William (II) de Warenne, earl of Surrey

2nd earl of Surrey

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

(probable) Date of Death: 11 May 1138.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Hollister (ODNB) and by The Complete Peerage (12/1:496).

Place of Burial: Lewes Priory.

The place is given by Hollister (ODNB) and by The Complete Peerage (12/1:496).

Relationships

Father: William (I) de Warenne (died 1088).

This relationship is given by Hollister (ODNB), by Lewis (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 239), and by The Complete Peerage (12/1:495).

Mother: Gundrada (died 1085).

This relationship is given by Hollister (ODNB), by Lewis (ODNB), and by The Complete Peerage (12/1:495).

Spouse: Isabel de Vermandois (died 1147). Married 1118 or 1119.

This relationship is given by Hollister (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 239), and by The Complete Peerage (12/1:496).

Children:

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

William (III) de Warenne (about 1119 - 1148). Earl of Surrey. Married Ela, daughter of Guillaume Talvas, count of Ponthieu.

Gundreda married (1) Roger de Beaumont, earl of Warwick; married (2) William de Lancaster.

Ralph de Warenne.

Reginald de Warenne (1121x6- 1178/9) married Alice, daughter of William of Wormegay.

Ada de Warenne (about 1123 - 1178) married Henry of Scotland, earl of Northumberland, in 1139.

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) Volume 12/1.

Hollister, C. Warren. “Warenne, William (II) de, second earl of Surrey (d. 1138)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

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

Lewis, C.P. “Warenne, Gundrada de (d. 1085)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2007.

Lewis, C.P. “Warenne, William (I) de, first earl of Surrey (d. 1088)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004.

Stringer, Keith. “Ada, countess of Northumberland (c. 1123 - 1178)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).