Ralph DE WARREN

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The name Warrene originates from the river Varenne near Dieppe. William came from France with the invasion of 1066 and was created the Earl of Surry with castles at Lewes, Castle Acre and Reigate. He was granted the Wakefiled estates by his father-in-law. William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (died 1138), was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred. He is more often referred to as Earl Warenne or Earl of Warenne than as Earl of Surrey.

William de Warren II, 2nd Earl of Warren and 2nd Earl of Surrey, joined Robert de Belesme, Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury, in favor of Robert Curthose, against King Henry I., and in consequence forfeited his English earldom and estates; but those were subsequently restored to him, and he was ever afterwards a good and faithful subject to King Henry. He married Isabel Vermandois, Countess of Leicester, daughter of Hugh the Great, Earl of Vermandois, and Alice, his wife, daughter of Hubert, 4th Count de Vermandois, son of Henry, 3rd Count de Vermandois, by his wife, Edgina, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England, son of Alfred the Great, King of England. Isabel was also the widow of Robert, Earl of Mellent, and granddaughter of King Henry I of France.

In January 1091, William assisted Hugh of Grantmesnil (d.1094) in his defense of Courcy against the forces of Robert de Belleme and Duke Robert. Sometime around 1093 he tried to marry Matilda (or Edith), daughter of king Malcolm III of Scotland. She instead married Henry I of England, and this may be the cause of William's great dislike of Henry I, which was to be his apparent motivator in the following years. He accompanied Robert Curthose (Duke Robert) in his 1101 invasion of England, and afterwards lost his English lands and titles and was exiled to Normandy. There he complained to Curthose that he expended great effort on the duke's behalf and had in return lost most of his possessions. Curthose's return to England in 1103 was apparently made to convince his brother to restore William's earldom. This was successful, though Curthose had to give up all he had received after the 1101 invasion, and subsequently William was loyal to Henry. To further insure William's loyalty Henry considered marrying him to one of his many illegitimate daughters. He was however dissuaded by Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury, for any of the daughters would have been within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity. The precise nature of the consanguinous relationship Anselm had in mind has been much debated, but it is most likely he was referring to common descent from the father of duchess Gunnor.
William was one of the commanders on Henry's side (against Robert Curthose) at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106. Afterwards, with his loyalty thus proven, he became more prominent in Henry's court. In 1110, Curthose's son William Clito escaped along with Helias of Saint-Saens, and afterwards Warenne received the forfeited Saint-Saens lands, which were very near his own in upper Normandy. By this maneuver king Henry further assured his loyalty, for the successful return of Clito would mean at the very least Warenne's loss of this new territory.
He fought at the Battle of Bremule in 1119, and was at Henry's deathbed in 1135. William's death is recorded as 11-May-1138 in the register of Lewes priory and he was buried with his father at the chapter-house there.

William married Isabel (Elizabeth) DE VERMANDOIS. Isabel (daughter of Hugo 'the Great' de Crepi OF VERMANDOIS and Adelheid DE VERMANDOIS, Comtesse de Valois, daughter of Hugh Magnus 'the Great' DE VERMANDOIS and Adelheid DE VERMANDOIS) was born in 1081 in Valois, Bretagne, France; died on 13 Feb 1131. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth de Vermandois, or Elisabeth or Isabel de Vermandois (c. 1081

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William de Warren I, Earl of Warenne, came from Normandy, a near kinsman of William the Conqueror. He received large grants of land in recognition of the distinguished part he took at the battle of Hastings. He had large grants of land in several counties among which were the barony of Lewes, in Sussex, and the manors of Carletune and Benington, in Lincolnshire. So extensive indeed were those grants that his possessions resembled more the dominions of a sovereign prince than the estates of a subject. He enjoyed, too, in the highest degree, the confidence of the king, and was appointed joint Justice-General, with Richard de Benefactis, for administering justice throughout the whole realm. While in that office, some great disturbers of the public peace having refused to appear before him and his colleague, in obedience to citation, the Earl took up arms, and defeated the rebels in a battle at Fagadune, when he is said, for the purpose of striking terror, to have cut off the right foot of each of his prisoners. Of these rebels, Ralph Wahir or Gauder, Earl of Norfolk, and Roger, Earl of Hereford, were the ringleaders. He was likewise highly esteemed by King William Rufus, and was created by that monarch the first Earl of Surrey. He married Gundred, daughter of William the Conqueror and Lady Matilda.

The following account is from Crispin and Macary in "Falaise Rolls":
"The family derived its name from the fiefdom of Vareene in St.-Aubin-le-Cauf, arrondissement of Dieppe. William, Count of Warren (Varenne) in Normandy, was descended from Gautier de St.-Martin and a niece of the duchess Gonnor, who had issue: 1. Raoul de Warren, a benefactor to the abbey of Trinite du Mont in the middle of the 11th century, was the father of William de Warren I and of Roger de Mortemer, father of Raoul de Mortemer, who was present at Hastings; 2. sire de St.-Martin, possibly named Gautier, ancestor of the family of this name in Normandy and England. Orderic Vital styles William the cousin or kinsman of Roger de Mortemer; however, this is an error. Norman People published this pedigree: Gautier de St.-Martin, and a niece of the aforesaid duchess had a son, William de St.-Martin, whose issue were: 1. Roger de Mortemer, father of Raoul de Mortemer, a warrior at Hastings; 2. Raoul de Warren; and 3. sire de St.-Martin, but this makes too many generations for the known facts.

William de Warren is first mentioned in history in connection with the battle of Mortemer in 1054 by Oderic Vital, and again as having attended the council at Lillebonne, where it was determined to invade England. He later was one of the powerful seigniors who attended Duke William to the Conquest, and Wace records "De Garenes i vint Willeme," but nothing of importance is chronicled concerning him at Hastings. In 1067 he was one of the nobles entrusted with the government of England during the king's absence in Normandy under the jurisdiction of Bishop Odo and William Fitz Osberne. In 1074 he was associated with Richard de Bienfaite in the suppression of the rebellion of the Earls of Hereford and Norfolk and as joint-Justice-General with him for administering justice throughout the whole realm. His reward was princely, since he held the great baronies of Castle Acre in Norfolk, Lewes in Sussex, where he usually resided, and Coningsburg in Yorkshire, with twenty-eight towns and hamlets in its soke. In all he possessed 300 manors and was created the first Earl of Surrey by King William Rufus. The reason for this enormous reward was probably because he married Gundreda, who is believed to have been the daughter of Queen Matilda (and William the Conqueror?); she died in 1085. This theory is supported by a charter of William de Warren to Lewes priory, in which he states that his donations, among others, were for Queen Matilda, the mother of his wife. It is conjectured that Grundreda and Gherbold the Fleming, created Earl of Chester, her brother, were the children of Queen Matilda by a former marriage, probably clandestine, and therefore not reported by the historians of the day. William de Warren I. was succeeded by his son, William de Warren II., Earl of Warren and Surrey, who married Elizabeth, daughter of the great Earl of Vermandois, the widowed countess of Meulent, by whom he had, among other children, William de Warren III., the last earl of his line, who succeeded him and died in the Holy Land, leaving an only child, Isabel Warren, who inherited his vast domain and through whom the family descended. In addition to Wace, William de Warren is reported in Hastings by William de Poitiers, Oderic Vital and Benoit de St.-More."

William married Gundred OF ENGLAND. Gundred (daughter of William I 'the Conqueror' KING OF ENGLAND and Matilda OF FLANDERS) was born in 1051; died on 27 May 1087. [Group Sheet]

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Gundred married William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (d. June 20, 1088), who rebuilt Lewes Castle, making it his chief residence. In 1078 he and Gundred founded a Cluniac Priory at Southover, adjoining Lewes, where both were buried. The Countess had died at Castle Acre, Norfolk, one of her husband's estates. In the course of the centuries which followed both tombstones disappeared from the priory but in 1774 William Burrell, Esq., an antiquary, discovered Gundred's in Isfield Church (seven miles from Lewes), over the remains of Edward Shirley, Esq., (d. 1550), whose father John was Clerk of the Kitchen to King Henry VII, and had it removed on October 2, 1775, to St. John's Church, Southover, the nearest place to its original site, and placed inside and at the south-west corner of the church, where, until 1847, it could be seen on the floor between pews with a very fine inscription detailing its origins etc. In 1845, during excavations through the Priory grounds for the South Coast Railway, the lead chests containing the remains of the Earl and his Countess were discovered, and deposited temporarily, for the next two years, beneath Gundred's tombstone. In 1847 a Norman Chapel was erected by public subscription, adjoining the present vestry and chancel. Prior to re-interring the remains in this chapel, both cysts were opened to ascertain if there were any contents, which was found to be the case. New cysts were made and used, and the ancient ones preserved and placed in two recessed arches in the southern wall. Gundred's remains in a good state of preservation although the Earl's has lost some lead. Across the upper part of the right arch is the name Gvndrada. Her tombstone is of black marble.

Hugo married Adelheid DE VERMANDOIS, Comtesse de Valois after 1067. Adelheid (daughter of Herbert IV DE VERMANDOIS, Count of Valois and Adele of Waer DE VEXIN) was born about 1058 in Normandy, France; died on 23 Sep 1120 in Meulan, D'Sens, France. [Group Sheet]

William married Matilda OF FLANDERS in 1049 in Normandy, France. Matilda (daughter of Count Baldwin V 'the Pious' de I'Isle OF FLANDERS and Countess Adela of Flanders OF FRANCE) was born about 1032 in Flanders, France; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Normandy, France; was buried in Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet]

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Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031

Herbert married Adele of Waer DE VEXIN in 1061 in Somme, France. Adele (daughter of Raoul III 'the Great' and Adele de BAR-SUR-AUBE) was born in 1036; and died. [Group Sheet]

Robert married Herleva OF FALAISE. Herleva was born in 1010; and died. [Group Sheet]

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mistress

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Baldwin V of Flanders (died September 1, 1067) was Count of Flanders from 1036 until his death. He was the son of Baldwin IV of Flanders, who died in 1035. He, in turn, was a descendant of

Baldwin married Countess Adela of Flanders OF FRANCE in 1028. Adela (daughter of Robert II 'the Pious' KING OF FRANCE and Constance de Arles DE TOULOUSE) was born in 1009; died in 1063. [Group Sheet]

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Adela Capet, Ad

Otho married Pavia DE HAM in 1030 in France. Pavia (daughter of Evard DE HAM) was born about 990; and died. [Group Sheet]

Raoul married Adele de BAR-SUR-AUBE in 1030 in France. Adele (daughter of Herbert III DE VERMANDOIS and Ermengarde DE MACON) was born in 1012; and died. [Group Sheet]

Richard married Judith of Britanny OF BRETAGNE in 1008. Judith (daughter of Duke Conan I 'the Crooked' OF BRITTANY and Ermengarde D'ANJOU) was born in 982; died in 1017. [Group Sheet]

Baldwin married Unknown daughter of Frederick. [Group Sheet]

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Robert II (27 March 972

Robert married Constance de Arles DE TOULOUSE on 25 Aug 1002 in France. Constance (daughter of Count William III d'Arles DE PROVENCE and Adelais D'ANJOU) was born in 973 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France; died on 25 Jul 1034 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in St. Denis Abbey, Ile-de-France, France. [Group Sheet]

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Constance de Arles (also known as Constance of Provence) (986 - July 25, 1034) was the third wife and queen of King Robert II of France. She was the daughter of William I, count of Provence and great-grandson of Charles-Constantine; and Adelais of Anjou, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou. She was the sister of Count William II of Provence. In 1003, she was married to King Robert, after his divorce from his second wife, Bertha of Burgundy. The marriage was stormy; Bertha's family opposed her, and Constance was despised for importing her Proven

Herbert married Ermengarde DE MACON in 979 in Vermandois, Normandy, France. Ermengarde (daughter of Reinald DE BAR-SUR-SEINE) was born about 960 in Vermandois, Normandy, France; died after 1018. [Group Sheet]

Raoul married Adele De BRETUIL in 1009 in Vexin, Normandy, France. Adele was born in 980 in France; and died. [Group Sheet]

Richard married Gunnor DE CREPON. Gunnor (daughter of Herfastus de Crepon FORESTER D'ARCHES and Gunhilda OF DENMARK) was born in 946; and died. [Group Sheet]

Conan married Ermengarde D'ANJOU. Ermengarde (daughter of Geoffrey I 'Greymantle' DE GRISEGONELLE and Adele DE VERMANDOIS) was born in 962; and died. [Group Sheet]

Arnulph married Rosala OF LOMBARDY. Rosala (daughter of Berengar II OF ITALY and Willa OF TUSCANY) died in 1003. [Group Sheet]

Frederick married Unknown child of Mengosus. [Group Sheet]

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Hugh Capet (c. 940

Hugh married Adelaide of Poitou OF AQUITAINE about 969. Adelaide (daughter of William III 'the Towhead' OF AQUITAINE and Adaela DE NORMANDY) was born in 950 in Guienne, France; died in 1006. [Group Sheet]

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Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952

William married Adelais D'ANJOU. Adelais (daughter of Count Fulk II 'the Good' D'ANJOU and Gerberga d'Gatinais DU MAINE) was born about 942 in Anjou, Pays-de-la-Loire, France; died about 1026 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France. [Group Sheet]

Albert married Gerberga DE LORRAINE. Gerberga (daughter of Duke Giselbert I OF LORRAINE and Gerberga OF SAXONY) was born in 935 in Hainault, Belgium; and died. [Group Sheet]

William married Adela "Esprota" DE SENLIS. Adela (daughter of Count Hurbert I OF SENLIS AND VERMANDOIS and Bertha OF MORVOIS) was born in 911; died in 972. [Group Sheet]

Herfastus married Gunhilda OF DENMARK. Gunhilda was born in 923; and died. [Group Sheet]

Juhel married Judith. Judith (daughter of Adalind OF THURINGIA) was born in 925; and died. [Group Sheet]

Geoffrey married Adele DE VERMANDOIS. Adele (daughter of Count Robert de Vermandois DE MEAUX and Adelaide DE BURGANDY) was born in 934 in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France; died on 8 Apr 976. [Group Sheet]

Baldwin married Matilda OF SAXONY. [Group Sheet]

Berengar married Willa OF TUSCANY. Willa (daughter of Boso DE TUSCANY and Willa DE BURGUNDY) was born about 921; died on 6 Aug 966. [Group Sheet]

Hugh married Hedwige OF SAXONY in 939 in Mainz Oder, Ingelheim, Rhineland, Germany. Hedwige (daughter of Henry I 'the Fowler' KING OF SAXONY and Matilda OF RINGLEHEIM) was born about 910; died on 10 May 965 in Aachen, Rhineland, Germany. [Group Sheet]

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Hadwig was Hugh's 3rd wife and sister of Otto.

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William III (915

William married Adaela DE NORMANDY. [Group Sheet]

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Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Ad

Raimond married Gersende OF GASCONY. Gersende (daughter of Count Garcia Sanchez OF GASCONY) died in 975. [Group Sheet]

Fulk married Gerberga d'Gatinais DU MAINE. Gerberga (daughter of Count Geoffrey DE GATINAIS and Ava DE AUVERGNE) was born in 915 in Gatinais, Loiret, Orleanais, France; died in 952. [Group Sheet]

Heribert married Richilda DE NEUSTRIA. Richilda (daughter of Robert I KING OF FRANCE and Beatrice OF VERMANDOIS, daughter of Robert IV 'the Strong' OF FRANCE, Count of Anjou and Adelaide de Tours OF AQUITAINE) was born about 880 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France; died after Mar 931. [Group Sheet]

Giselbert married Gerberga OF SAXONY. Gerberga (daughter of Henry I 'the Fowler' KING OF SAXONY and Matilda OF RINGLEHEIM) was born in 914 in Nordhausen, Sazony, Germany; died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Champagne, France. [Group Sheet]