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Birth:          ABT 1130 
Death:          1190 Siege of Acre, Palestine
Cause of Death: killed in battle

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Ferrers,_3rd_Earl_of_Derby
William I de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby (died 1190) was a 12th-century English Earl who 
resided in Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire and was head of a family which controlled a 
large part of Derbyshire known as Duffield Frith. He was also a Knight Templar.

William was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby and his wife, Margaret 
Peverel. He succeeded his father as Earl of Derby in 1162. He was married to Sybil, 
the daughter of William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber and Bertha of Hereford.

William de Ferrers was one of the earls who joined the rebellion against King Henry II 
of England led by Henry's eldest son, Henry the Younger, in the Revolt of 1173–1174, 
sacking the town of Nottingham. Robert de Ferrers II, his father, had supported 
Stephen of England and, although Henry II had accepted him at court, he had denied 
the title of earl of Derby to him and his son.[1] In addition, William had a grudge 
against Henry because he believed he should have inherited the lands of Peveril 
Castle through his mother. These, King Henry had previously confiscated in 1155 
when William Peverel fell into disfavour.

With the failure of the revolt, de Ferrers was taken prisoner by King Henry, at 
Northampton on the 31 July 1174, along with the King of Scots and the earls of 
Chester and Lincoln, along with a number of his Derbyshire underlings and was held at 
Caen. He was deprived of his castles at Tutbury and Duffield and both were put out of 
commission (and possibly Pilsbury.) In addition to defray the costs of the war Henry 
levied a so-called "Forest Fine" of 200 marks.

He seems to have afterwards regained the confidence of Henry II., and he showed his 
fidelity to the next Sovereign, (King Richard I.), by accompanying him in his expedition 
to the Holy Land, and joined the Third Crusade and died at the Siege of Acre in 1190.
[2]

He was succeeded by his son William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby.

William de Ferrars Preceptory No.530 is a Knight Templar preceptory named after 
William de Ferrars. This preceptory is stationed in Burton upon Trent.

Parents
DE FERRERS Robert (ABT 1100 - 1162)
PEVEREL Margaret (ABT 1114 - 1154)

Siblings
DE FERRERS William (ABT 1130 - 1190)
DE FERRERS Maud (ABT 1142 - AFT 1175)

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ----- ----- 
DE FERRERS William (ABT 1162 - 22 Sep 1247)

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