William II de , 2nd Earl of Surrey WARENNE
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles MosleyEditor-in-Chief, 1999, 2944
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This nobleman, William de Warrenne (Earl of Warrenne), 2nd Earl ofSurrey, joined Robert de Belesmé, Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury, infavour of Robert Curthose against Henry I, and in consequence forfeitedhis English earldom and estates, but those were subsequently restored tohim and he was ever afterwards a good and faithful subject to King Henry.His lordship m. Isabel, dau. of Hugh the Great, Earl of Vermandois, andwidow of Robert, Earl of Mellent, by whom he had issue, William,Reginald, Ralph, Gundred, and Adeline. The earl d. 11 May, 1138, and wass. by his eldest son, William de Warrenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 569, Warren, Earls of Surrey]
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 53-24
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Gundred, elder daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, byElizabeth/Isabel, widow of his (Roger's) uncle, Robert I de Beaumont, 1stEarl of Leicester. [Burke's Peerage]
Reginald de Warrenne, who marrying Alice, dau. and heir of William deWirmgay, became Lord of Wirmgay, in Norfolk. He founded the priory ofWirmgay, and left a dau., Alice, wife of Reginald de Dunstavil, and ason, William, who m. twice, having issue only by his 1st wife, Beatrix,dau. of Hugh de Perepont, a son, Reginald, who d. s. p., and two daus.,viz, Beatrix de Warren who m. 1st, Dodo Bardolf, Baron of Shelford andleft a son, William Bardolf, m. 2ndly, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent;Isabel, who is stated by Watson to have m. Geoffrey de Merlay. Watson, inhis History of the House of Warren, corroborated by Camden and Ormerod,makes this Reginald to have m. Aldelia de Mowbray, and to have had a son,William, from whom he deduces the family of Warren, of Poynton, co.Chester. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 569, Warren, Earls ofSurrey]
William de Warrenne (Earl of Warrenne), 3rd Earl of Surrey, zealouslyespoused the cause of King Stephen and had a chief command in the army ofthat monarch in the battle fought at Lincoln between him and theadherents of the Empress Maud. His lordship m. Adela, dau. of WilliamTalvace, son of Robert de Belesmé, Earl of Shrewsbury, and had by her(who m. 2ndly, Patrick de Evreux, Earl of Salisbury) had an only dau. andheir, Isabel. In 1147, the Earl of Warrenne and Surrey assumed the crossand accompanoied Lewis, King of France, to the Holy Land against theSaracens. From this unfortunate enterprise the earl never returned, butwhether he fell in battle or died in captivity has not been ascertained.[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages,Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 569, Warren, Earls of Surrey]
He married Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois Abt 1118 at France . Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois was born at Valois, Bretagne, France Abt 1081 daughter of Hugh de Crepi , Duke of Burgundy Magnus and Adelaide de Vermandois .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Gundred de Warenne
born Abt 1109.
Ella de Warenne
born Abt 1115.
Reginald de , Lord of Wormegay Warenne
born Abt 1118.
William III de , 3rd Earl of Surrey Warenne
born 1118.
Ada de Warenne
born Abt 1120.
William II de , 2nd Earl of Surrey Warenne died 11 May 1138 at Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England .
Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois died 13 Feb 1130/31 at Lewes, Sussex, England .