William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby

1140 - Aft 1190  (> 50 years)

• Name	William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby  [1, 2]
  Suffix	3rd Earl of Derby
  Born	1140	Oakham, Rutland, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 31 Dec 1189	Acre, Palestine   [1, 2]
  Notes	He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Derby before 1160. He fought in the Siege of Acre on 31 December 1189 and was killed in action. William I de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby (died 1190) was a 12th century English Earl who resided in Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire and was head of a family which controlled a large part of Derbyshire known as Duffield Frith. He was also a Knight Templar. William was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby and his wife, Margaret Peverel. He succeeded his father as Earl of Derby in 1162. He was married to Sybil, the daughter of William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber and Bertha of Hereford. William de Ferrers was one of the earls who joined the rebellion against King Henry II of England led by Henry's eldest son, Henry the Younger, in the Revolt of 1173-1174, sacking the town of Nottingham. Robert de Ferrers II, his father, had supported Stephen of England and, although Henry II had accepted him at court, he had denied the title of earl of Derby to him and his son. In addition, William had a grudge against Henry because he believed he should have inherited the lands of Peveril Castle through his mother. These, King Henry had previously confiscated in 1155 when William Peverel fell into disfavour. With the failure of the revolt, de Ferrers was taken prisoner by King Henry, at Northampton on the 31 July 1174, along with the King of Scots and the earls of Chester and Lincoln, along with a number of his Derbyshire underlings and was held at Caen. He was deprived of his castles at Tutbury and Duffield and both were put out of commission (and possibly Pilsbury.) In addition to defray the costs of the war Henry levied a so called "Forest Fine" of 200 marks. He seems to have afterwards regained the confidence of Henry II., and he showed his fidelity to the next Sovereign, (King Richard I.), by accompanying him in his expedition to the Holy Land, and joined the Third Crusade and died at the Siege of Acre in 1190. He was succeeded by his son William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby.
  Person ID	I4371	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby,   b. Abt 1090, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 1162, Merevale, Warwickshire, England  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Margaret Peverel,   b. Abt 1114, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire ,   d. 1154  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1135	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire   [2]
  Family ID	F260	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sybil de Braose,   b. Abt 1157, Bramber, Sussex, England ,   d. Aft 05 Feb 1227/28  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	Abt 1174	Sussex, England   [2]
  Children	1. Agatha de Ferrers   2. Millicent de Ferrers   3. William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby,   b. Between 1152 and 1168, Ferrers, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 22 Sep 1247  (Age ~ 95 years)
  Family ID	F1268	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia. [S160] Richard Glanville-Brown, (Location: 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada;).