 Abt 1109 - 1176 (67 years)
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| Name |
William "The Strong Hand" d'Aubigny |
| Title |
1st Earl of Arundel and Earl of Lincoln |
| Birth |
Abt 1109 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
12 Oct 1176 |
Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England  |
| Burial |
Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England |
| Person ID |
I36722 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family |
Adeliza de Leuven, b. Abt 1094, Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium d. 23 Apr 1151, Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage |
1138 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F13523 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- He was influential in arranging the treaty of 1153, whereby the Crown continued with King Stephen for life, though the inheritance thereof was secured to Henry II. To this instrument he subscribed as "Comes Cicestrie." Henry II, by a grant undated, but supposed to have been in 1155 (the year after his accession), confirms to him as "William, EARL OF ARUNDEL, the Castle of Arundel, with the whole honor of Arundel and all its appurtenances," and, by the same instrument, bestows on him the third penny of the pleas of the county of SUSSEX unde Comes est. He was justly held in great esteem by Henry II, and was one of the embassy to Rome in 1163/4, and to Saxony (on the espousal of the Princess to the Duke of Saxony) in 1168. He was also in command of the Royal army in August 1173, in Normandy, against the King's rebellious sons, where he distinguished himself for his "swiftness and velocity," and, on 29 September following he assisted at the defeat, near Bury St. Edmunds, of the Earl of Leicester, who, with his Flemings, had invaded Suffolk.
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