William (Aubigny) d'Aubeney (aft. 1173 - bef. 1221)

Born after 1173 in England [uncertain]

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Died before 30 Mar 1221 before age 48 in Rome, Italy

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Biography

Birth and Parentage

William d'Aubeney was the son of William Daubeney, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Maud de St Hilaire.^[1][2] His birth date is uncertain; the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography suggests it may have been in about 1174.^[2]

Life

In 1199 William paid King John 450 marks to gain possession of Arundel Castle, part of his inheritance from his father.^[2]

William was a close associate of King John. In 1209 he was one of the king's negotiators in his dispute with Archbishop Stephen Langton.^[2] In 1213 he witnessed John's submission to the Pope, in which he surrendered England to the Pope.^[1] In 1215 he accompanied King John to Runnymede and was one of the "Illustrious Men", the royal counsellors listed in the Magna Carta.^[1][2]

In 1216 after King John abandoned Winchester, he joined the forces of the future Louis VIII, but returned to the royalist side in July 1217. His possessions were restored and he was appointed Justiciar.^[1][2]

In 1218 he joined the Fifth Crusade, and was present when Damietta was occupied in 1219.^[1][2]

Marriage and Children

William married Mabel, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort.^[1] At his death in 1221 his son William was just of age^[1] so the marriage must have taken place before 1200. Wikipedia says the marriage took place after 1196.^[3] He and Mabel had six children who lived to inherit or have heirs.

• Maud, wife of Robert de Tateshall^[1][4]
• Cicely^[1]
• William, 4th Earl of Arundel (d. 1224)^[1][2]
• Hugh, 5th Earl of Arundel (d. 7 May 1243)^[1][2][5]
• Isabel, wife of John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry^[1][5][6]
• Nicole (Colette), wife of Roger De Somery^[1][7]

Death

William d'Aubeney died at Rome. News of his death reached England on 30 March 1221, so his death must have been a little before that.^[1][2] He was buried at Wymondham Priory, Norfolk.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Daughter Nicole

Cokayne's Complete Peerage lists Nicole and Colette separately^[1], but these are alternative forms of the same first name.

Jean/Joan wife of Amandus Sutton

Another child has previously been attached to William: Jean or Joan. There seems to be no good source for her being William's daughter. The only reference appears to be in the Sutton pedigree in the Visitations of Norfolk, which has "Amandus Lord Sutton first of that name" married to an unnamed daughter of "Albany Earle of Arundell".^[8] This not only does not give her first name but also fails to identify which Earl of Arundel is supposed to have been her mother - and there are a number of questions around the early part of this pedigree. Another, later Sutton pedigree in Charles Frost's Notices relative to the early history of the town and port of Hull - which differs from the Visitation Pedigree - does not name Amandus's wife, but implies that Amandus was an adult in 1186.^[9] The estimated birth date in Jean's own profile is 1188, which would pretty well rule her out as a daughter of the William d'Aubeney of this profile. If she was a wife of Amandus Sutton, she may have been born well before that as Amandus is said to have been of advanced age during the abbacy of Thomas, Abbot of Meaux, which was from 1186 to 1197.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15} G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, new edition, volume I, St Catherine Press, 1910, pp. 236-238
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for 'Aubigny, William d' [William de Albini], third earl of Arundel', print and online 2004, available online through some libraries
3. ↑ Wikipedia: William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel
4. ↑ Frederick Leis Weis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 8th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, p. 25, line 16C.27
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, Harleian Society, 1882, pp. 5-6, Google Books
6. ↑ Frederick Leis Weis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, p. 143, line 149.28
7. ↑ Frederick Leis Weis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, p. 125, line 126.30
8. ↑ The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614, Harleian Society, 1871, p. 186, Internet Archive
9. ↑ Charles Frost. Notices relative to the early history of the town and port of Hull, pub. J B Nichols, London, 1827, pedigree facing p. 99, Internet Archive and Google Books
10. ↑ George Poulson. The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness, in the East-Riding of the County of York, volume II, pub. Thomas Topping (Hull) and W Pickering (London), 1841, p.323, Google Books

• Cokayne, G E. Complete Peerage, new edition, volume I, St Catherine Press, 1910
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013, Vol. II pp 252-254. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for 'Aubigny, William d' [William de Albini], third earl of Arundel', print and online 2004, available online through some libraries
• Marshall, George William. The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614 (London, 1871) Page 186 "Amandus Lord Sutton first of that name" married "... daughter of Albanye Earle of Arundell"
• The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, Harleian Society, 1882, pp. 5-6, Google Books
• Wikipedia: William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel
• Willelmi de Arundell '1217, membranes 9, 8, 7, 6, 5', in Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III: Volume 1, 1216-1225, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1901), pp. 51-82. British History Online [1] [accessed 22 June 2020].