Gerard de Furnival

Sir Gerard Furnival (died 1219) was an English landowner and soldier.^[1]

Origins edit

Born about 1179, he was the son of Sir Gerard Furnival, who had accompanied King Richard I on the Fourth Crusade to Palestine^[1] and is said to have fought there at the Siege of Acre in 1191.^{[citation needed]}

Career edit

Through marriage, in 1203 he acquired considerable lands at Hallamshire in Yorkshire and at Worksop in Nottinghamshire.^[1] He joined the Fifth Crusade to Damietta in Egypt, where he is said to have died in 1219.^{[citation needed]}

Family edit

About 12 March 1201 he married Maud Lovetot,^[1] a great-granddaughter of William Lovetot,^{[citation needed]} whose parents were William Lovetot and Maud FitzWalter. They had two sons, Thomas Furnival^[1] and Gerard Furnival, who both died taking part in the Barons' Crusade in 1241.^{[citation needed]} His widow outlived her husband and sons, dying after 23 June 1247.^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Vicary Gibbs; H A Doubleday, eds. (1926). The Complete Peerage. Vol. 5 (2 ed.). London. pp. 580–591.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Nicholson, AP: Nottinghamshire History (accessed 28 January 2006).
James Doherty, 'The Crusading Furnivals: Family Tradition, Political Expediency and Social Pressure in Crusade Motivation', Journal of Family History (2022)[1]

[CP-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Vicary Gibbs; H A Doubleday, eds. (1926). The Complete Peerage. Vol. 5 (2 ed.). London. pp. 580–591.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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