Countess of Bretange Hedwige

Family/Spouse: Niel, Vicomte de St. Sauveur II. Niel (son of Roger, Vicomte de St Sauveur and Adele Esproita de Bretagne) was born in 980 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1045 in St Michel, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adela d'Eu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: de Plessis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roger married Amice de Montbrey in 1040 in Aubigny, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maud Bigod. Maud (daughter of Earl of East Anglia Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Toeni) was born about 1088 in Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England; died before 1136. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

William married Adeliza de Leuven in 1138. Adeliza (daughter of Count of Leuven and Brussels, Landgraves of Brabant Godfrey de Leuven, Duke of Lorraine I and of Chiny Ida) was born about 1094 in Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium; died on 23 Apr 1151 in Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William de Albini, 3rd earl, who, in 1218, embarked in the Crusade and was at the celebrated siege of Damietta, but died in returning, anno 1221. Hem. Maud, dau. and heiress of James de St. Hillary, and widow of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford, by whom he left issue, William and Hugh, successors to the earldom; Mabel, m. to Sir Robert de Tateshall; Isabel, m. to John FitzAlan, Baron of Clun and Oswestry; Nicola, m. to Roger de Somerie, Lord of Dudley; Cecilia, m. to Roger de Montalt; and Colet. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 3, Albini, Earls of Arundel]

NOTE: "His lordship left by Adeliza, his wife, widow of King Henry I, four sons and three daughters, the eldest of whom, Alice, m. John, Earl of Ewe. The eldest son, William de Albini, 2nd earl, had a grant from the crown, 23rd Henry II [1177-78], of the Earldom of Sussex, and in the 1st of Richard I [1189-90], had a confirmation from that prince of the castle and honor of Arundel, as also of the Tertium Denarium of the county o Sussex. He d. in 1196 and was s. by his son, William de Albini, 3rd earl...[who] m. Maud, dau. and heiress of James de St. Hillary."[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 3, Albini, Earls of Arundel]

All other sources that I've found say that the William who m. Maud de St. Hillary was the son of William, the 1st Earl, and Adeliza. I have, thus, compressed this pedigree by omitting the intervening William who Burke styles 2nd earl.

William married Maud de St. Hilaire about 1166. Maud (daughter of James de St. Hilaire and Aveline Canmore) was born about 1132 in Burkenham, Norfolk, England; died on 24 Dec 1193 in Field Dalling, Walsingham, Norfolk, England; was buried in Priory of Great, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mabel de Chester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Baron of Clune and Oswestry John FitzAlan. John (son of Baron of Oswestry William FitzAlan) was born in 1200 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England; died in Mar 1240 in Clun, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William de Albini, 4th earl, m. Mabel, second of the four sisters and co-heiresses of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, with whom he obtained great landed property. At he, however, died issueless in 1224, or, by some statements, in 1233, his honors devolved upon his only brother, then in minority, Hugh de Albini, 5th earl. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p.3, Albini, Earls of Arundel]

William married Mabel de MeschinesChester, Cheshire, England. Mabel (daughter of 3rd Earl of Chester Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort) was born about 1172 in Chester, Cheshire, England; died before 1232 in Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Fitz-Alan, in the 28th Henry III [1244], upon the division made of the property of Hugh Albini, Earl of Arundel, then made, had the castle of Arundel assigned to him for his principal seat, thus becoming 5th Earl of Arundel; and soon after that, in consideration of 1,000 fine, had livery of his own castles of Clun, Blancminster and Schrawurthen. In the 42nd Henry III [1258], his lordship was made captain-general of all the forces designed for guarding the Welsh marches, and in the baronial war, he appears first to have sided with the barons, and afterwards with the king. He d. 1267, having m. Maud, dau. of Roesia de Verdun (which lady m. 2ndly Richard de Amundevill), by whom he had a son and successor, John Fitz-Alan. [Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd, London, 1883, p. 200, Fitz-Alan, Earls of Arundel]

Family/Spouse: Maud le Botiller. Maud (daughter of 2nd Baron Butler Theobald le Botiller and Rhese de Verdon) was born about 1225; died on 27 Nov 1283. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugh married Isabel de Warenne in 1210/1241. Isabel (daughter of 6th Earl of Surrey William de Warenne and Matilda (Maud) Marshal) was born in 1206/1228; died in 1282. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicole married Roger de Somery about 1225 in Barrow, Leicestershire, England. Roger (son of Lord Dudley Ralph I de Somery and Margaret Marshall) was born about 1190 in Dinas, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died before 26 Aug 1273 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Fitz-Alan, 6th Earl of Arundel, m. Isabel, dau. of Sir Roger Mortimer (which lady m. 2ndly, Ralph de Arderne, and 3rdly, Robert de Hastings), and dying 1269, was s. by his son, Richard Fitz-Alan, 7th Earl of Arundel. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 200, Fitz-Alan, Earls of Arundel, Barons Maltravers]

John married Isabella de Mortimer in 1261/1271. Isabella (daughter of 1st Baron Wigmore Roger de Mortimer and Maud de Braose) was born about 1252 in Wigmore, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter II de Sully. Walter was born about 1215 in Sully, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales; died in 1285. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Lord Strange John IV le Strange about 1252 in of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England. John (son of Lord Knockyn John III le Strange and Lucy de Tregoz) was born about 1226; died before 26 Feb 1276. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Alasia di Saluzzo in 1280/1299. Alasia (daughter of 4th Marquess di Saluzzo Thomas I di Saluzzo and Marquess of Ceva Luisa di Ceva) was born about 1271 in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy; died on 25 Sep 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maud d'Eiville. Maud (daughter of Roger d'Eiville) was born about 1263 in Walton, Deyville, Warwick, England; died in 1325. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]