William (Warenne) de Warenne (abt. 1118 - 1148)

Born about 1118 in Lewes, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1148 at about age 30 in Laodicea, Latakia, West Syria

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Biography

"WILLIAM (DE WARENNE) III, EARL OF SURREY, 1st son and heir, was born probably in 1119.

Marriage

m. Ela; Ala; Adela [p. William Talvas (Talvace), Count of Ponthieu (Father: Robert de Belesmé, Earl of Shrewsbury) and Ela; m.2 Patrick de Evreux, Earl of Salisbury].^[1] Issue 1.

• Isabel (d. and h.)

Military

Jun 1137: deserted Stephen's army in Normandy. The King pursued them to Pontaudemer, where he held William de Warenne junior and other youths and did his best to pacify them; but did not dare to make them fight.

He was with his half-brother Waleran, Count of Meulan, at Rouen on 18 Dec. 113 8, and at Oxford in 1139 or early in 1140.

Battle of Lincoln 2 Feb 1140/1: in Stephen's army, and with Waleran fled before the enemy's opening charge. However, the brothers soon rallied to the Queen and were with her in London about June 1141.

After the King's release on 1 November he witnessed royal charters at Canterbury at Christmas 1141 and at Ipswich early in 1142.

• Crusade 1147: Earl of Warrenne and Surrey took up cross and accompanied Louis of France, to Holy Land against the Saracens. He never returned. It's unknown if he died in battle or captivity.^[2]

Palm Sunday, 24 Mar 1145/6: took cross

Jun 1147: set off on crusade.

Religion

• benefactor: priories of Lewes, Castle Acre, Nosteil and Thetford, the Templars and St. Mary's Abbey, York.

Arms

He was probably the first to assume the chequered shield of gold and azure, differenced by the change of colour from the chequered shield borne by his half-brother Waleran, Count of Meulan.

Death

He died s.p.m. 19 Jan 1147/8, slain when rearguard of French army was cut to pieces in the defiles of Laodicea (i). His widow married, probably in or before 1152, Patrick (DE SALISBURY), 1st EARL OF WILTSHIRE or SALISBURY (died 1168). She is said to have died 4 October 1174.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ela or Ala, dau of William TALVAS, COUNT OF PONTHIEU (son of Robert DE BELLÊME, 3rd EARL OF SHREWSBURY), by Ela, widow of Bertrand, COUNT OF TOULOUSE, and daughter of Eudes BOREL, DUKE OF BURGUNDY.
2. ↑ Burke, 1883, p. 569
3. ↑ Complete Peerage XII/1:496-7, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)

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