Hamelin de Warenne, earl of Surrey (d.1202)
- Biography
- Hamelin de Warenne, earl of Surry was an illegitimate son of Geoffrey, count of Anjou (d.1151) and half-brother of Henry II. He married Isabel de Warenne, countess of Surry (d.1203), widow of William of Blois, earl of Surrey (d.1159). He had thus inherited castles at Lewes, Castle Acre, Reigate, and Sandal and built the keep at Conisbrough around 1180. Hamelin died on 7 May 1202 and was buried in the chapter house at St Pancras Priory, Lewes. Countess Isabel died the following year and was buried with her husband. They had four children who survived them: William de Warenne (d.1240); Isabel, who married Robert de Lacy of Pontefract and, secondly, Gilbert de l'Aigle of Pevensey; Maud, who married Henry, count of Eu, and secondly Henry de Stuteville, lord of Valmont ( Normandy); and Ela, who married Robert of Naburn and secondly William fitz William of Sprotborough. T. Keefe, 'Hamelin de Warenne, earl of Surrey (d.1202)', ODNB (2004), ???; [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28732]
- Floruits
- 1189 × 1189
- Related Place
- Surrey