William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel
William d'Aubigny | |
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| Earl of Lincoln Earl of Arundel | |
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| Died | 12 Oct 1176 |
| Buried | Wymondham Abbey |
| Noble family | House of Mowbray |
| Spouse(s) | Adeliza of Louvain |
| Issue | William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel Reynor d'Aubigny Henry d'Aubigny Geoffrey d'Aubigny Alice d'Aubigny Olivia d'Aubigny Agatha d'Aubigny |
| Father | William d'Aubigny |
| Mother | Maud Bigod |
| Occupation | Master butler of the Royal household |
William d'Aubigny (c. 1109 – Unknown), also known as William d'Albini, William de Albini and William de Albini II,[1] was an English nobleman. He was son of William d'Aubigny and Maud Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod of Norfolk.
William fought loyally for King
Henry Plantagenet, known as the Treaty of Wallingford, which brought an end to The Anarchy. His first known appearance as "earl" was at Christmas 1141.[2] When Henry Plantagenet ascended the throne as Henry II, he confirmed William's earldom and gave him direct possession of Arundel Castle (instead of the possession in right of his wife (died 1151) he had previously had). He remained loyal to the king during the 1173 revolt of Henry the Young King
, and helped defeat the rebellion.
In 1143, as
Brabant
, with William's brother, Olivier, present.
He was the builder of Castle Rising Castle at Castle Rising, Norfolk.[3]
William is the first proven English supporter of the crusader
Roger de Mowbray and his family, were to become the most significant patrons of the Order's headquarters at Burton Lazars Hospital.[5][6]
Marriage
Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about William de Albini (Pincerna).
William was an important member of Henry I of England's household, and after the king's death he married Henry's widow, Queen Adeliza of Louvain, in 1138. William and Adeliza were parents to the following children:
- William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel
- Reynor
- Henry
- Geoffrey
- Alice
- Olivia
- Agatha
References
- ^ Brown, p.9.
- ^ Round, John Horace (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 705–706.
- ISBN 978-0-521-32932-3.
- ^ ISBN 1-84383-067-1.
- ^ Nichols, John (1795). The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. Leicester: John Nichols.
- ^ Bourne, Terry; Marcombe, David, eds. (1987). The Burton Lazars Cartulary: A Medieval Leicestershire Estate. Nottingham: University of Nottingham.
Sources
- Brown, R. Allen (1988). Castle Rising Castle. London, UK: English Heritage. ISBN 185074159X.
- Remfry, Paul Martin. Buckenham Castles, 1066 to 1649. ISBN 1-899376-28-3.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 (8th ed.). Lines 1-22, 18A-22, 139-26, 149-25, 149-26. ISBN 0-8063-1752-3.