Margaret Peverell, Countess of Derby (b. circa 1114,

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, England), was an English noblewoman who lived at

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, England.

Family and marriage

Margaret was the daughter of

William Peverel the Younger William "the Younger" Peverel ( or – after 1155) was the son of William Peverel. He married Avicia de Lancaster (1088 – ) in La Marche, Normandy, France. She was possibly the daughter of William de Lancaster I and Countess Gundred de Warenn ...

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Sheppard, Walter Lee, F.A.S.G., "Royal Bye-Blows: The Illegitimate Children of the English Kings," ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'' 119(2):95 According to Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, she married

Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby Robert II de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby (c. 1100 – 1162) was a younger, but eldest surviving son of Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby and his wife Hawise. He succeeded his father as Earl of Derby in 1139 (William, his elder brother, hav ...

and thus became Countess of Derby. She was the mother of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby and William De Ferrers, Lord of Eggington and a daughter, Petronella. She died in 1154 and was buried in Merevale Abbey.

References

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