General Notes

ID: I34524
Name: William "Strong Hand" D' Aubigny
Given Name: William "Strong Hand" D'
Surname: Aubigny
NSFX: Earl Of Arundel 1 2
Name: Strong Hand
Given Name: Strong
Surname: Hand
Title: Earl Of Arundel
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1103 in St. Sauveur, Manche, Normandy, France
Death: 12 Oct 1176 in Abbey, Waverley, Surrey, England 3
Burial: 19 Oct 1176 Priory, Wymondham, Norfolk, England
Ancestral File #: V9VP-TD
Event: Info 2 Earl Of Sussex & Earl Of Lincoln
Change Date: 1 Sep 2003 at 10:39
Note:
[Isabel De Birkin.FTW]

Name Suffix:<NSFX> [Earl of Arundel
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> V9VP-TD
On the Earldom of Lincoln, previous creations: [Burke's Pee rage, p. 1711]:

Henry I's widow Adeliz married in 1138 William d'Aubigny, w ho the next year, probably as a result, was created Earl o f Lincoln.  William's father was a Norman immigrant to Engl and in Henry I's reign.  His son, who by this advantageou s marriage came into the former Queen's dowry of Arundel Ca stle, together with its Honour (feudal administrative uni t embodying several knight's fees), has been held thereby t o have become Earl of Arundel.  By 1142 he had been deprive d of his Earldom of Lincoln, indeed even before, was spoke n sometimes as Earl of Arundel and sometimes as Earl of Chi chester or Earl of Sussex.
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William de Albini, surnamed "William with the strong hand, " from the following circumstance, as related by Dugdale:---

"It happened that the Queen of France, being then a widow , and a very beautify woman, became much in love with a kni ght of that country, who was a comely person, and in the fl ower of his youth: and because she thought that no man exce lled him in valour, she caused a tournament to be proclaime d throughout her dominions, promising to reward those who s hould exercise themselves therein, according to their respe ctive demerits; and concluding that if the person whom sh e so well affected could act his part better than the other s in those military exercises, she might marry him withou t any dishonour to herself. Hereupon divers gallant men, fr om forrain parts hastening to Paris, amongst others came th is our William de Albini, bravely accoutered, and in the to urnament excelled all others, overcoming many, and woundin g one mortally with his lance, which being observed by th e queen, she became exceedingly enamoured of him, and forth with invited him to a costly banquet, and afterwards bestow ing certain jewels upon him, offered him marriage; but, hav ing plighted his troth to the Queen of England, then a wido w, he refused her, whereat she grew so much discontented th at she consulted with her maids how she might take away hi s life; and in pursuance of that design, inticed him int o a garden, where there was a secret cave, and in it a fier ce lion, unto which she descended by divers steps, under co lour of shewing him the beast; and when she told him of it s fierceness, he answered, that it was a womanish and no t a manly quality to be afraid thereof. But having him ther e, by the advantage of a folding door, thrust him in to th e lion; being therefore in this danger, he rolled his mantl e about his arm and, putting his hand into the mouth of th e beast, pulled out his tongue by the root; which done, h e followed the queen to her palace and gave it to one of he r maids to present her. Returning thereupon to England, wit h the fame of this glorious exploit, he was forthwith advan ced to the Earldom of Arundel, and for his arms the lion gi ven him."

He subsequently obtained the hand of the Queen Adeliza, rel ict of King Henry I, and daughter of Godfrey, Duke of Lorra ine, which Adeliza had the castle of Arundel in dowry fro m the deceased monarch, and thus her new lord became its fe udal earl. The earl was one of those who solicited the Empr ess Maud to come to England, and received her and her broth er, Robert, Earl of Gloucester, at the port of Arundel, i n August, 1139, and in three years afterwards (1142), in th e report made of King Stephen's taking William de Mandevi l at St. Albans, it is stated -- "that before he could be l aid hold on, he underwent a sharp skirmish with the king' s party, wherein the Earl of Arundel, though a stout and ex pert soldier, was unhorsed in the midst of the water by Wal keline de Oxeai, and almost drowned." In 1150, his lordshi p wrote himself Earl of Chichester, but we find him style d again Earl of Arundel, upon a very memorable occasion - - namely, the reconciliation of Henry Duke of Normandy (aft erwards Henry II) and King Stephen at the siege of Wallingf ord Castle in 1152. "It was scarce possible," says Rapin, " for the armies to part without fighting. Accordingly the tw o leaders were preparing for battle with equal ardour, when , by the prudent advice of the Earl of Arundel, who was o n the king's side, they were prevented from coming to blows ." A truce and peace followed this interference of the earl 's, which led to the subsequent accession of Henry after St ephen's decease, in whose favour the Earl stood so high tha t he not only obtained for himself and his heirs the castl e and honour of Arundel, but a confirmation of the Earldo m of Sussex, of which county he was really earl, by a gran t of the Tertium Denarium of the pleas of that shire. In 11 64, we find the Earl of Arundel deputed with Gilbert Foliot , bishop of London, to remonstrate with Lewis, King of Fran ce, upon affording an asylum to Thomas à Becket within hi s dominion, and on the failure of that mission, despatche d with the archbishop of York, the bishops of Winchester, L ondon, Chichester, and Exeter, -- Wido Rufus, Richard de In vecestre, John de Oxford (priests) -- Hugh de Gundevile, Be rnard de St. Valery, and Henry Fitzgerald, to lay the whol e affair of Becket at the foot of the pontifical throne. Up on levying the aid for the marriage of the king's daughter , 12th of Henry II [1165-66], the knights' fees of the hono ur of Arundel were certified to be ninety-seven, and thos e in Norfolk belonging to the earl, forty-two. In 1173, w e find the Earl of Arundel commanding, in conjunction wit h William, Earl of Essex, the king's army in Normandy, an d compelling the French monarch to abandon Verneuil afte r a long siege, and in the next year, with Richard de Lucy , justice of England, defeating Robert Earl of Leicester, t hen in rebellion at St. Edmundsbury. This potent nobleman , after founding and endowing several religious houses, dep arted this life at Waverley, in Surrey, on the 3 October, 1 176, and was buried in the abbey of Wymondham. His lordshi p left by Adeliza, his wife, widow of King Henry I, four so ns 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 crow, 23rd Henry II [1177-8] of th e Earldom of Sussex, and in the 1st of Richard I [1189-90] , had a confirmation from that prince of the castle and hon our of Arundel, as also of the Tertium Denarium of the coun ty of Sussex. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeit ed, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 18 83, pp. 2-3, Albini, Earls of Arundel]

Father: William De Aubigny b: Abt 1075 in Aubigny, Calvados, France
Mother: Maud (Mary) Bigod b: Abt 1080 in Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England

Marriage 1 Adeliza Adela Of Louvain b: 1103 in Brabant, Netherlands
Married: 1138 in England 4 5 6
Change Date: 31 Dec 2003
Children
William De Aubigny b: 1136 in Arundel, Sussex, England
Matilda De Albini b: Abt 1153 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England
Alice D' Aubigny b: 1137 in Casti Arundel, Sussex, England
Geoffery D' Aubigny
Matilda D' Aubigny b: Abt 1142 in Arundel, Sussex, England
Olivia D' Aubigny b: Abt 1141 in Castl Arundel, , Sussex, England
Simon D' Aubigny b: 1144 in Arundel, Sussex, England
Godfrey D' Aubigny b: Abt 1143 in Castl Arundel, , Sussex, England
Agatha D' Aubigny b: Abt 1147 in Castl Arundel, , Sussex, England
Rayner D' Aubigny b: Abt 1149 in Castl Arundel, , Sussex, England
Henry De Aubigny b: Abt 1151 in Castl Arundel, , Sussex, England
Cecily De Arundel b: Abt 1140 in Arundel, Sussex, England

Sources:
Abbrev: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mos l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: 2090, 2026
Quality: 3
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Quality: 3
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Editi o n , by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Ship pa r d Jr., 1999
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Page: 149-24
Quality: 3
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edi t i o n , by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Le e Sh ip pa r d Jr., 1999
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Date: 27 Jun 1998
Page: 149-24
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Editio n , by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippa r d Jr., 1999
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 149-24
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Editi o n , by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Ship pa r d Jr., 1999
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 149-24