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Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameIsabel de Verdun
Birth21 Mar 1317, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
Death25 Jul 1349, Groby, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England
FatherTheobald de Verdon (1278-1316)
MotherElizabeth de Clare (1295-1360)
Spouses
Birthabt 1303, Groby, Leicestershire, England
Death15 Sep 1343, Groby, Leicestershire, England
Occupation2nd Baron Ferrers Of Groby
FatherWilliam de Ferrers V (1272-1325)
MotherEllen Margaret de Seagrave (1271-1316)
Marriage20 Feb 1330
ChildrenWilliam de Ferrers (1332-1371)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Verdun,_Baroness_Ferrers_of_Groby

Isabel de Verdun, Lady Ferrers of Groby was an heiress, who was related to the English royal family as the eldest daughter of Elizabeth de Clare, herself a granddaughter of King Edward I of England and the only child of Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Lord Verdun, Justiciar of Ireland. When she was a child, Isabel was imprisoned in Barking Abbey, along with her mother and half-sister, after her stepfather had joined the Earl of Lancaster's ill-fated rebellion against King Edward II.

Isabel married Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby in 1328 at Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire. He was the son of William de Ferrers, 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby and Ellen de Seagrove. She was eleven years old at the time of her marriage.

he marriage produced at least five children, four of whom survived infancy. Following the birth of her eldest child in February 1331, when Isabel was not quite 14 years of age, her mother sent her presents for her "churching". This was a special religious ceremony performed for the benefit of a woman shortly after childbirth.

The child, whose sex was not recorded, died in early infancy.

Infant , whose name and sex is not known, died shortly after birth.

William de Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers of Groby , married Margaret de Ufford, daughter of Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Margaret de Norwich, by whom he had issue, including Henry de Ferrers, 4th Lord Ferrers of Groby, who married Joan de Hoo, and Margaret de Ferrers, who married Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick.
Ralph de Ferrers, married Joan de Grey of Codnor.

Elizabeth de Ferrers , married firstly David de Strathbogie, 12th Earl of Atholl, by whom she had issue. She married secondly, John Malewayn.

Philippa de Ferrers , married Guy de Beauchamp, son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer, by whom she had two daughters.

Isabel died on 25 July 1349 of the plague. Her husband had died on 15 September 1343 and was buried in Ulvescroft Priory.
Last Modified 3 Dec 2018Created 28 Sep 2020 Anthony Deen