John de Warenne, earl of Surrey

6th earl of Surrey

Earl of Sussex

Events

Date of Birth: 1231.

This date is given by Waugh (ODNB). The Complete Peerage (12/1:503) states that he was born in or after August 1231.

Date of Death: about 29 September, 1304.

Place of Death: Kennington, near London.

The date and place are given by Waugh (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:507).

Date of Burial: after Christmas, 1304.

Place of Burial: before the altar of Lewes Priory church.

The date and place are given by Waugh (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: William (IV) de Warenne (died 1240), earl of Surrey.

This relationship is given by Waugh (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:503).

Mother: Matilda Marshal (died 1248).

This relationship is given by Waugh (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:503).

Spouse: Alice de Lusignan (died 1256).

This relationship is given by Waugh (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:507).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Alice de Warenne (1251 - after 1282) married Henry de Percy on 8 September 1268 at York.

Isabel married John Balliol, later king of Scotland, in 1279.

William (V) de Warenne (1256 - 15 December 1286) married Joan de Vere.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Waugh, Scott L. “Warenne, John de, sixth earl of Surrey (1231-1304)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).