Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 24 or 28 March 1254.
Place of Death: Evington, near Leicester.
The date and place are given by the Complete Peerage (4:197).
Date of Burial: 31 March 1254.
Place of Burial: Merevale Abbey.
The date and place are given by the Complete Peerage (4:197).
Relationships
Father: William de Ferrers, fourth earl of Derby.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:197; 5:pedigree chart after p. 320) and by Sanders (p. 149).
Mother: Agnes, daughter of Hugh, earl of Chester.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:197; 5:pedigree chart after p. 320).
Spouse: Sybil Marshal. Married before 14 May 1219.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:197; 5:pedigree chart after p. 320)
Spouse: Margaret de Quency. Married in or before 1238.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:197; 5:pedigree chart after p. 320).
Children (by Sybil):
(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 the Complete Peerage (4:199 and 5:pedigree chart after p. 320). Douglas Richardson in a post to soc.genealogy.medieval sums up the evidence that Elizabeth belongs below.)
Agnes (died 11 May 1290) married William de Vescy of Alnwick and Malton.
Isabel (died 11 November 1260) married Gilbert Basset of Wycombe.
Maud (died 12 March 1298/9) married (1) Simon de Kyme of Kyme; married (2) William Fort de Vivonne in Poitou, of Chewton; married (3) Aimery, vicomte of Rochechouart in Poitou.
Sibyl married Frank de Bohun of Midhurst.
Joan married (1) John de Mohun; married (2) Robert Aguillon of Watton and Perching.
Agatha (died 22 May 1306) married Hugh de Mortimer of Chelmarsh.
Alianore (died 26 October 1274) married (1) William de Vaux of Tharston and Wisset; married (2) Roger de Quency, earl of Winchester; married (3) Roger de Leyburne of Elham.
Children (by Margaret):
Robert de Ferrers (about 1239 - 1279), sixth earl of Derby, married (1) Marie de Lusignan; married (2) Eleanor de Bohun.
Sir William de Ferrers (died 20 December 1287), of Groby, married (1) Anne, widow of Colban, earl of Fife; married (2) Eleanor of Lovaine.
Margaret (died 19 March 1309/10), lady of Coston, married Sir Thomas de Berkeley.
Elizabeth married (1) Sir William Marshal; married (2) Dafydd ap Gruffudd.
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).
Sanders, Ivor John. English Baronies (Oxford: 1960).