William (IV) de Warenne, earl of Surrey

5th earl of Surrey.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 27 May 1240.

Place of Death: London.

The date and place are given by Vincent (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:503).

Place of Burial: before the high altar in Lewes Priory.

The place is given by Vincent (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/1: 503).

Relationships

Father: Hamelin de Warenne (died 1202), earl of Surrey.

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 239), and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:500).

Mother: Isabel de Warenne (died 1203).

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 239), and by the Complete Peerage (12/1: 500).

Spouse: Matilda (died 1215), daughter of William d’Aubigny, earl of Arundel.

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:502). The Complete Peerage gives her name as Maud and states “she is alleged to have been da. of an Earl of Arundel.” Vincent expresses no doubt.

Spouse: Matilda Marshal (died April 1248).

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/1:502).

Children (by Maud Marshal):

Isabel de Warenne (about 1228 - 1282) married Hugh d’Aubigny, earl of Arundel.

John de Warenne (1231 - about 29 September 1304), sixth earl of Surrey, married Alice de Lusignan.

References

Cawley, Charles. “William (IV) de Warenne” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

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).

Vincent, Nicholas. “Warenne, William (IV) de, fifth earl of Surrey (d. 1240)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

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