Lady Margaret Peverel, Countess of Derby

Female 1114 - 1154  (~ 39 years)


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  • Name Margaret Peverel 
    Title Lady 
    Suffix Countess of Derby 
    Birth ~1114  (Peveril Castle, Derbyshire) England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 1154  (Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Merevale Abbey Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I47835  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2019 

    Father Sir William Peverel, The Younger,   b. 1080, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1155 (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Avicia de Lancaster,   b. 1088, La Marche, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~ 1150 (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 1114  La Marche, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Residence (Family) Peveril Castle, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Residence (Family) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F17599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sir Robert de Ferrers, II, Knight, 2nd Earl of Derby,   b. ~1100, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1162 (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Marriage ~1135  [1, 2, 6
    Children 
     1. Sir William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby,   b. 1140, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1191, The Siege of Acre, Israel Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F17598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Children 
     1. Sir John Pole,   b. ~1341, Newborough, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. >9 Mar 1380, Chrishall, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years)
    Family ID F18751  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - ~1114 - (Peveril Castle, Derbyshire) England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1154 - (Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Merevale Abbey Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Margaret Peverell, Countess of Derby (b. circa 1114, Nottinghamshire, England), was an English noblewoman who lived at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, England.

      Family and marriage

      Margaret was the daughter of William Peverel the Younger of Peveril Castle in Derbyshire and his wife, Oddona (Sources:Hal Bradley:

      1. Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910.), 4:311, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.721 C682.
      2. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066-1166 (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1999.), pp. 361, 494, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 942.02 K25.
      3. Sheppard, Walter Lee, F.A.S.G., "Royal Bye-Blows: The Illegitimate Children of the English Kings," NEHGR 119:2 (Apr 1965) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 95, Los Angeles Public Library.. Her grandfather was William Peverel.
      She married Robert Ferrers and thus became Countess of Derby. She was the mother of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, Walkelin de Ferrers and a daughter, Petronella.[citation needed]

      She died in 1154 and was buried in Merevale Abbey.

      * [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S10547] "Sir William De Ferrers (1140-1190)" profile, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 b.

    2. [S10553] "Margaret Peverell, Countess of Derby (b. circa 1114, Nottinghamshire, England)" profile, which was abstracted, download.

    3. [S10554] "William Peverel the Younger" biography, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Friday, March 3rd, 2017 by David.

    4. [S10555] "William de Lancaster I" biography, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Friday, March 3rd, 2017 by David A. H.

    5. [S12068] "William Peverel the Younger" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Peverel_the_Younger, which was abstracted.

    6. [S14229] "Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby", Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Ferrers,_2nd_Earl_of_Derby, A.