Isabel DE WARENNE , 4th Countess of Surrey
- Born: Abt 1137
- Marriage (1): Hamelin D'ANJOU , Earl of Surrey in Apr 1164
- Died: 12 Jul 1203 aged about 66
General Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Warenne,_Countess_of_Surrey
She was the great-granddaughter of the first Norman earl, William, and his Flemish wife Gundred. When her father died in the Holy Land about 1148 she inherited the earldom of Surrey and was married in around 1153 to William of Blois, the younger son of King Stephen, who became earl in her right. The marriage occurred at a critical moment in The Anarchy as part of the king's attempt to control the de Warenne lands.
The couple did not have any children and after William's death in 1159, King Henry II's younger brother, William FitzEmpress, sought her hand in 1162/3, but Thomas Becket refused a dispensation from affinity on the grounds of consanguinity. In April 1164, the countess married Hamelin of Anjou, a natural half-brother of King Henry, who became jure uxoris Earl of Surrey. The countess lived an unusually long life, dying at the age of 66.
Isabel married Hamelin D'ANJOU , Earl of Surrey, son of Geoffrey "Le Bel" PLANTAGENET , Comte d'Anjou, Duke of Normandy and NNN, in Apr 1164. (Hamelin D'ANJOU , Earl of Surrey was born about 1130 and died on 7 May 1202.)
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