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 326 SURREY. then the mother of S children' lmil eloped with the said Earl William. (*) She was da. of Hugh the Great, Count ok Veumandiiis (a, <'f Henry I., King i>f Prance], by Adelaide, da. an I h. of Herbert, Count ok Vermasdois and Valois.i^ He d. 11 May 1138, and was bur. at Lewes priory afsd. ill. 113S 8, WitiUAM (de Wakbxse), Earl of Surrey or Earl to WaRKXNb,( c ) lit s. and h., 6. probably about 11 IS, tuC his father 1 1 4S. 11 May 113S. and was kni'ikled before 2 Feb, 1111, beiug then ill commiml in the army of King Stephen at Lincoln, to whoso defeat his flight from the battle greatly contributed. He was iu the crusade, under L >uU VII. of France, but 4. s.p.m. being slam by the Turks in the defile.* of Laodieea, 19 Jan. 1147/3.( d ) He had m, before 114:!. Ela, da. of William, called Talvat, Count ok Alencon and I'ontiuku, by Ela. da. of 0 do, Dukk ok Bdrounbi. She in., as hi* SiCoud wife, Patrick (de SaUsuciiy*. 1st E.uu. or Sausri-iiy islam 27 Mireb 1167/8), aud </.. his widow 4 ur 10 Dec. 1174. On his death the Earldom may be considered to have devolved on his da. and or las more probably was the ease) to have reverted to the Crown. • • • • IV. 1153? 4 or 1- Isabel de Warenne, da. and sole heir of the nnd abovenamed Earl William and Ela, his wife, m. before (J Nov. 1164. 1188i William dk Blois (6. about 1134 :, 3d and youngest but only surv. s. and h. of King- Stephen, by Matilda, da. and h. of Eustace, Count ok Boulogne. He appears conse<[ueutlv to have been recognised M EARL WARKNNE,<0 [EARL OF SURREY]. By the death of his elder br., Eustace, 10 Aug. 1152, he became COUNT OF BOULOGNE and by that of his father, 25 Oct. 1154, COUNT OF MORTAIN. , c ) From his said father ;wheu King) he had received the honour <if Fevensey, co. Sussex, anil that of Norwich, with large possessions in Norfolk, all of which he surrendered to the new King, Henry II., by whom be was Kniyhttd at Carlisle, 24 June 115S. and confirmed in all posses.-ious held by the King, his father, previous to his accession to the throne. He accompanied Henry 11. to the siege of Toulouse, but </. s.p. s i after his return therefrom in Oct. 1159, aged about 25.( f ) His widow Rt, as below. 4. (bis) or 1. The Countess Isabel, tin; childless widow of Earl William (de Bi.ois), da. aud h, of Earl William (de WareuHE), both abovenamed, m. in 11C4, Ha.mki.in I'lantacenet, afterwards DB Warennk (4. before 1151), illegit. br. to Henry II., both being sons id Geoffrey, COUNT of Anjoi'. He appears consequently to have been recognised as EARL WARKNNK(S) [EARL OF SURREY], and to have adopted the family name of his said wife. He was Capt. of the Forces 1173 — 1174 ; his signature as Comes de Warring) appears IS Sep. 11)59; in 1193 he was a Commissioner for the release of Ric. I., at whose 2d coronation, 17 April 1194, he bore the second sword. His wife ithe heiress of the Earls Warenue) d. 13 July 1199, and was bat. in Lewes Priory. He d. April 1202. ( a ) G. W, Watson'3 " Ancient Earls of Leicester." [Genealogist, N.S., vol x, p. 2J. ( b ) The well known chequy [or and az] coat of Warren was adopted from that of Vermaudois, tho' the representation of Isabel of Vermandois was in her eldest sou by her first husband, the Count of Meulun. ( c ) See p. 324, note " a," a3 to the style of " Earl Warenne." ( d ) The date and place of his death were generally unknown, till an article by G. W. Watson appeared iu the " Gencaloyi.it," N.S., vol. xi, p. 132, in which cou- temporary authorities for them are quoted, nr., (1) King Louis himself (who calls him his cousin), and (2) William, Archbishop of Tyre, who speaks of hiui as "Vir inter Majores eximiuB." ( e ) " He styled himself Earl of Boulogne, Warren and Mortaigne, but does nut appear to have used that [i.e., the stifle of Earl] of Surrey. - ' [Court/tope.] ( r ) His effigy iu armour "from his seal" is engraved in " Doyle." In 1153 (six years before his death), he was nearly killed by a fall from his horse " super Berehamdoniam," iu sight of his father. (E) " He is called Earl de Warren, and does not appear to have used the title of Earl of Surrey." [Courthope.] See p. 324, note "a," as to the style of "Earl Wareuue."