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Name:
William De Ros
 Relationship to Louis of Evreux
Birth:
19 MAY 1329
Father:
Mother:
Married:
Margaret De Neville
Children:
Death:
ABT 1352 Holy Land aged 22
Remarks:
William de Ros, 4th Baron Ros, b. 1326, summoned to parliament from 25 November, 1350, to 20 November, 1351. This nobleman was one of the eminent martial characters of the glorious reign of Edward III. He was at the memorable battle of Cressy, a leader in the 2nd brigade of the English army; he had a command at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the conflict where David Bruce, King of Scotland, and many of his nobles, after sustaining a defeat, fell into the hands of the English; and he was subsequently (21st Edward III) [1348], at the siege of Calais with the Black Prince. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. of Ralph, Lord Nevill (who m. after his decease, Henry, Lord Percy), but dying in the Holy Land in 1352, s. p., he was s. by his brother Thomas de Ros, 5th baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996)[JohnFaye (8 Jun 05).FTW]

William de Ros, 4th Baron Ros, b. 1326, summoned to parliament from 25 November, 1350, to 20 November, 1351. This nobleman was one of the eminent martial characters of the glorious reign of Edward III. He was at the memorable battle of Cressy, a leader in the 2nd brigade of the English army; he had a command at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the conflict where David Bruce, King of Scotland, and many of his nobles, after sustaining a defeat, fell into the hands of the English; and he was subsequently (21st Edward III) [1348], at the siege of Calais with the Black Prince. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. of Ralph, Lord Nevill (who m. after his decease, Henry, Lord Percy), but dying in the Holy Land in 1352, s. p., he was s. by his brother Thomas de Ros, 5th baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996)

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