large part of Derbyshire known as Duffield Frith. He was also a Knight Templar.
William was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby, and his wife, Margaret Peverel. He succeeded his father as Earl of Derby in 1162. He was married to Sybil, the daughter of William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber, and Bertha of Hereford.
Life
William de Ferrers was one of the Earls who joined the rebellion against King Henry II of England led by Henry's eldest son, Henry the Younger, in the Revolt of 1173–1174, sacking the town of Nottingham. Robert de Ferrers II, his father, had supported Stephen of England and, although Henry II had accepted him at court, he had denied the title of earl of Derby to him and his son.[1] In addition, William had a grudge against Henry because he believed he should have inherited the lands of Peveril Castle through his mother. These, King Henry had previously confiscated in 1155 when William Peverel fell into disfavour.
With the failure of the revolt, de Ferrers was taken prisoner by King Henry, at Northampton on the 31 July 1174, along with the King of Scots and the earls of Chester and Lincoln, along with a number of his Derbyshire underlings and was held at Caen. He was deprived of his castles at Tutbury and Duffield and both were put out of commission (and possibly Pilsbury.) In addition to defray the costs of the war Henry levied a so-called "Forest Fine" of 200 marks.
He seems to have afterwards regained the confidence of Henry II., and he showed his fidelity to the next Sovereign, (King Richard I.), by accompanying him in his expedition to the Holy Land, and joined the Third Crusade and died at the Siege of Acre in 1190.[2]
He was succeeded by his son William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby.
William de Ferrars Preceptory No.530, https://www.thefreedictionary.com/preceptory, is a Knight Templar preceptory named after William de Ferrars. This preceptory is stationed in Burton upon Trent.
References
Warren, W.L. 1973. Henry II. Eyre Methuen. ISBN 0-413-25580-8
Turbutt, G., (1999) A History of Derbyshire. Volume 2: Medieval Derbyshire, Cardiff: Merton Priory Press
Bland, W., 1887 Duffield Castle: A lecture at the Temperance Hall, Wirksworth Derbyshire Advertiser
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- Birth: 1140
Death: 1190
Acre
Hatzafon (Northern District), Israel
Sir William was the son of Robert II and Margaret (Peverel) de Ferrers. He married Sybil de Braose.
He was a Crusader, and died at the Seige of Acre, Palestine. His body was buried in the Crusader city at Acre. No remains of the graves remain today.
Family links:
Parents:
Robert Ferrers (1100 - 1160)
Margaret Peverel Ferrers (1100 - ____)
Spouse:
Sybil de Braose de Ferrers (1157 - 1228)*
Children:
William De Ferrers (1172 - 1247)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Crusader Cemetery
Acre
Hatzafon (Northern District), Israel
Created by: Carolyn Gray-Yeaw
Record added: May 09, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 110262652
end of this report [2]
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- [S10546] "Sybil de Braose de Ferrers" profile, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 by David.
- [S10547] "Sir William De Ferrers (1140-1190)" profile, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 b.
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- [S10553] "Margaret Peverell, Countess of Derby (b. circa 1114, Nottinghamshire, England)" profile, which was abstracted, download.
- [S14229] "Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby", Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Ferrers,_2nd_Earl_of_Derby, A.
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