Robert de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley ( 1358 – 1413) was the son of

John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1331 – 3 April 1367) was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and a woman named Margaret. John de Ferrers was born in Southhoe, Huntingdonshire. He inherited the title of ...

and Elizabeth de Stafford, a daughter of

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and

Margaret de Audley Margaret de Audley, ''suo jure'' 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford (c. 1318 – 7 September 1349G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete ...

. He inherited the title of

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upon his father's death at the

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on 3 April 1367 but was never summoned to parliament. Robert married Margaret le Despenser (born around 1360) a daughter of

Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser (24 March 1336, Essendine – 11 November 1375) was the son of another Edward le Despenser and Anne Ferrers, sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby. He succeeded as Lord of Glamorgan in 1349. Le Despence ...

, KG, and Lady Elizabeth Burghersh. The couple had one son Edmund, who became

Edmund de Ferrers, 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley Edmund de Ferrers, 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1386–1435) was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Margaret Le Despenser, a daughter of Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer. He inherited the title of Baron ...

upon the death of his father around 1412, and one daughter Philippa, who married Sir Thomas Greene,

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(10 February 1399 – 18 January 1462), by whom she was the grandmother of

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. Philippe and Sir Thomas are ancestors to Queen Consort

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, the last wife of King

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.John and John Bernard Burke. ''The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects'', Churton, 1848. pg xciv. Robert de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley died sometime around 1413 and is buried at Merevale Abbey in

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrers, Robert 1350s births 1413 deaths 05 14th-century English nobility Year of birth uncertain 15th-century English nobility

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