William D'Albini-Brito Lord of Belvoir 
William was born about 1070 in St Aubin d'Aubigne, Ille-et-Vilaine, St Malo, Bretagne, France. William's father was Robert de Toeni Castellan of Stafford and his mother was Adela Adeliza Osule de Savona. His paternal grandparents were Roger I d'Espagne ('The Spaniard') Toeni Lord of Guerny and Godhilda Goodchild Adelaide of Barcelona. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Geoffrey de, Robert de, Berenger de Tosny Todeni, Alice Adeliza and Agnes de. He had a half-brother named Nicholas. He died in 1155 in Gresley, Derbyshire, England.General Notes
Lord of Belvoir Castle; gallant commander in the war in Normandy; son of Robert de Todeni, feudal lord of Belvoir Castle in Lincolnshire, and Adela; d. 1155; m. Maud, wid. of Robert, son of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare; father of William d'Albini-Meschines. [Magna Charta Barons, p. 71]
BURR, NEWLIN, FOSTER LINE - 25th ggrandfather
Son of Robert de Toedni. [Falaise Roll, p. 78]
m. Cecily Bigod; father of William II d'Albini and Ralf d'Albini. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]
William de Albini was a masterful castle-builder and responsible for Arundel Castle, a great castle still owned by the Dukes of Norfolk. When the last male Albini heir died in 1247, Belvoir Castle passed through marriage to Robert de Ros and his heirs. [Castle of the Month, March 1999: Belvoir Castle <http://www.castles-of-britain.com]
b. bef 1100, d. 1166; son of Robert de Toeni of Stafford and Avice de Clare; father of William de Aubigny who m. Maud FitzRobert. [Sally Six <dms@lewiston.com, 15 Jan 2003]
b.c. 1085, d.c. 1155; son of Robert I de Todeni (Standard Bearer) and a sister fo Grimald de Plessis; m. Cecily Bigod; father of:
1. William II (Meschin) D'Aubigny who m. Maud (de Liz) Fitz Robert de Clare
2. Ralph I 'the Crusader' de Albini who m. Sybil de Valognes
[Larry Overmire <larryover@worldnet.att.net, 2 Apr 2003]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0990 in Tosny,Guerny,Eure,Normandy d.1038/1039
- b.1031 in Tosny, Louviers, Eure, Normandy d.1088 in of Belvoir Castle,Leicestershire,England
- b.ABT 0997/1004 in Barcelona,Spain d.~ 1051
- b.~ 1070 in St Aubin d'Aubigne, Ille-et-Vilaine, St Malo, Bretagne, France d.1155 in Gresley, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1054 in Normandy, France d. in of Belvoir Castle,Leicestershire,England
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‌William were married in a religious ceremony after 1134 in ,,,England.
Sources/Citations
Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, 1898 @ p. 71, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 78, Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees #1, CD#100
Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, 1898 @ p. 71, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 78, Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees #1, CD#100
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