Margaret Ferrers, Countess of Derby
Countess of Derby
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| Intro | Countess of Derby | ||||||
| Places | United Kingdom England | ||||||
| was | Noble | ||||||
| Work field | Royals | ||||||
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| Birth | 1114 | ||||||
| Death | 1154Warwickshire, United Kingdom (aged 40 years) | ||||||
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Biography
Margaret Peverell, Countess of Derby (b. circa 1114, Nottinghamshire, England), was an English noblewoman who lived at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, England.
Family and marriage
Margaret was the daughter of William Peverel the Younger of Peveril Castle in Derbyshire
According to Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, She married William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby and thus became Countess of Derby. She was the mother of Robert de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby and William De Ferrers, Lord of Eggington and a daughter, Petronella.{Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages}
She died in 1154 and was buried in Merevale Abbey.