6th Earl of Derby, Baron of Tutbury, Staffordshire.
Son and heir of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and Margaret de Quincy, born at Tutbury Castle, Derbyshire. Grandson of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby and Agnes of Chester, Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester and Helen de Galloway.
Robert was married at the age of ten to seven year old Marie de Lusignan, the daughter of Hugh XI, Count de la Marche, a half brother of King Henry III. Mary died in 1266, and they had no issue.
Robert's father died in 1254, and Robert inherited his estates and became a knight at the age of fifteen, but his estates were in a wardship under Prince Edward, who later sold the wardship to the queen for six thousand marks.
When he became of age in 1260, Robert took possession of his vast estates; a large portion of Derbyshire, parts of Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire, Chartley Castle, and Lancaster between the Ribble and the Mersey. The Ferrers family was one of the wealthiest of the era. Debts from his father's death and discrepancies involving Chartley created financial difficulties, Robert was impetuous, violent and unreliable, and actually attacked the priory of Tutbury, the church his parents patronized.
Robert took sides with Simon de Montfort against the King in the Second Baron's War of 1263, taking three castles belonging to Prince Edward. Further disputes regarding Peverel Castle from Robert's grandfather's days as Steward fueled Robert's hatred for Edward, who returned to attack Northampton Castle, followed by attacks at Chartley Castle and the destruction of Tutbury Castle. Once Edward and King Henry were captured, Ferrers took several royal castles as well as Peverel.
Montfort soon would accuse Ferrers of "diverse trespasses" and send Robert to the Tower of London. After the Battle of Evesham, Robert was released upon payment of 1500 marks, pardoned and his inheritance returned, his support was useful to Henry because of his locations.
Robert still chose to meddle with the rebels, forced to move north and encountered the Royal forces at Chesterfield in 1266, where Robert was defeated and taken prisoner, held at Windsor Castle until 1269. King Henry's second son, Edmund, was given Robert's lands.
Robert married a second time around 1269 to Eleanor de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor de Braose. They had two children; John, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Eleanor, wife of Sir Robert FitzWalter, Lord FitzWalter. Some records include another son, Thomas, but he might have died young.
He lived for another ten years, during which he attempted to regain his estates, with little success, he regained only the manor at Chartley by 1275.
Sir Robert died shortly before 27 April 1279, and was buried at St. Thomas Priory at Stafford, Staffordshire. His widow would spend many years suing for the recovery of Robert's estates to no avail. Eleanor, Countess of Derby, died 20 Feb. 1314, and was buried at Walden Abbey, Essex.
Her maritagium included the manors of Coston in Leicestershire and Eynesbury Berkeley in Huntingdonshire.
2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby, Fenny Drayton, Waltham, Leichestershire, Stebbing, Woodham Ferrers, Essex, Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire. Chamberlain to the King (Edward III), Keeper of Berwick Upon Tweed, Justice of Chester, Keeper of the Channel Islands.
Henry was summoned to Parliament 1330 to 1338. He accompanied the king to Ireland in 1331, but was one of the 'disinherited" who took part in Edward de Baliol's invasion of Scotland in 1332. He received a pardon in 1338 for all offenses, including the capture of Roger de Mortimer. He was with the king at the Battle of Sluys in 1340. His wife, Isabel died of the pestilence (the Black Death) of 1349.
Margaret was a legatee in her father's will of 1368, who bequeathed her his "white bed and the furniture, with the arms of Ferrers and Ufford thereon."
Knight, 3rd lord of Groby, Marks, Stebbing, Woodham Ferrers, Essex, etc.
William accompanied the Prince of Wales to Gascony in 1355 to the Battle of Poitiers. He was with the king in the invasion of France Oct 1359, summoned to Parliament 1354 to 1369. In 1358 he received the manor of Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire from his cousin, Roger de Mortimer, (son of Roger de Mortimer) in exchange for his Moiety (half) of the manor and vill (land parcel) of Ludlow of Shropshire.
His first wife was the daughter of Sir Robert de Ufford, Knight and 1st Earl of Suffolk and Margaret de Norwich.
His second wife, Margaret de Percy, was the daughter of Henry de Percy, Knight and 2nd Lord Percy of Northumbria and Idoine de Clifford, daughter of Robert de Clifford, widow of Robert de Umfreville.
Supposedly joined William at St Valery, but there was once a great confusion between two Alains (one marrying Constance, the Duke's daughter). This Alin would have been too young to serve.
Brittany, Count Alan of - Married daughter of William I, Constance. Also called Earl of Richmond. Head of Bretons in England. Large holdings in Yorks., and also in twelve other counties. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/landowners.htm
Alan IV of Cornwall (died October 13, 1119) was duke of Brittany, from 1084 to 1112. He was also Count of Nantes and Count of Rennes. He was son of Duke Hoel II and Hawise of Brittany. He was known as Alain Fergant, which in Breton means "Alan the Younger".
Alan IV had to face an invasion of William I of England and was forced to abandon his duchy in 1086. Peace was made in the same year and Alan married Princess Constance of England, William's daughter. This marriage was forced upon Alan and he is presumed responsible for Constance's death by poisoning in 1090 -- William of Malmesbury says she was killed because she was too conservative for the Breton court. Alan married again in 1093 with Ermengarde of Anjou, a formidable woman who became the real ruler of Brittany. By her he had a son Geoffrey, a daughter Hawise (married to count Baldwin VII of Flanders) and his heir Conan. In 1098 Alan went on Crusade, leaving Ermengarde as his regent, and returned in 1101. Alan IV was not a popular duke and was forced to abdicate in 1112. He retired to the monastery of Redon and died there in 1119. His illegitimate son was Brien FitzCount.
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Assisted Sancho I Garces King of Navarre in the overtaking of Leon, accomplishing it in 1065. the king of Castile from his father's death in 1035 and the king of León—through his wife—after defeating his father-in-law in 1037 until his death in 1065.
Ferdinand was the second eldest legitimate son of Sancho III of Navarre. He was barely in his teens when he was put in possession of Castile in 1028 or 1029 with his father's backing, on the murder of the last count, as the heir of his mother Munia, daughter of a previous count of Castile and sister of the deceased count. That count, Don García, was about to be married to Doña Sancha, sister of Bermudo III, king of León, but was assassinated as he was entering the church of St John the Baptist in León by a party of Castilian nobles, exiles from their own land, who had taken refuge in León.
Ferdinand now married Sancha of León instead. He reigned in Castile with the title of king from 1033, though his father, King Sancho, did not die until 1035. On 4 September 1037, when his brother-in-law Bermudo was killed in battle with him at Tamarón, Ferdinand took possession of León as well, by right of his wife who was the heiress presumptive. He overran the Moorish section of Galicia, and set up his vassal as count in what is now northern Portugal. With northern Spain consolidated, Ferdinand, in 1039, proclaimed himself emperor of Hispania. The use of the title was resented by the Emperor Henry III and Pope Victor II in 1055 as implying a claim to the headship of Christendom and as a usurpation of the Roman Empire. It did not, however, mean more than that the sovereign of León was the chief of the princes of the Iberian peninsula, and that Spain was independent of the Holy Roman Empire. Ferdinand's brothers García V of Navarre and Ramiro I of Aragón opposed his power, but were both killed in ensuing battles. After his elder brother, García's, death, Ferdinand became the "high king" of the dynasty.
Ferdinand died on the feast of Saint John the Baptist, 24 June 1065, in León, with many manifestations of ardent piety, having laid aside his crown and royal mantle, dressed in the robe of a monk and lying on a bier covered with ashes, which was placed before the altar of the church of Saint Isidore. At his death, Ferdinand divided up his kingdom between his three sons: Sancho, who received Castile; Alfonso, who received León; and Garcia, who received Galicia. His two daughters each received cities: Elvira received Toro and Urraca received Zamora. By giving them his dominion, he wanted them to abide by the split in the kingdom and respect his wishes. However, Sancho (born 1032), being the oldest, believed that he deserved more of the kingdom, and therefore sought to gain possession of the divided parts of the kingdom that had been given to his siblings.
King of Castile and King of Leon
Son of Alfonso IX, King of Leon and his second wife, Berenguela of Castile, grand daughter of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitane.
Born en route between Salamanca and Zamora between the 5th and 19th of August 1201. When his mother abdicated in 1217, he was proclaimed King of Castile.
He married Beatrice / Isabel of Swabia, daughter of Phillip, Duke of Swabia at Burgos on 30 Nov 1220. They had seven sons and three daughters:
* Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon
* Fadrique
* Fernando
* Enrique, senator of Rome
* Felipe, Archbishop of Seville
* Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo
* Manuel of Elche
* Eleanor
* Berenguela, nun at LAs Huelgas
* Maria
She died at Toro 05 Nov 1235 and was buried at Santa Maria la Real monastery called de las Huelgas near Burgos.
Secondly, he married Jeanne Dammarton, daughter of Simon de Dammartin and Marie de Talvas, in 1237 at Burgos. They had four sons and one daughter:
* Fernando, Count of Aumale
* Luis
* Simon
* Juan
* Eleanor m King Edward I of England
Fernando died at Seville 30 May 1252 and was buried in the Santa Maria Cathedral. Jeanne would remarry as his second wife, Jean de Nesle (or Neele) about 1261. They had one daughter, Jeanne.