Robert de Ferrières 2nd Earl Derby
- Born: Abt 1118, Derby, Derbyshire, England
- Marriage: Margaret Peverel Coutess Derby 141
- Died: Bef 1160, Mereval, Warwickshire, England 141
- Buried: Bef 1160, Abbey of Mereval, Warwickshire, England 141
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 141
Robert Ferrières, Earl of Derby or Ferrières, son and heir, founded the Abbeys of Merevale, Warwickshire and Darley near Derby, during the reign of King Stephen, and was the virtual founder of the Priory of Bredon, Leiceshire. He went, or proposed to go, on pilgrimage to Santiago.
He married Margaret, daughter and heir of William Peverel, of Nottingham. He died before 1160, and was buried in Merevale Abbey, wrapped in an oxhide.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Derby), Vol. IV, pp. 191-2, XIV, p. 230
Robert married Margaret Peverel Coutess Derby, daughter of William Peverel and Avice of Lancaster.141 (Margaret Peverel Coutess Derby was born about 1135 in Nottinghamshire, England.)
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