Robert de Ferrers, I

1062 - 1139  (77 years)

• Name	Robert de Ferrers  [1]
  Suffix	I
  Birth	1062	Normandy, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1139	Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I14304	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry de Ferrers,   b. 1036   d. 1088 (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bertha d'Aigle,   b. 1040
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1061	Normandy, France
  Family ID	F5186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hawise de Vitre
  Children	1. 2nd Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers, II,   b. 1100, Derbyshire, England d. 1162, Warwickshire, England (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 1139 - Staffordshire, England Burial - - Warwickshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-FERRERS Ferrers/de Ferrers Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Robert de Ferrers I 1062-1139. Sir Robert de Ferrers I, 1st Earl of Derby, younger son of Henry de Ferrières and Bertha Roberts I'Aigle. Husband of Hawise de Vitre, the daughter of Andre de Vitre and Agnes de Mortaigne. They had one son, Sir Robert Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby. Sir Robert was born at Ferrieres, Normandy, France, and his family had the grant of Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire and 114 manors in Derbyshire as a result of his father's contribution to William the Conqueror's invasion of England in 1066. Sir robert was a supporter of King Henry I. As part of his tenure of Duffield Frith in 1129-30, he is on record as having interests in lead mines at Wirksworth, and he granted the church of Potterspury, Northamptonshire, to Bernard the Scribe. Later he supported King Stephen, taking Derbyshire men northwards to fight off an invasion of the Scots under King David I of Scotland. Little actual fighting took place, but Thurstan, Archbishop of York, won the Battle of the Standard on Stephen's behalf in 1138. Robert was rewarded by becoming the Earl of Derby. He died in the following year, 1139 and was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby, regarded as Robert de Ferrers the Younger. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63098139/robert-de-ferrers