The de Warenne family were a noble family in England that included the first Earls of Surrey, created by William the Conqueror in 1088 for William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, who was among his companions at the Battle of Hastings. The family originated in Normandy and, as Earls, held land there and throughout England. When the senior male-line ended in the mid-12th century, the descendants of their heiress adopted the Warenne surname and continue as Earls of Surrey for another two centuries. Several junior lines also held land or prominent offices in England and Normandy.
The de Warennefamily were a noble family in England that included the first Earls of Surrey, created by William the Conqueror in 1088 for William de Warenne...
Ada de Warenne (or Adeline de Varenne) (c. 1120 – 1178) was the Anglo-Norman wife of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria and Earl of Huntingdon. She...
be more commonly called of Warenne. The name Warenne comes from the name of their property in Normandy where the family's ancestral castle, Bellencombre...
Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Arundel (c. 1228 – 23 November 1282) was an English peer. She was widowed before she was 20 years old, with a large estate...
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Gundreda de Warenne, Countess of Warwick was the wife of Earl Roger (died 1153). She was the daughter and eldest child of William II, earl Warenne by the Capetian...
traditional county of Surrey and is derived from the coat of arms of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (heraldic blazon: Chequy Or and Azur). The Surrey flag...
William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey John de Warenne, 7th Earl of...
Reginald de Warenne (sometimes Rainald de Warenne; between 1121 and 1126 – 1179) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal official. The third son of an...
important milestone in the development of English democracy. The de Warennefamily died out with Earl John in 1347, whereupon lordship of the Rape of Lewes...
church itself was consecrated sometime between 1146 and 1148. While the Warennefamily may have been the main benefactors of the priory, others also gave generously...
Norfolk. The castle was built soon after the Norman Conquest by William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey, at the intersection of the River Nar and the Peddars...
of blue and yellow chequers taken from the arms of the de Warennefamily. William de Warenne accompanied William the Conqueror from Normandy and was the...
WarenneFamily, the Earls of Surrey, held the manor in the 12th century. In the second half of the 13th century, it passed to the de Montfort family....
granted to the Warennefamily c. 1070 and the house must have been built by them prior to 1317. It reverted to the Crown in 1347 when the Warenne male line...
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