William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey
William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (* 1030 (); † 24. June 1088 in Lewes , Sussex ) was a Norman nobleman from the home Warenne , in the Battle of Hastings fought and one of the largest landowners in England was .
Life
He was the son of Ralph de Warenne and his wife Emma and a great-nephew of the Duchess Gunnora , wife of the Norman Duke Richard I. As a young man he helped defend the position of Duke William the Conqueror in Normandy . The battles between 1052 and 1054, which culminated in the Battle of Mortemer , are particularly noteworthy . As a result of the loss of the battle, Roger de Mortemer lost large parts of his land, which William de Warenne received from Duke Wilhelm. The family name de Warenne is derived from a castle of the same name on the Varenne river, which flows through the area that Wilhelm received in Normandy.
William was one of those who advised William the Conqueror in his decision to invade England. He fought in Hastings and received after the sack of Lewes , Sussex , the land there and lands in twelve other Shires . His property included the lands of Lewes, where he lived in Lewes Castle , which he built , as well as the lands around the castles he also built, Castle Acre Castle in Norfolk and Conisbrough Castle in South Yorkshire . At the time of the Domesday Book (1086) he was one of the largest landowners in England.
William was loyal to William II and may have been named Earl of Surrey after the 1088 Rebellion . He died a short time later of an injury sustained in the crackdown on the rebellion.
Marriage and offspring
William was married twice, first to Gundrada (Gundred, Gondrée) (1053-1085), a sister of Gerbods the Flemish . His second wife was a sister of Richard Gouet . William and Gundrada had six children:
- William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey († 1138)
- Edith de Warenne (married to Gerard de Gournay )
- a daughter
- Raynold de Warenne , who inherited land from his mother in Flanders and died before 1118.
- Gundred
- Roger
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 451
- ↑ See also: Companion of Wilhelm the Conqueror
Web links
- Personal data on www.fmg.ac (English)
literature
- CP Lewis, Warenne, William (I) de, first earl of Surrey (d. 1088) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 viewed February 29, 2012 License required
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Earl of Surrey 1088 |
William de Warenne |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warenne, William de, 1st Earl of Surrey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Varenne, Guillaume de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | norman nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1030 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1088 |
| Place of death | Lewes , Sussex |