Gerard de Furnival

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

Origins

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

Career

Through marriage around 1199, 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

About 1199 he married Matilda de Lovetot,[1] a great-granddaughter of William Lovetot,[citation needed] whose parents were William Lovetot and Maud FitzWalter. They had three sons, Thomas Furnival,[1] Gerard Furnival, and William. Both Thomas and Gerard died taking part in the Barons' Crusade in 1241.[citation needed] His widow outlived her husband and two of her sons, dying at some point after 1258.[1]

References

  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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  • James Doherty, 'The Crusading Furnivals: Family Tradition, Political Expediency and Social Pressure in Crusade Motivation', Journal of Family History (2022)[1]