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Persönliche Daten Robert FERRERS 

• Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1239 in Derby, Derbyshire.

  Pass auf: Alter bei der Heirat (26. Juli 1249) war unter 16 Jahre (10).

• Titel: 6th Earl of Derby
• Er ist verstorben vor 27. April 1279 in Stafford, Staffordshire.
• Er wurde beerdigt im Jahr 1279 in St Thomas's Priory, Stafford, Staffordshire.
• Ein Kind von WILLIAM FERRERS und MARGARET de QUINCY

Familie von Robert FERRERS

(1) Er ist verheiratet mit Eleanor de BOHUN.

Sie haben geheiratet am 26. Juni 1269 in Derby, Derbyshire, er war 30 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. John FERRERS  1271-1312 
2. Eleanor FERRERS  1273-1306 

(2) Er ist verheiratet mit Marie de LUSIGNAN.

Sie haben geheiratet am 26. Juli 1249 in Westminster, Middlesex, er war 10 Jahre alt.

Notizen bei Robert FERRERS

Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby (1239-1279) was an English nobleman.

He was born at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, England, the son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, by his second wife Margaret de Quincy (born 1218), a daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester and Helen of Galloway.

In 1249, at the age of 10, he married the seven-year-old Mary (or Marie), daughter of Hugh XI of Lusignan Count of La Marche, the eldest of Henry III's half-brothers, at Westminster Abbey. This arranged marriage is an indication of Henry's high regard for Robert's father. William died in 1254, so that Robert became a knight and inherited the title while he was still a minor. He and his estates became a ward of Prince Edward. In 1257, Edward sold the wardship to the queen and Peter of Savoy for 6000 marks, which might have been a source of the later antipathy of Ferrers for the prince.

Robert came of age in 1260 and took possession of the vast estates he inherited. The first of these passed to him from his Norman ancestors, a large part of Derbyshire that included the area later known as Duffield Frith, together with parts of Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire. In addition, he received Chartley Castle in Staffordshire, and all Lancashire between the Ribble and the Mersey. This came from the estate of Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester, whose sister, Robert's grandfather had married. By careful management, the estate had become worth around £1500, which meant that the Ferrers family was among the wealthiest in the country.

However the estate was crippled by charges arising from William's death. Firstly a third of its worth was accounted for by his mother's dower, which included the major asset of Chartley. Nearly half was supporting a debt of around £800 incurred by his father, which the exchequer was calling in. To pay this he had taken a further loan, possibly from Jewish financiers in Worcester. Finally there was provision for his brother William and his wife Mary, who held two manors herself. It would seem that before taking his inheritance his only income had been the maritagium bestowed by King Henry.

Unlike his predecessors, Robert was impetuous and violent, in part, perhaps, because he had inherited a severe form of gout from his grandfather. He was also unreliable and lacking in political sophistication. Almost as soon as he took control of his estate, he attacked the priory of Tutbury, which his family were patrons of.

In the early years, Robert had taken little interest in politics, perhaps because of his preoccupation with the estate. Nevertheless, he was acquainted with the reforms that were being pursued, and with Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, and Simon de Montfort, friends of the family.

His final years were spent in the company of his family. His first wife, Mary, had died some time between 1266 and 1269, and the marriage had been childless. He married (2nd) 26 June 1269 Eleanor, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Knt., of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, and Eleanor de Braose, and granddaughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford. Until 1275, when he recovered Chartley, the family appeared to have lived on his mother's dower lands in Northamptonshire. The couple had two children: John born at Cardiff, Wales 20 June 1271 (who later became 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley), and Eleanor, wife of Robert Fitz Walter, Knt., 1st Lord Fitz Walter.

Sir Robert de Ferrers, sometime Earl of Derby, died shortly before 27 April 1279, and was buried at St Thomas's Priory at Stafford, in Staffordshire. In Michaelmas term 1279 his widow, Eleanor, sued Edmund the king's brother for dower in a third of Tutbury, Scropton, Rolleston, Marchington, Calyngewode, Uttoxeter, Adgeresley, and Newborough, Staffordshire, and Duffield, Spondon, Chatesdene, and nine other vills named in Derbyshire; Edmund appeared in court and stated he held nothing in Spondon or Chatesdene, and as regards the rest Eleanor had no claim to dower in them, because neither at the time Robert had married her nor any time afterwards had he been seised of them. About 1280 Eleanor petitioned the king for the restoration of the manor of Chartley, Staffordshire, stating it was part of the inheritance of her son, John de Ferrers, who is under age and in the king's keeping. In 1284 she sued Thomas de Bray in a plea regarding custody of the land and heir of William le Botiller. In 1286 a commission was appointed by the king to investigate the persons who hunted and carried away deer and felled and carried away trees in the park of Eleanor late the wife of Robert de Ferrers at Chartley, Staffordshire. In 1290 she and her brother, Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, acknowledged they owed a debt of £200 to Robert de Tibetot and Matthew de Columbers, the king's butler. Eleanor, Countess of Derby, died 20 Feb. 1313/4, and was buried at Walden Abbey, Essex.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

Son and heir by his father's second wife, the wardship of his lands was granted to Prince Edward, who then sold the wardship in 1257 to the Queen and Pierre de Savoie. The remainder of his life was spent in almost constant rebellion. Upon livery of his lands in 1260, he shortly thereafter destroyed Tutbury Priory, and upon the outbreak of the Barons' War in 1263, he seized three of Prince Edward's castles. In Feb of the following year, he captured Worcester, and destroyed the town and jewry, whereupon the Prince retaliated by demolishing Tutbury Castle. While he absented himself from the battle of Lewes, he, with 20,000 foot and many horsemen, put to flight the royal forces near Chester the following Nov. On 24 Dec 1264, he was ordered to surrender Peak Castle and that same day summoned to Parliament where he was accused of diverse trespasses and sent to the Tower, his lands being taken into the King's hand. The following Dec he was admitted to the King's grace and upon payment of a fine, received full pardon for all offenses. But within a few months, he again rebelled, joining forces with John d'Eiville and Baldwin Wake, and others, who then devastated the Midlands. In May 1266 they were surprised at Chesterfield, and Robert was captured and sent to Windsor Castle, where he remained a prisoner for nearly three years, his lands again being taken into the King's hand. Labeled Robert de Ferrers, formerly Earl of Derby, the King's enemy and rebel, his castles and lands, and the honour of Derby, were granted to Edmund the King's son. By the Dictum of Kenilworth, Edmund was ordered to restore Robert's lands, but on 1 May 1269, he was forced to sign a charter, by which he agreed to redeem them and obtain his release from prison for 50,000 pounds, to be paid to Edmund in a single payment before the following July; and should he fail this payment, said lands to revert to Edmund and his heirs. While Robert soon regained his freedom, he could not redeem his lands, which were accordingly released to Edmund. He was twice married, firstly to the King's niece, Mary, daughter of Hugh "le Brun", and secondly, to Alianore, daughter of Sir Humphrey de Bohun. SOURCE: www.geneajourney.com

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