William De Warenne, Earl Of Surrey

Abt 1118 - 1148  (30 years)

• Name	William De Warenne
  Title	Earl Of Surrey
  Birth	Abt 1118	Sussex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	K8KP-Z6V
  Death	19 Jan 1148	Syrian Arab Republic   [3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I7670	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William De Warren, 2nd Earl Of Surrey ,   b. Abt 1081, Sussex, England d. 11 May 1138, Sussex, England (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabel Capet, Countess Of Leicester ,   b. 1081, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France d. 13 Feb 1131, Boulogne, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Jun 1118
  Family ID	F1165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adela Talvas, Countess Talvas ,   b. Abt 1120, Ponthieu, France d. 10 Dec 1174 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1136
  Children	+ 1. Isabel De Warenne,   b. 1137, Surrey, England d. 1203, Sussex, England (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Deserted Stephen's army in Normandy. The King pursued them to Pontaudem e r , w h e re he held William de Warenne junior and other youths and did hi s b e s t t o p acify them; but did not dare to make them fight. He was with his half-brother Waleran, Count of Meulan, at Rouen on 18 D e c . 1 1 3 8 , and at Oxford in 1139 or early in 1140. Battle of Lincoln 2 Feb 1140/1: in Stephen's army, and with Waleran fle d b e f o r e the enemy's opening charge. However, the brothers soon rallied t o t h e Q u e en and were with her in London about June 1141. After the King's release on 1 November he witnessed royal charters at C a n t e r bury at Christmas 1141 and at Ipswich early in 1142. Crusade 1147: Earl of Warrenne and Surrey took up cross and accompanied L o u i s o f F rance, to Holy Land against the Saracens. He never returned. I t ' s u n k nown if he died in battle or captivity

  
  

• Sources

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