Biography of John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey 1231-1304
Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
On 07 May 1202 [his grandfather] Hamelin Warenne 4th Earl Surrey (age 73) died. His son [his father] William Warenne 5th Earl Surrey succeeded 5th Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map]. He undertook further building work including the Great Hall and service buildings in the Inner Bailey. [his mother] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 8) by marriage Countess Surrey.
Around Dec 1206 Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk (age 24) and [his mother] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 12) were married. She the daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 60) and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 34). He the son of Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 62) and Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk (age 50). They were third cousins.
On 13 Oct 1225 [his father] William Warenne 5th Earl Surrey and [his mother] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 31) were married. She the daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of Hamelin Warenne 4th Earl Surrey and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey. They were half second cousin once removed.
In 1231 John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey was born to William Warenne 5th Earl Surrey and Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 37).
On 27 May 1240 [his father] William Warenne 5th Earl Surrey died. His son John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 9) succeeded 6th Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map].
In 1247 John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 16) and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Surrey. She the daughter of Hugh Lusignan X Count Lusignan V Count La Marche (age 64) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England. He the son of William Warenne 5th Earl Surrey and Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 53).
On 27 Mar 1248 [his mother] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 54) died.
On 09 Feb 1256 [his wife] Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey (age 32) died.
On 14 May 1264 the army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester (age 56) including Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 20), Henry Hastings (age 29) and Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave (age 26) defeated the army of [his former brother-in-law] King Henry III of England (age 56) during the Battle of Lewes at Lewes [Map]. King Henry III of England (age 56), his son the future King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 24), Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex (age 60), [his former brother-in-law] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 55), John "Red" Comyn 1st Lord Baddenoch (age 44), Philip Marmion 5th Baron Marmion (age 30) and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 32) were captured. John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 33), John Balliol (age 56), Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale (age 49), Roger Leybourne (age 49) and [his former brother-in-law] William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke fought for the King. [his former brother-in-law] Guy Lusignan was killed. Fulk IV Fitzwarin (age 44) drowned. Bishop Walter de Cantelupe (age 73) was present and blessed the Montfort army before the battle.
On 15 May 1266 Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 30) and John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 35) fought for the King at Chesterfield [Map] during the Battle of Chesterfield. Henry Hastings (age 31), John Clinton, Roger Mandeville, John Eyvil, Baldwin Wake (age 28) all fought on the rebel side. The rebel Robert Ferrers 6th Earl of Derby (age 27) was captured.
After 07 Apr 1269 [his former sister-in-law] Agatha Lusignan (age 46) died.
Before 25 Mar 1273 [his former son-in-law] Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe and [his daughter] Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe were married. She by marriage Baroness Percy of Topcliffe. She the daughter of John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 42) and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey.
In 1274 [his former brother-in-law] Geoffrey Lusignan died.
On 02 Aug 1274 King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 35) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 33) arrived at Dover, Kent [Map] after an absence of four years. They travelled to London via Tonbridge Castle [Map], home of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 30) and Reigate Castle, Surrey [Map], home of John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 43).
On 09 Feb 1281 [his son-in-law] John "Empty Coat" I King Scotland (age 32) and [his daughter] Isabella Warenne were married. She the daughter of John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 50) and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 15 Dec 1286 [his son] William Warenne was killed in a tournament.
On 27 Apr 1296 Battle of Dunbar was fought between John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 65) and [his son-in-law] John "Empty Coat" I King Scotland (age 47), his son in law. John Strathbogie 9th Earl Atholl (age 30) and John Comyn 3rd Earl Buchan were captured. The English routed the disorganised Scots in a single charge. Few died; many were captured.
On 11 Sep 1297 the combined forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the forces of John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 66) near Stirling Bridge, Stirling during the Battle of Stirling Bridge. After around half the English had crossed the narrow bridge the Scots attacked subjecting the English to a significant defeat.
On 22 Jul 1298 King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 59) defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.
John de Graham and John Stewart of Bonkyll (age 52) were killed.
The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 26).
Walter Beauchamp (age 55).
Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 53).
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49).
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24).
Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 37).
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26).
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 52).
Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 27).
Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 43).
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 58).
John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (age 30).
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 29).
Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 48).
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 11).
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 43).
John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 42).
Nicholas Segrave (age 42).
Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford (age 41).
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 30).
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 20).
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 17).
John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 67).
Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25).
Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 21).
Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 31).
Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 19).
John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 59).
Philip Darcy (age 40).
Robert Fitzroger.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 51), or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 23).
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 30), and.
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 47).
William Scrope (age 53) was knighted.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 29) fought.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 44) fought.
On 14 Jan 1299 [his former sister-in-law] Isabella Lusignan (age 75) died.
Before 09 Mar 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 70), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 23), Ralph Monthermer 1st Baron Monthermer (age 31), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 25), Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 56), Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 34), Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 29), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 26), William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne (age 59), Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 20), William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 58), Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Bergavenny (age 14), Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 50), Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin (age 16), Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 27), Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 54), John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 26), William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose (age 41), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 36), Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 61), John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 32), Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 55), Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 48), Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 25), Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 26), Walter Beauchamp (age 58), Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 33), John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 45), William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 29), Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 51), Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 38), John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 32), Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall (age 41), Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 41), Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot (age 24), William Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 28), Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg (age 81).
On 29 Sep 1304 John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 73) died at Kennington, Kent. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His grandson John Warenne 7th Earl Surrey (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map].
[his son] William Warenne was born to John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey.
[his son] William Warenne and Joan Vere were married. She the daughter of Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford and Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford. He the son of John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey.
[his daughter] Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe was born to John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey.
[his daughter] Isabella Warenne was born to John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Montfort
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnès of Normandy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean de la Flèche La Flèche De Baugency
Great x 3 Grandfather: Elias La Flèche De Baugency I Count Maine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Paula Maine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gervais II Lord Chateau Du Loir
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine
GrandFather: Hamelin Warenne 4th Earl Surrey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mistress Unknown
Father: William Warenne 5th Earl Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Warenne
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl Surrey
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerbod The Fleming
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Warenne 3rd Earl Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rurik Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
GrandMother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Belleme
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Talvas" Montgomery III Count Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bishop Guy Ponthieu
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Ponthieu Countess Ponthieu and Shrewsbury
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Gallant" Burgundy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo "Red" I Duke Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helie Burgundy Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ivrea I Count Burgundy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybilla Ivrea Duchess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
GrandFather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward of Salisbury 1st Baron Trowbridge 1st Baron Chitterne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Mother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohese Giffard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Claremont
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adeliza Claremont
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger "Bearded" Beaumont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeline Meulan
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
GrandMother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham