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William de Warenne

Male 1166 - 1240  (74 years)


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  • Name William de Warenne 
    Born 1166  Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 May 1240  Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I148768  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2007 

    Father Hamelin 4th Earl of Surrey de Warenne,   b. 1129, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Jul 1202  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Isabelle De Warenne,   b. 1136,   d. 13 Jul 1199, Lewes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F25010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud Marshal,   b. 1189,   d. 1248  (Age 59 years) 
    Children 
     1. John de Warenne,   b. 1231, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1304, Kennington, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F59396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He was the son of Hamelin de Warenne and Isabel, daughter of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey. He married Matilda, eldest daughter and later co-heiress of William Marshal, and widow of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk. They had a son and a daughter. The son John succeded his father as earl, while the daughter, Isabel, married Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel. William may also have had an earlier, childless marriage to another Matilda, daughter of William d'Aubigny, earl of Arundel His father Hamelin granted him the manor of Appleby, in the County of Lincoln. De Warenne was present at the coronation of king John on May the 27th in 1190. When Normandy was lost to the French in 1204 he lost his Norman holdings, (in 1202 he was lieutenant of Gascony), but king John of England recompensed him with Grantham and Stamford. His first tenure of office as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports begun in 1204, and lasted until 1206. He was also a Warden of Welch marches between 1208-1213. William was one of the few barons who remained loyal to king John (who was his cousin) during the king's difficulties with the barons, when they sought for the French prince to assume the English throne, and is listed as one of those who advised John to accede to the Magna Carta. His allegiance only faltered a few times when the king's cause looked hopeless. In March, 1217 he again demonstrated his loyalty to England by supporting the young king Henry III, he was also responsible for the establishment of the cathedral at Salisbury. Between the years 1200-1208, and during 1213-1226 he was to serve as the sherriff of Wiltshire. In 1214 he was again appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. He married Matilda, eldest daughter and later co-heiress of William Marshal, and widow of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, thus becoming by marriage the earl of Salisbury. They had a son and a daughter. The son John succeded his father as earl, while the daughter, Isabel, married Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel. William may also have had an earlier, childless marriage to another Matilda, daughter of William d'Aubigny, earl of Arundel. (Wikipedia)