Life History
1231 |
Born in England, UK.1 |
Aug 1247 |
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about 1251 |
Birth of daughter Eleanor DE WARENNE in Warren, Sussex, England.1 |
9th Feb 1254/5 |
Death of Alice Countess of Surrey DE LUSIGNAN in Warren, Sussex, England.3,1 |
about 1282 |
Death of daughter Eleanor DE WARENNE in Craven, North Yorkshire,England.1 |
27th Sep 1304 |
Died in Kensington, Greater London, England.1 |
after 27th Sep 1304 |
Buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England.1 |
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Sir John De Warenne
Birth 1231, England
Death Sep. 27, 1304 Kensington, Greater London, England
Knight, 7th Earl of Surrey, Baron of Lewes, Sussex. Constable of Bamborough Castle, justice itinerant. Some records consider him to be the 6th Earl of Surrey. By an unknown noblewoman, John also had two illegitimate sons:
John, Canon of York and William, cleric.
John was a boy when his father died in 1240, and John became a royal ward with Peter of Savoy appointed his guardian. His marriage to royalty was frowned upon as she was considered to be a penniless foreigner. John was knighted in Gascony in 1254 along with Edward I, the son of Henry III. John was originally a strong supporter of the king, but switched loyalties to Simon de Montfort, but changing back to the Royalists in 1263, sieged by Montfort at Rochester Castle in 1264, present for the Battle of Lewes. After the king's capture, he fled to Europe, returning a year later to fight at the Battle of Evesham and the siege of Kenilworth.
On 22 August 1296, the king appointed John the Warden of the Kingdom and land of Scotland. He returned to England a year later claiming Scotland's climate was bad for his health. John was defeated by William Wallace at the Battle of Stirling Bridge and fled to York. John later would retake the castle at Berwick, and was one of the commanders at English victory, the Battle of Falkirk. John died testate at his Kensington home, buried at Lewes with the Archbishop of Canterbury officiating. John was succeeded by his grandson, John de Warenne.
Parents:
William De Warenne (1167 - 1240)
Maud Marshal De Warenne (1192 - 1248)
Spouse Alice De Lusignan De Warenne (1229 - 1256)
Children:
Eleanor de Warenne Percy (1251 - 1282)
Isabel De Warenne De Baliol (1254 - 1295)
William De Warenne (1256 - 1286)
Siblings:
Isabel Bigod (1210 - 1250) (Half-sibling)
Ralph Bigod (1215 - 1260) (Half-sibling)
John De Warenne (1231 - 1304)
Burial Lewes Priory, Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England
Created by Bradley Moody Dec 06, 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial #45182365, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45182365
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Sources
- 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 2. Wikipedia
- "Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Percy,_1st_Baron_Percy
- 3. Millennium Files, Ancestry.com