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Margaret Ferrers, Countess of Derby

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Name
  
Margaret Countess


Margaret Ferrers, Countess of Derby

Died
  
1154, Merevale, United Kingdom

Margaret Peverell, Countess of Derby (b. circa 1114, Nottinghamshire, England), was an English noblewoman who lived at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, England.

Family and marriage

Margaret was the daughter of William Peverel the Younger of Peveril Castle in Derbyshire

She married Robert Ferrers and thus became Countess of Derby. She was the mother of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, Walkelin de Ferrers and a daughter, Petronella.

She died in 1154 and was buried in Merevale Abbey.

References

Margaret Peverell, Countess of Derby Wikipedia