William de Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby
- Born: Abt 1193, Derby, Derbyshire, England
- Marriage: Margaret de Quincy
- Died: 24 Mar 1254, Evington, Leicestershire, England about age 61
- Buried: 1 Mar 1254, Merevale Abbey, Merevale, Warwickshire, England
 General Notes:
-Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (57:29), (58:29), (59:29), (189:4), (257:30), (261:30).
-Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Derby, pp. 196-198).
-Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Berkeley, p.128), identifies him as the father of JOAN. 116
Noted events in his life and other information:
• Dates & Events: 116
--Wiliam accompanied King HENRY III to France in 1230.
--He was Constable of Bolsover Castle 1234-6.
--He was afflicted with the gout from his youth and always traveled in a litter. He was accidentally thrown from the litter while crossing a bridge, sustaining injuries from which he never recovered, dying in 1254.
William married Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Sir Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl of Winchester Earl of Winton and Helen of Galloway. (Margaret de Quincy was born about 1222 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England and died before 12 Mar 1280-1281 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England.)
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