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(1st Earl of Surrey) William of WARENNE #78610

ABT 1035 - 1088

Personal Information

  • TITLE: 1st Earl of Surrey
  • BIRTH: ABT 1035, Bellencombre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  • DEATH: 1088, Lewes, Sussex, England

Notes

William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Lord of Lewes, Seigneur de Varennes (died 1088), was a Norman nobleman created Earl of Surrey under William II Rufus. He is among the few known from documents to have fought under William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. At the time of Domesday Book in 1086 he held extensive lands in 13 counties, including the Rape of Lewes, a tract now divided between the ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex.

Parents

Father: Ralph of WARENNE #77640

Mother: Emma of UNKNOWN #77641

Family 1 :

Wife: Gundred of FLANDERS

  • MARRIAGE: BEF 1070
Note:

Children:

  1.  +William II of WARENNE #63383
  2.   Reginald of WARENNE #78611
  3.   Edith of WARENNE #78612

Family 2 :

Children:

  1.  +William II of WARENNE #63383
 
 
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