William d'Aubigny

- 1193

• Name	William d'Aubigny
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Dec 1193  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Burial	Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England   [2, 6, 7]
  Person ID	I7297	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	William d'Aubigny,   b. of Buckenham, Norfolk, England d. 4 Oct 1176, Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England
  Mother	Alice of Louvain, Queen Consort of England,   b. Abt 1103   d. 25 Mar 1151, Afflighem Abbey, Brabant, Belgium (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	Between Dec 1136 and Aug 1139  [2, 8]
  Family ID	F1846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud de St. Hilary,   b. of Field Dalling, Norfolk, England d. 24 Dec 1193
  Children	1. William d'Aubigny   d. 1 Feb 1221, Cainell, near Rome
  Family ID	F1887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Earl of Arundel, also styled earl of Sussex. Hereditary Chief Butler of England; Privy Councillor; Constable of Windsor Castle 1191-3. According to Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans (citation details below), he was a crusader. "William d'Aubigny, Earl of Sussex, s. and h., n 1176/7, was confirmed in that dignity, but the Castle and Honour of Arundel having, in accordance with the policy of Henry II, been retained by the Crown, on the death of the last holder, he did not obtain restoration of them till Richard I restored them to him, 27 June 1190, when (according to the admission of 1433 abovenamed) he became Earl of Arundel. He was, however, styled Earl of Arundel before he received possession of the Castle and Honour, namely, on 18 Sep. 1189, and on 26 Nov. of the same year he witnessed King Richard's Charter as 'Will. Earl of Arundel.' He received also at the same time, the third penny of the pleas of Sussex in the precise words of the grant made to his father. In 1191 he was made Custos of Windsor Castle, and in 1194 one of the Receivers of the money raised for the King's ransom. He m. Maud, widow of Roger (de Clare), Earl of Hertford (who had d. 1173), da. and h. of James de St. Hilaire du Harcouet, by Aveline, his wife. He d. 24 Dec. 1193, and was bur. at Wymondham Priory." [Complete Peerage I:235-36]

  
  

• Sources

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