Robert de Ferrieres, first earl of Derby

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1139.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by the Complete Peerage (4:191).

Relationships

Father: Henry de Ferrières, lord of Ferrières and Chambrais in Normandy.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:191), by Sanders (p. 148), and by Keats-Rohan (p. 459).

Mother: Bertha.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:191).

Spouse: Hawise, said to be a daughter of André de Vitre and Agnes de Mortain.

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.

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.)

Robert de Ferrers, second earl of Derby, married Margaret Peverel.

Isabel married Robert de Calz.

Matilda married Bertram de Verdun.

Leticia.

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).