William de WARENNE 3rd Earl of Surrey
WILLIAM DE WARENNE III, 3rd Earl of Surrey, was born probably in 1119, and died in the defiles of Laodicea, in the Holy Land, 19 Jan. 1147/8, slain in the rearguard of the army of the French King, which was cut to pieces. He married ELA TALVAS (for whom see MONTCOMERY), who was said to have died 4 Oct. 1174 [CP, 12:1:497], having married second, about 1152, Patrick d' Everettx de Salisbury, 1st Earl of Wiltshire or Salisbury, who died in 1168.
In June 1137 he was among the nobles who deserted King Stephen's army in Normandy, where it was said Stephen held William de Warenne junior and other youths and did his best to pacify them, but did not dare make them fight. On 18 Dec. 1138 he was with his half-brother Waleran, Count of Meulan, at Rouen. On 2 Feb. 1140/1 he was in Stephen's army at the battle of Lincoln, and fled with Waleran before the enemy's opening charge. However, they joined the Queen in London about June 1141. At Christmas William witnessed royal charters of Stephen at Canterbury. On Palm Sunday, 24 March 1145/6, he took the cross, setting off on Crusade in June 1147.
Child, listed by Weis, Ancestral Roots, 7th ed.:
i. Isabel, m. (1) William of Blois, son of King Stephen of England, in. (2) 1164 Hamelin Plantagenet, who d. 7 May 1202.
William WARENNE 2nd Earl of Surrey
WILLLIAM DE WARENNE II, 2nd Earl of Surrey, died probably 11 May 1138, and was buned at his father's feet at the chapter house at Lewes. He married in 1118, as her second husband, ISABEL DE VERMANDOIS, Countess of Leicester (daughter of Hugh Magnus de Crepi, son of Henri I, King of France), who died probably before July 1147. She had married first Sir Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, who died 5 June 1118.
In 1090 he fought in Normandy against Robert de Belleme (for whom see Montgomery), who had the support of Duke Robert. Shortly after 1093 he fought unsuccessfully to many Maud (or Matilda), the daughter of Malcolm III Canmore, King of Scotland. While he was with Henry l at Windsor on Sept., he later supported Duke Robert and thus had his English inheritance confiscated. In 1103 Robert induced Henry I to restore William's English earldom. In 1106 he commanded a division of the royal army at the battle of Tinchebrai. In 1109 he was at a Great Council at Nottingham, and in 1111 he served as a judge in Normandy. He commanded a division of the royal army at the battle of Bremule in 1119. In 1131 he attended the Council at Northampton. On 1 Dec. 1135 he was present when Henry I died at Lyons-la-Foret, and was placed in charge of the district of Rouen and the pays de Caux. He was with Stephen at Westminster at Easter 1136.