William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey

William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey ( * 1166, † 1240) was the son of Hamelin de Warenne ( Plantagenet ) and Isabel, daughter of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey. His father Hamelin gave him the goods of Appleby ( North Lincolnshire ).

De Warenne was one of the participants at the coronation of King John of England on May 27, 1199th With the loss of Normandy to France in 1204 he lost his Norman possessions (1202 he was lieutenant of Gascony ), King John but compensated him with Grantham and Stamford.

His first mortgage with the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is dated 1204 and lasted until 1206. Between 1208 and 1213 he was Warden of the Welsh Marches.

William was one of the few barons, who in his disputes with the barons loyal to King John (who was his cousin ) behaved as they wanted to help the French prince to the English throne, and is mentioned as one of those who zurieten King John, the Magna Carta agree. His loyalty to the king caused by only a few times when the situation seemed hopeless.

In March 1215 he again demonstrated his loyalty to England by the young King Henry III. supported; he was also responsible for the establishment of Salisbury Cathedral.

Between 1200 and 1208, and from 1217 to 1226 he served as High Sheriff of Surrey. 1214 he was again appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Family

William married on October 13, 1225 Maud Marshal ( * 1192, † March 27, 1248 ), the eldest daughter and co-heiress of William Marshal and later widow of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, by this marriage he received the title of Earl of Salisbury. The couple had a son and a daughter. The son John (* 1231, † 1304) succeeded his father as Earl; the daughter, Isabel de Warenne (c. 1228, † 1282) married Hugh d' Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel.

Presumably William had an earlier, childless marriage to Matilda, daughter of William d' Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel.