Robert de Ferrers, second earl of Derby

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: before 1160.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by the Complete Peerage (4:192).

Place of Burial: Merevale Abbey.

The place is given by the Complete Peerage (4:192).

Relationships

Father: Robert de Ferrieres, first earl of Derby.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:192), by Sanders (p. 148), and by Keats-Rohan (p. 459).

Mother: Hawise, said to be a daughter of André, lord of Vitré in Brittany.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:192) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 459), who notes that no evidence for the relationship is available.

Spouse: Margaret Peverel.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:192) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 459).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Keats-Rohan.)

William de Ferrers (died 1190), third earl of Derby, married Sibyl de Briouze.

Robert de Ferrers.

Isolda married Stephen de Beauchamp.

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).

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).

Sanders, Ivor John. English Baronies (Oxford: 1960).