William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby

When he was born is unknown. After his father died in 1247, William inherited extensive possessions, which included a significant portion of Derbyshire , including the area known as the . In addition, William inherited property from his mother, whose center was .

William received many favors from King Henry III .

Like his father, William from a young age suffered from gout, which is why he always traveled on a stretcher. Once he fell out of a stretcher on a bridge at St. Neots ( Huntingdon ). Although he escaped death, William still could not recover from his wounds. He died on March 28, 1254, leaving numerous offspring from two marriages. He was succeeded by Robert (III) de Ferrers , the eldest son from his second marriage to Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Roger de Quincy , 2nd Earl of Winchester, and Helen of Gallway. The second son, William (I) Ferrers of Grouby , received a Fairstead, Stebbing and Woodham estate in Essex , and inherited the Groby estate in Leicestershire and Newbottle in Northamptonshire , as well as part of the possessions in Scotland . He became the founder of the branch of Ferrers from Grouby.

William was buried at Merevale Abbey in Warwickshire .

1st wife: until May 14, 1219 Sibylla Marshall (d. 1238), daughter of William Marshall , 1st Earl of Pembroke, and Isabella de Claire . Children:

• Agnes de Ferrers (d. May 11, 1295); husband: formerly 1244 William de Wessi of Alnik and Malton (d. October 7, 1253)
• Isabella de Ferrers (d. Until November 26, 1260); 1st husband: earlier on June 18, 1240 Gilbert Basset II of Wycombe (d. July 31, 1241); 2nd husband: from 1243 Reynold de Moen of Dunster (d. January 20, 1258)
• Matilda de Ferrers (d. March 11, 1299); 1st husband: Simon de Kaim of Kaim (d. July 10, 1248); 2nd husband: from July 30, 1248/26 May 1250 Guillaume de Vivon the Brave (d. May 22, 1259); 3rd husband: from April 28, 1264 (contract) Emery IX (d. 1284/1288), Viscount de Rocheshoir
• Sybil de Ferrers ; husband: Francis de Bohun of Midhurst (d. September 14, 1273)
• Eleanor de Ferrers (d. October 25, 1274); 1st husband: William de Vaux of Thurston and Wisset (d. Until September 14, 1252); 2nd husband: earlier December 5, 1252 Roger de Quincy (d. April 25, 1264), 2nd Earl of Winchester from 1219
• Joan de Ferrers (d. Approx. October 1267); 1st husband: John de Mohen of Dunster (d. 1253/1254); 2nd husband: from August 1256 or earlier, Robert Ogillon of Wotton and Perching (d. February 15, 1286)
• Agatha de Ferrers (d. 21 May 1306); husband: after May 26, 1250, Hugh de Mortimer of Chelmarsh (d. until June 1275)

2nd wife: from 1238 Margaret de Quincy (d. Until March 12, 1281), daughter of Roger de Quincy , 2nd Earl of Winchester, and Helen of Gallway. Children:

• Robert (III) de Ferrers (c. 1239–1279, formerly April 29), 6th Earl of Derby in 1254–1266, confiscated in 1266
• William (I) Ferrers of Growby (c. 1240 - until December 20, 1287)
• Agnes de Ferrers (d. May 11, 1290); husband: Robert de Muskegros ^[1]
• Margaret de Ferrers ^[1]
• Joan de Ferrers (d. March 19, 1310); husband: from 1267 Thomas de Berkeley (1245 - July 23, 1321), 1st Baron of Berkeley from 1295
• Elizabeth de Ferrers (d. 1297); 1st husband: William Marshall (d. 1265); 2nd husband: David III ap Gruffydd (c. 1235 - October 3, 1283), Prince of Wales from 1282
• Berta de Ferrers ^[1]

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