Viscount William de la Ferte-Mace
- Born: 1034, Massey, England
- Marriage: Miss (Muriel?) de Conteville [stepmother of Hamon] in 1058 in Normandie, France
 Other names for William were William Lord of La Ferte-Mace, William Count de la Ferte-Mace, Viscount William de la Ferte Mace and William Ferte Massey.
Research Notes:
Famiytreemaker.genealogy.com has seemingly more complete info on whole family. b.1034 (other sources have 1042 or abt 1050), father "most likely William Talvas of Belleme, born 995." Per Wyatt Massey (11/20/1999), William de La Ferte was from the Bellamy (Belleme) family.
Fought in Battle of Hastings with wife's half broither, William the conqueror, his brothers-in-law, and his sons. Some sources list his sons as Hamon de Massey I, Robert de Massey and William de la Ferte Massey. Others list two legitimate sons, Baron Mathieu de la Ferte Mace and Hugue de Macey, plus Hamon as an illegitimate son."
Rootsweb
FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #263528
(submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) name as William de la Ferte
William married Miss (Muriel?) de Conteville [stepmother of Hamon], daughter of Herluin de Conteville Viscount of Conteville, Count of Crespon and Harlette de Falaise, in 1058 in Normandie, France. (Miss (Muriel?) de Conteville [stepmother of Hamon] was born about 1037-1041 in Conteville, Normandy, France.)
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