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