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    The Warenne family is an English noble family founded by William de Warenne, who was created Earl of Surrey by William II Rufus in 1088. The family originated...
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    John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (1231 – 27 September 1304) was a prominent English nobleman and military commander during the reigns of Henry III...
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  • William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Lord of Lewes, Seigneur de Varennes (died 1088), was a Norman nobleman created Earl of Surrey under William II...
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    William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (died 11 May 1138) was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred. He was more...
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    William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1160s–1170s, died 27 May 1240) was the son of Isabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey (suo jure) and Hamelin...
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  • William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey (1119 – 6 January 1148) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, member of the House of Warenne, who fought in England during...
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    John de Warenne (24/30 June 1286 - June 1347), 7th Earl of Surrey, was the last Warenne Earl of Surrey. John was born on either 24 or 30 June 1286 and...
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    be more commonly called of Warenne. The name Warenne comes from the name of their property in Normandy where the family's ancestral castle, Bellencombre...
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  • Isabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey (c. 1137 – 12 July 1203) was an English peer. She was the only surviving heir of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl...
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  • Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey (category De Warenne family)
    Adela firstly married William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey. They had one daughter and sole heiress: Isabel de Warenne (c. 1137 – 12 July 1203), suo jure...
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    of the day, to the trends in fashion and down to the lives of prominent families in history - Henley combines them to create a rich background for her characters...
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  • William de Warenne (9 February 1256 – 15 December 1286) was the only son of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey and his wife Alice de Lusignan. William...
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  • Ada de Warenne (or Adeline de Varenne) (c. 1120 – 1178) was the Anglo-Norman wife of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria and Earl of Huntingdon. She...
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    brutal man with scarcely one redeeming quality". She lived at the Warenne family estates, Conisbrough Castle and Sandal Castle, abandoned by her husband...
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  • surname and a masculine given name derived from the Norman family "de Warenne" (see De Warenne family), a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near...
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    church itself was consecrated sometime between 1146 and 1148. While the Warenne family may have been the main benefactors of the priory, others also gave generously...
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  • Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel (15 June 1287 – 23 May 1338) was an English noblewoman and heir apparent to the Earldom of Surrey. In 1305, she...
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    traditional county of Surrey and is derived from the coat of arms of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey who adopted arms similar of the Capetian Count of Vermandois...
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  • Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Arundel (c. 1228 – 23 November 1282) was an English peer. She was widowed when she was about 17 years old, with a large...
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    Lewes Priory (category Burial sites of the De Warenne family)
    William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey John de Warenne, 7th Earl of...
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  • May 1085) was the Flemish-born wife of an early Norman baron, William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. She and her husband established Lewes Priory in Sussex...
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    important milestone in the development of English democracy. The de Warenne family died out with Earl John in 1347, whereupon lordship of the Rape of Lewes...
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  • churches. Agnes was probably related to the de Warenne family - the family who married Ada de Warenne to Henry of Scotland - and who was mother of Kings...
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  • Reginald de Warenne (sometimes Rainald de Warenne; between 1121 and 1126 – 1179) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal official. The third son of an...
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    Gundreda de Warenne, Countess of Warwick was the wife of Earl Roger (died 1153). She was the daughter and eldest child of William II, earl Warenne by the Capetian...
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    "Lincolnshire Uprising". The blue and gold chequers are the arms of the De Warenne family, which held the manor here in the 13th century. Stamford belongs to...
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    of blue and yellow chequers taken from the arms of the de Warenne family. William de Warenne accompanied William the Conqueror from Normandy and was the...
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    Bradford Hundred. William fitz Ranulf is the earliest individual of the Warenne family recorded as the Lord of Whitchurch, Shropshire, first appearing in the...
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    from Beaumont family Counts of Leicester from Beaumont family Counts of Surrey from Warenne family Counts of Warwick from Beaumont family Lords of Beaugency...
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    Hill Castle is the earthwork remains of a Norman motte built by the de Warenne family. Although no structure remains, the foundations indicate that it had...
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