William de Warenne (1256-1286)

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William Plantagenet de Warenne was born 1256 to John de Warenne (1231-1304) and Alice de Lusignan (1224-1256) and died 15 December 1286 of a tournament accident. He married Joane de Vere (c1261-) June 1285 ^JL .

William de Warenne was the only son of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey and his wife Alice de Lusignan.^[1]

Life

William married Joan, daughter of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford. They had the following children:

John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey (30 June 1286 – June 1347)
Alice de Warenne (15 June 1287 - 23 May 1338), wife of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel.

William was killed in a tournament at Croydon in 1286, predeceasing his father. It has been suggested that this was murder, planned in advance by William's enemies.^[2]^[3] On the 5th Earl's death the title went to John, the only son of William. John died without legitimate children, so on his death the title passed to Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, eldest son of Edmund FitzAlan and John' sister Alice.

Children

Offspring of William and Joane de Vere (c1261-)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
John de Warenne (1286-1347)	30 June 1286	June 1347	Joan of Bar (1297-1361) Maud de Nerford (1292-1345) Isabella Holland unknown partner
Alice de Warenne (1287-1338)	1287	1338	Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1285-1326)

Siblings

Offspring of John de Warenne (1231-1304) and Alice de Lusignan (1224-1256)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Eleanor de Warenne (1251-1282)	1251	1282	Henry de Percy (1228-1272)
Isabella de Warenne (c1253-bef1292)	1253	1292	John of Scotland (c1249-1314)
William de Warenne (1256-1286)	1256	15 December 1286	Joane de Vere (c1261-)

References

^ Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard and William Ryland Beall, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1999), p. 184
^ Juliet R. V. Barker, The Tournament in England, 1100-1400 (Boydell Press, 1986), p. 47
^ The Chronicle of Bury St Edmunds, ed. A. Gransden (Nelson, 1964), p. 87

Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General

History of English Earls

Rtol, Thurston, MainTour

[TMCS-1] Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard and William Ryland Beall, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1999), p. 184

[2] Juliet R. V. Barker, The Tournament in England, 1100-1400 (Boydell Press, 1986), p. 47

[3] The Chronicle of Bury St Edmunds, ed. A. Gransden (Nelson, 1964), p. 87

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