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Adeliza the Queen Dowager


Preferred Parents:
Father: Godfried van Leuven en Brabant I, b. 25 JAN 1060 in Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France   d. 25 JAN 1139 in Affligem, Brabant, Belgium
Mother: Ida von Chiny, b. 1088 in , Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France   d. 28 MAR 1125 in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Family 1: Henry I King of England ,    b. ABT 1068 in Yorkshire, England    d. 1135 in Normandy, France
Family 2: William D'Aubigny,    b. ABT 1109 in St. Sauveur, Manche, Normandy, France    d. 12 OCT 1176 in Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England
  1. Alice D'Aubigny, b. AFT 1136 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England     d. 11 SEP 1188 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England
  2. William d'Aubigny 2nd Earl of Arundel, b. 1138 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England     d. 24 DEC 1193 in Wymondham, Leicestershire, England
Sources:
  1. Title: Henry I, King of England, in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 1, ix and x [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 1, ix and x
    Note: Henry I, King of England, in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 1, ix and x [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Henry I, King of England, in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 1, ix and x [See document in the Memories section]
  2. Title: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ruling Monarchs From Ancient Times to the Present
    Author: Kingdom's of Europe, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ruling Monarchs From Ancient Times to the Present, Gene Gurney, Crown Publishers, New York. 1982, Page number: Gurney page 228.
    Note: birth: 1103; Brabant, Lorraine, France
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222924
  3. Title: Adeliza of Louvain, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-B1XS : 12 December 2022), Adeliza of Louvain, ; Burial, Affligem, Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, Affligem Abbey; citing record ID 8397370, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-B1XS;
  4. Title: d'Aubigny, Earls of Arundel
    Publication: Name: http://www.geneajourney.com/aubigny2.html;
  5. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "ADELISA de Louvain"
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#AdelisaLouvaindied1151;
    Note: ADELISA de Louvain ([1103/06]-Afflighem Abbey 23/24 Mar or 23 Apr 1151, bur Afflighem Abbey). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ names (in order) "Alaida…Anglorum regina…comitissa de Cleves Ida…[et] Clarissia virgo" as the three daughters of "Godefridus Cum-barba"[124]. The Balduini Ninovensis Chronicon records the marriage of "Henricus rex Anglorum" and "Athelam filiam Godefridi ducis Lotharingie" in 1121[125]. The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records the marriage "IV Kal Feb" [1121] of King Henry and "Atheleidem filiam Godefridi ducis Lotharingæ puellam virginem" and her coronation as queen "III Kal Feb"[126]. Orderic Vitalis names her and her father[127]. The Continuatio Chronici Afflegemiensis records that “Godefridus cum barba Dux Lotharingiæ…filia…Aleidis” married “Regi Angliæ” in 1121, died “IX Kal Mai” and was buried at Afflighem after the death of her second husband[128]. The castle and honour of Arundel was settled on Queen Adelisa after her first husband died. Robert of Torigny records that "Willermi de Albinaio quem vocant comitem de Arundel" married "Aelizam reginam relictam Henrici senioris regis Anglorum"[129]. She became a nun at Affleghem Abbey, near Aalst in Brabant in [1149/50]. The Annals of Margan record the death in 1151 of “Adelidis, regina secunda Henrici regis”[130]. The Continuatio Chronici Afflegemiensis records that “Godefridus cum barba Dux Lotharingiæ…filia…Aleidis” died “IX Kal Mai” and was buried at Afflighem after the death of her second husband[131]. The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "25 Mar" of "Adelicia regina"[132]. m firstly (Royal Chapel, Windsor Castle 29 Jan or 2 Feb 1121) as his second wife, HENRY I King of England, son of WILLIAM I King of England & his wife Mathilde de Flandre ([Selby, Yorkshire Sep 1168]-Saint-Denis le Ferment, Forêt d’Angers near Rouen 1/2 Dec 1135, bur Reading Abbey, Berkshire). m secondly ([1136/Sep 1139]) WILLIAM d’Aubigny [de Albini], son of WILLIAM d’Aubigny Lord of the manor of Buckenham, Norfolk & his wife Maud le Bigod (-Waverley Abbey, Surrey 12 Oct 1176, bur Wymondham Priory, Norfolk). He was created Earl of Arundel [1142].
  6. Title: Wikipedia, "Adeliza of Louvain"
    Author: Bartlett, Robert. England under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075 – 1225. Oxford: Clarendon, 2000. Crouch, David. The Normans: The History of a Dynasty. London: Hambledon and London, 2002. Henry of Huntingdon. The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon: Comprising The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Accession of Henry II. Ed. Thomas Forester. Dyfed: Llanerch, 1991. Hilton, Lisa. Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York. New York: Pegasus Books, 2010. Huneycutt, Lois L. Matilda of Scotland: A Study in Medieval Queenship. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2003. Huneycutt, Lois L. "Adeliza (c.1103–1151)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Johns, Susan M. Noblewomen, Aristocracy and Power in the Twelfth-century Anglo-Norman Realm. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2003. Lees, Clare A., ed. The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature. 1st ed. Cambridge: 2012. Cambridge Historie
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeliza_of_Louvain;
    Note: Adeliza of Louvain,[1] sometimes known in England as Adelicia of Louvain,[2] also called Adela and Aleidis; (c. 1103 – March/April 1151)[3] was Queen of England from 1121 to 1135, as the second wife of King Henry I. She was the daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain. Henry was some 35 years older than his bride, who was about 18 when they married. He already had children, though no surviving son, from his first marriage to Matilda of Scotland, as well as several illegitimate ones. As his second marriage produced no children, the decision was made to leave the throne to his daughter, the Empress Matilda; an oath was sworn by the clergy, members of the royal family, including Adeliza, as well as English nobles to recognise Matilda as Henry's heir upon his death. After his death Adeliza spent three years based in a convent, then married again and had seven children by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel. But a year before her death at the age of forty-eight she left her husband to move to the Affligem Abbey in Brabant, where she died in 1151. Adeliza's royal marriage seems to have been successful, apart from the failure to produce a new heir. The flow of Henry's illegitimate children seems already to have ceased by the time of the marriage, and they spent most of their marriage together, which was by no means inevitable in royal marriages of the period. She seems to have been influential in the promotion of French poetry and other arts at court, but played little part in politics. Early life and family Adeliza was renowned for her beauty, reflected in the epithet 'the fair maiden of Brabant'. The chronicler Henry of Huntingdon also mentions Adeliza's beauty in an interlude in his Historia Anglorum, stating, "A jewel grows pale on you, a crown does not shine. Put adornment aside, for nature provides your adornment..."[4] Adeliza's father was Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1095–1139), Landgrave of Brabant, and Duke of Lower Lotharingia (1106–1128), an ally of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. After the death of Adeliza's mother, Ida of Chiny, Godfrey married Clementia of Burgundy, the mother of Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders, who had fought with the French against the Normans in 1118.[5] Adeliza's illegitimate brother, Joscelin of Louvain, married the heiress to the Percy fortune. He is often referred to as an "opportunist".[6] Queenship Plans for Adeliza's marriage to Henry I of England may have begun when she was as young as sixteen, even before Henry's only legitimate son, William Adelin, died on 25 November 1120 in the White Ship disaster.[7] However, Henry's need for a new male heir expedited the marriage plans and the couple wed on 24 January 1121. Apparently in addition to her beauty, Henry was also attracted to Adeliza as a wife because she was a descendant of Charlemagne.[5] It is thought that Henry's only surviving legitimate child Empress Matilda, from his first wife Matilda of Scotland, may have been involved in arranging his second marriage, due to the fact that she was with him near the time that it was being negotiated.[5] Henry of Huntingdon mentions the royal couple in his Historia Anglorum, stating that the new queen accompanied Henry to London at Whitsun (that is, 29 May 1121).[8] Adeliza appears to have travelled extensively with Henry, probably to increase the chances of her conception.[9] Despite their close contact, however, Adeliza and Henry never produced a child. There is a possibility, despite what the biography produced by Laura Wertheimer states, that Adeliza prayed to St. Romanus to aid her in conceiving a child; St. Romanus, according to legend, was 'born to parents miraculously cured of infertility', and in 1124, there was a double viewing of the relics of St. Romanus at Rouen Cathedral. We know about this from the Archives départementales de la Seine-Maritime G 3666 (more simply referred to as the G 3666), and Adeliza was certainly present in Rouen while the relics were present.[10] Unlike Henry's first wife Matilda, Adeliza appears to have played a very passive role in the administration of the kingdom. While Matilda issued some thirty-one charters and writs during her queenship, during Adeliza's fifteen-year marriage to Henry I she issued one, and she only attested 13 of Henry's many charters, even though they were almost always together.[11] Widowhood and remarriage When Henry died on 1 December 1135, Adeliza retired temporarily to the Benedictine convent of Wilton Abbey, near Salisbury. She was present at the dedication of Henry's tomb at Reading Abbey on the first anniversary of his death. At about that time, she founded a leper hospital dedicated to Saint Giles at Fugglestone St Peter, Wiltshire.[15] In 1138, three years after Henry I's death, Adeliza married William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, one of Henry I's advisors, and son of Guillaume d’Aubigny and Maud le Bigod.[16] Together, they lived at her castle of Arundel on the Sussex coast and had seven children.[17] Their names were (by order of birth), Alice, William, Olivia, Reynor, Geoffrey, Henry, and Agatha. Relationship with Matilda Although not a great deal is known about Adeliza's relationship with her stepdaughter, it is known she was present at the ceremony when Henry officially named Matilda as his heir presumptive, since the chronicler John of Worcester states that the Queen "swore [an oath] for the king's daughter... and agreed ... that if the king did not have an heir of either sex [......], but ... did not lack a survivor of each sex, then the survivor should inherit the kingdom.'"[18] After her second marriage, Adeliza received Matilda at her home in Arundel, along with Matilda's half-brother Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, in defiance of the wishes of her second husband who was a staunch supporter of King Stephen.[17] She later betrayed them and handed them over when King Stephen besieged the castle.[19] Trying to explain Adeliza's actions, John of Worcester suggests that "she feared the king's majesty and worried that she might lose the great estate she held throughout England". He also mentions Adeliza's excuse to King Stephen: "She swore on oath that his enemies had not come to England on her account but that she had simply given them hospitality as persons of high dignity once close to her."[19] In the end King Stephen yielded to an appeal from Adeliza, and permitted Matilda to depart and join her half-brother Robert at Bristol.[1]... ...Landholdings Arundel Castle Adeliza was given the revenues of Rutland, Shropshire and a large district of London, with possession of the city of Chichester.[20] Henry also gave the manor of Aston to Adeliza "as his queen and wife". Landholdings that were part of Adeliza of Louvain's estate included Waltham Abbey in Essex, and properties in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Middlesex, and Devon. As a gift from Henry I, she was given a property in Ashleworth, a component of the royal estate of Berkeley. In 1126 the whole county of Shropshire was given to her, even though it is not listed in the Pipe Roll. Adeliza gave her brother Joscelin a large estate in Sussex called Petworth that was dependent on her castle of Arundel; much of the estate is still owned by his descendants, the Egremonts.[21] Henry also gave Adeliza lands that had previously been Matilda's including Waltham and Queenhithe. She had estates in Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Middlesex, Gloucestershire, and Devon. Her husband then granted her exemption from tax for those lands. In additions to those gifts, she was given a portion of the royal estate at Berkeley, and the county of Shropshire.[22] After Henry died, Adeliza continued to exercise jurisdiction over her lands, retaining some of her property until 1150. In 1136, she endowed Reading Abbey with one hundred shillings a year from the revenues of Queenhithe.[23] On the first anniversary of Henry I's death, Adeliza gave the manor of Aston to the Abbey of Reading, and endowed them with lands "to provide for the convent and other religious pweaona [sic] coming to the abbey on the occasion of the anniversary of my lord King Henry." She added the gift of a church a few years later.[24] Later years In the last years of her life, Adeliza appears to have faded into obscurity. In 1150, Adeliza left William to enter the monastery of Affligem in Flanders. At least one of her brothers was also living at this monastery. The annals at the monastery are the only source to mention her death in 1151, and her burial site is unknown. Some traditions imply she was buried at the monastery, but a donation made by her brother Joscelin to Reading Abbey seems to suggest she was buried there with Henry I.[23]
  7. Title: Wikipedia, "Adeliza of Louvain"
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeliza_of_Louvain;
  8. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "ADELISA de Louvain"
    Author: fmg.ac
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#AdelisaLouvaindied1151;
    Note: ADELISA de Louvain ([1103/06]-Afflighem Abbey 23/24 Mar or 23 Apr 1151, bur Afflighem Abbey). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ names (in order) "Alaida…Anglorum regina…comitissa de Cleves Ida…[et] Clarissia virgo" as the three daughters of "Godefridus Cum-barba"[124]. The Balduini Ninovensis Chronicon records the marriage of "Henricus rex Anglorum" and "Athelam filiam Godefridi ducis Lotharingie" in 1121[125]. The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records the marriage "IV Kal Feb" [1121] of King Henry and "Atheleidem filiam Godefridi ducis Lotharingæ puellam virginem" and her coronation as queen "III Kal Feb"[126]. Orderic Vitalis names her and her father[127]. The Continuatio Chronici Afflegemiensis records that “Godefridus cum barba Dux Lotharingiæ…filia…Aleidis” married “Regi Angliæ” in 1121, died “IX Kal Mai” and was buried at Afflighem after the death of her second husband[128]. The castle and honour of Arundel was settled on Queen Adelisa after her first husband died. Robert of Torigny records that "Willermi de Albinaio quem vocant comitem de Arundel" married "Aelizam reginam relictam Henrici senioris regis Anglorum"[129]. She became a nun at Affleghem Abbey, near Aalst in Brabant in [1149/50]. The Annals of Margan record the death in 1151 of “Adelidis, regina secunda Henrici regis”[130]. The Continuatio Chronici Afflegemiensis records that “Godefridus cum barba Dux Lotharingiæ…filia…Aleidis” died “IX Kal Mai” and was buried at Afflighem after the death of her second husband[131]. The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "25 Mar" of "Adelicia regina"[132]. m firstly (Royal Chapel, Windsor Castle 29 Jan or 2 Feb 1121) as his second wife, HENRY I King of England, son of WILLIAM I King of England & his wife Mathilde de Flandre ([Selby, Yorkshire Sep 1168]-Saint-Denis le Ferment, Forêt d’Angers near Rouen 1/2 Dec 1135, bur Reading Abbey, Berkshire). m secondly ([1136/Sep 1139]) WILLIAM d’Aubigny [de Albini], son of WILLIAM d’Aubigny Lord of the manor of Buckenham, Norfolk & his wife Maud le Bigod (-Waverley Abbey, Surrey 12 Oct 1176, bur Wymondham Priory, Norfolk). He was created Earl of Arundel [1142].
  9. Title: Affligem Abbey
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affligem_Abbey;
    Note: Affligem Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, 19 kilometres (12 miles) to the north-west of Brussels. Dedicated in 1086, it was the most important monastery in the Duchy of Brabant and therefore often called Primaria Brabantiae. Contents 1 First foundation 2 Second foundation 3 Abbots 4 Provosts 5 Burials 6 References 7 External links First foundation On the 28th of June, 1062, an hermitical fraternity was founded in Affligem by six knights who repented of their violent way of life. Hermann II, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (1061–1085) and his guardian, Anno II, archbishop of Cologne (d. 1075) donated the foundation grounds. On this land, the first abbey church, dedicated to St Peter, was erected in 1083. The Benedictine Rule was adopted in 1085, followed by the formal dedication of the abbey in 1086. The counts of Brabant, also counts of Leuven, became their protectors (Vögte) in 1085/1086. A number of their family members are buried in the abbey church, including Queen Adeliza of England (d. 1151), as well as her father Duke Godfrey I of Leuven (d. 1139). Queen Adeliza was buried in the abbey church in 1151, near the clockwork. During the 12th century, the abbey became known for the strict adoption of the Cluniac observance. John Cotton, whose "De musica" (c. 1100-1121) is one of the earliest musical theses, covers the ecclesiastical use of monody in the organum and the roots of polyphony. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux visited Affligem in 1146, where it is said his greeting to the Blessed Virgin was miraculously answered. In memory of this event, he donated his staff and chalice to the abbey (still preserved in the abbey). Jan of Afflighem, Jan van Ruusbroec's Good Cook in the Groenendaal monastery near Brussels, was important for the survival of theology in the wake of the Black Death. His theology strongly influenced Gerard Groot, who taught Thomas à Kempis.[1] Several monasteries were founded by the monks of Affligem or assigned to the abbot of Affligem by their founder (i.e. Maria Laach Abbey in Germany). In 1523, Affligem joined the Bursfelde Congregation, a union of Benedictine monasteries formed in the 15th century for the stricter observance of the Benedictine rule. In 1569, the Archbishop of Mechelen became secular abbot and the spiritual duty was exercised by a provost (praepositus), a measure that lasted until the dissolution of the abbey in 1796. Archbishop Jacob Boonen introduced the Monte Cassino observance. At his insistence, the Prior of Affligem, Benedict van Haeften, founded in 1627 a new congregation, B. M. V. in Templo Praesentat, which included Affligem and several other Belgian monasteries. It was dissolved in 1654. In 1796, during the French occupation, the monks were chased away from the abbey, part of the buildings destroyed and the lands confiscated. The last provost, Beda Regaus, preserved the miraculous image of Our Lady, as well as the staff and chalice of Saint Bernard. These came into the possession of a Benedictine monk, Veremund Daens, who in 1838 established a new foundation at Dendermonde. Second foundation In 1869/70, the abbey of Affligem was re-established. It is now a member of the Flemish Province of the Subiaco Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation. Abbots The first abbot of the abbey was Fulgentius (1088–1122). Among his prominent successors may be mentioned: Franco (1122–1135), author of De Gratia Dei in twelve books (Patrologia Latina, vol. 166, 717-080); Albert, whose devotion to the Virgin Mary won him the title Abbas Marianus; William de Croÿ (bishop) (1518–1521) Charles de Croÿ (1521–1564) Provosts Benedict van Haeften, author of several works of art. Burials Godfrey I of Leuven Adeliza of Leuven, Queen of England Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant
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  10. Title: Wikisource: Dictionary of National Biography
    Author: [Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England (1840), vol. i.; Lawrence's Memoirs of the Queens of England (1838), vol. i.; Henry Howard's Howard Memorials (1834), x.; Butkens' Trophées du Brabant, vol. i.; Sanderus' Chorographia Sacra Brabantiæ.]
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Adeliza_of_Louvain;
    Note: ADELIZA of Louvain (d. 1151?), second queen of Henry I, was daughter of Godfrey (‘Barbatus’) of Louvain, duke of Brabant or Lower Lotharingia, descended in the male line from Charles the Great. The date of her birth is not known, but she is described as ‘puella’ in 1120. It was partly the report of her singular beauty (on which all the chroniclers are agreed), and partly ‘ob spem prolis adipiscendæ’ (Gervase, i. 92, Rolls Ser.), that Henry, then in his fiftieth year (and a widower since May 1118), sought her hand in the above year. The contract of marriage was signed 16 April 1120; but, owing to the delay in the bride's arrival, the marriage itself did not take place till 24 Jan. 1120–1, the royal pair being crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury six days later. It was on this occasion that Henry of Huntingdon (p. 243, Rolls Ser.) composed, in praise of her beauty, the elegiacs beginning: Anglorum regina, tuos, Adeliza, decores Ipsa referre parans musa stupore riget. Of a gentle and retiring disposition she took no part in politics, but devoted herself to soothing and pacifying the disappointed and sullen king. She also interested herself greatly in the literary movement of the day, taking under her special patronage Geoffroi Gaimar, Philip du Than, the author of the ‘Voyage de St. Brandan,’ and David the Trouveur. On the death of Henry (1 Dec. 1135) she disappears from view; but it is probable that she retired to the castle of Arundel which, with its honour, had been left to her in dower for life. We find her residing there in 1139, when the empress landed in the neighbourhood, and was received into the castle ‘ab Adeliza quondam regis Henrici regina tunc autem amica (sic) vel uxore W. Comitis de Arundell’ (Gervase, ed. Stubbs, i. 110). The date of her marriage to William de Albini [see Albini, William de, d. 1176] is unknown; but as she left by him seven children, it cannot have been long after Henry's death. Her only recorded acts after 1139 are her foundation of the small priories of Pyneham and of the Causeway (De Calceto), and her benefactions to that of Boxgrove, all in Sussex, with her gifts to Henry's abbey of Reading and to the cathedral church of Chichester. To the latter she presented the prebend of West Dean in the year 1150, after which date there are no further traces of her. It is stated by Sandford that ‘she was certainly buried at Reading;’ but she has since been proved to have left her husband and retired to the abbey of Affligam near Alost, in Flanders, which had been founded by her father and uncle, and to which her brother Henry had withdrawn in 1149. Here she died on 23 March (the year not being recorded), and was buried: ‘Affligenam delata vivendi finem facit ix. kal. Aprilis et sepulta est e regione horologii nostri’ (Sanderus, Chorographia Sacra Brabantiæ). While lady of Arundel she had sub-enfeoffed her brother Joceline (‘the Castellan’) in the lordship of Petworth on the occasion of his marriage with the heiress of the Percies, by whom he was ancestor of the earls of Northumberland. [Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England (1840), vol. i.; Lawrence's Memoirs of the Queens of England (1838), vol. i.; Henry Howard's Howard Memorials (1834), x.; Butkens' Trophées du Brabant, vol. i.; Sanderus' Chorographia Sacra Brabantiæ.]
  11. Title: Geneajourney - d'Aubigny, Earls of Arundel (History of the Aubigny Family)
    Publication: Name: http://www.geneajourney.com/aubigny2.html;
    Note: d'Aubigny, Earls of Arundel William d'Aubigny, Seigneur of St. Martin-Aubigny, b abt 1010, Normandy. He md Daughter de Plessis abt 1033. She was b abt 1014. Children of William d'Aubigny and Daughter de Plessis were: William d'Aubigny, Seigneur of St. Martin-Aubigny, b abt 1035. See LINE A Roger d'Aubigny b abt 1040. See LINE B LINE A William d'Aubigny, Seigneur of St. Martin-Aubigny, b abt 1035, of Saint-Martin-Aubigny, Coutances, La Manche, France. The identity of his wife is not known. Child of William d'Aubigny was: Nigel/Nele d'Aubigny b abt 1070, of Cainhoe, Bedfordshire, England, d bef 1107. He md Amice de Ferrieres abt 1099, daughter of Henry de Ferrieres, Sire de Ferrieres and Chambrais, and Bertha. Child of Nigel/Nele d'Aubigny and Amice de Ferrieres was: Henry d'Aubigny b abt 1105, of Cainhoe, Bedfordshire, England, b bef 1162. He md Cecilia de Chaworth abt 1128, daughter of Patrick de Chaworth and Maud de Hesdin. Child of Henry d'Aubigny and Cecilia de Chaworth was: Robert d'Aubigny b abt 1145, of Cainhoe, Bedfordshire, England, d 1191. The identity of his wife is not known. Child of Robert d'Aubigny was: Robert d'Aubigny b abt 1177, of Cainhoe, Bedfordshire, England, d bef 5 Nov 1221. The identity of his wife is not known. Child of Robert d'Aubigny was: Asceline d'Aubigny b abt 1218, of Cainhoe, Bedfordshire, England, d aft Feb 1239/40. She md Ralph de St. Amand Jun 1234, son of Amauri de St. Amand and Iseult Pantulf. LINE B Roger d'Aubigny b abt 1040. He md Amice abt 1068. She was b abt 1052. Children of Roger d'Aubigny and Amice were: Sir William "Pincerna" d'Aubigny, Lord of Buckenham, b abt 1072. See LINE B1 Sir Nigel/Nele d'Aubigny, Lord of Mowbray, b abt 1084. See LINE B2 LINE B1 Sir William "Pincerna" d'Aubigny [a], Lord of Buckenham, b abt 1072, of Buckenham, Norfolk, England. He md Maud Bigod abt 1097, daughter of Roger Bigod and Adelize/Alice de Toeni. Child of William "Pincerna" d'Aubigny and Maud Bigod was: ****************** Sir William d'Aubigny [b], "Strong Hand", 1st Earl of Arundel, Earl of Sussex, b abt 1104, of Buckenham, Norfolk, England, d 12 Oct 1176. He md Adelize of Louvain 1138, daughter of Godfrey I of Brabant, Count of Louvain, Duke of Lower Lorraine, "the Bearded", and Ida de Namur. Children of William d'Aubigny and Adelize of Louvain were: William d'Aubigny b abt 1139. Alice d'Aubigny b abt 1139, d 11 Sep 1188. She md Sir John d'Eu, Count d'Eu, Lord of Hastings, abt 1155, son of Sir Henry d'Eu, Count d'Eu, Lord of Hastings, and Margaret of Champagne. Olivia d'Aubigny b abt 1143, d young. Ralph d'Aubigny b abt 1145; md Sibyl de Valognes. Geoffrey d'Aubigny b abt 1146. Henry d'Aubigny b abt 1147. Agatha d'Aubigny b abt 1149, d young. ************************ Sir William d'Aubigny [c], Earl of Arundel, Earl of Sussex, b abt 1139, d 1196. He md Maud de St. Hilary 1173/74, daughter of James de St. Hilary and Aveline. She was b abt 1138, of Buckenham, Norfolk, England, d 24 Dec 1193. Children of William d'Aubigny and Maud de St. Hilary were: William d'Aubigny b abt 1175. Maud d'Aubigny b abt 1177; md Gilbert of Strathearn, Earl of Strathearn. Agnes d'Aubigny b abt 1179; md William de Mowbray. Sir William d'Aubigny [d], Earl of Arundel, Earl of Sussex, b abt 1175, d 1 Feb 1220/21. He md Mabel of Chester abt 1194, daughter of Sir Hugh of Kevelioc, Earl of Chester, and Bertrade de Montfort. Children of William d'Aubigny and Mabel of Chester were: Maud/Mabel d'Aubigny b abt 1196, d 1238-1242. She md Robert de Tattershall bef 1222, son of Walter de Tattershall and Iseult Pantulf. William d'Aubigny, Earl of Sussex and Arundel, b abt 1198, d bef 7 Aug 1224 (prob unmd). Cicely d'Aubigny b abt 1200, Arundel, Sussex, England; md Roger de Mohaut. Isabel d'Aubigny b abt 1203, Arundel, Sussex, England, d bef 1240. She md Sir John Fitz Alan, Lord of Clun and Oswestry, abt 1215, son of William Fitz Alan and Daughter de Lacy. Nichole d'Aubigny b abt 1205, Arundel, Sussex, England, d bef 1254, Staffordshire, England. She md Roger de Somery abt 1218, Leicestershire, England, son of Ralph de Somery, Lord of Dudley, and Margaret Marshal. Hugh d'Aubigny, Earl of Sussex and Arundel, b abt 1215, d 7 May 1243; md Isabel de Warenne 1234. LINE B2 Sir Nigel/Nele d'Aubigny, Lord of Mowbray, b abt 1084, d abt 26 Nov 1129. He md [1] Maud de l'Aigle aft 1107, and [2] Gundred de Gournay Jun 1118, daughter of Gerard de Gournay and Edith de Warenne. Child of Nele d'Aubigny and Gundred de Gournay was: Roger de Mowbray. NOTES: The origin of the Earls of Arundel was Aubigny, in the arondissemont of Coutances, dept. of La Manche. It is also stated that they never bore such a name as "de Albini". There is also no connection of the d'Aubigny Earls of Arundel with the Lords of Belvoir. This has confused many historians and genealogists, and erroneously inspired many creative attempts to connect them. The only actual connection beween these two distinct families, is that a William of each line, living as contemporaries, married sisters, both daughters of Roger Bigod. a. He is stated, by Round, to have emigrated from the Contentin in Normandy, to England during the reign of Henry I. b. Surnamed "the Strong Hand" and variously seen as "de Albiniaco" or "de Albini", the latter being the Latin form. By his marriage with the Queen Dowager (in her third year of widowhood), he acquired, ca 1138 or 1139, the castle and honour of Arundel. Shortly after his marriage he was also recognized as Earl of Lincoln, a title which he lost a short time later. By 1141, and thereafter, he was described as Earl of Sussex, likely granted to him by King Stephen, of whom he was an adherent. In another charter (bef 1150) of his wife, the Queen Dowager, to the Abbey of Reading, she describes him as Earl of Chichester. He was influential in arranging the treaty of 1153, by which the Crown continued with King Stephen for life, while the inheritance of such was secured to Henry II. He was justly held in high esteem by Henry II, being one of the King's embassy to Rome in 1163/64, and also to Saxony in 1168. He was also commander of the Royal Army in August of 1173 in Normandy, against the King's rebellious sons, where he is said to have distinguished himself with "swiftness and velocity". He survived his wife by 25 years and was buried with his father, at Wymondham Priory in Norfolk. c. He was not immediately Earl of Arundel, that dignity having been, in accordance with the policy of Henry II, retained by the Crown upon the death of his father, but it was restored to him by Richard I 27 Jun 1190. He was, although, styled Earl of Arundel before he received possession. He was made the Custos of Windsor Castle in 1191, and in 1194 was one of the Receivers of monies raised for the King's ransom. d. A favorite of King John, he is stated to have "consistently taken the winning side", first being with the King at Runnymeade 15 Jun 1215, abandoning him in favor of Louis VIII of France when King John abandoned Winchester the following June, then returning to King John's allegiance after the Royalist victory at Lincoln in July 1217. Shortly afterwards, he was appointed Justiciar, the young King, Henry III, having restored to him his forfeited possessions. He embarked on the Crusade of 1218, and was present at the taking of Damietta in Nov 1219, but died shortly before 30 March 1221 in Cainell, near Rome. His sons, William and Hugh, successively Earls of Arundel and Sussex, both died s.p., and upon the death of the younger son, Hugh, his four sisters were found to be his coheirs. The earldom of Sussex reverted to the Crown. SOURCES: CP: Vol I[233-239]; AR: Line 149[24-27], Line 126[29-30], Line 139[26]; SGM: Mr. Todd Farmerie
  12. Title: Encyclopedia Britannica
    Author: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1961 Ed, Page number: Treatise on Henry I
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  13. Title: English Monarch: Adeliza of Louvain
    Author: English Monarchs, UK Dynasties
    Publication: Name: http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/normans_17.html;
    Note: Adeliza or Adelicia of Louvain was the daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Landgrave of Brabant and Count of Louvain and Brussels and his wife Ida of Chiny, a descendant of the Emperor Charlemagne. Known as 'the fair maiden of Brabant', Adeliza was renowned for her beauty, in his 'Historia Anglorum' the chronicler Henry of Huntingdon refers to Adeliza's beauty, "A jewel grows pale on you, a crown does not shine. Put adornment aside, for nature provides your adornment." When William the Atheling, the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England drowned in the sinking of the White Ship on 25 November 1120, Henry urgently needed a male heir to succeed to his throne. The fifty three year old King Henry took the seventeen year old Adelicia as his second wife on 24 January 1121. Henry I's first wife, Matilda of Scotland, had died in 1118. Despite the reputation he had acquired for begetting illegitimate children, Henry's marriage to his first queen had produced only two children, William the Atheling and a daughter Matilda, who had been sent to Germany to marry the Holy Roman Emperor as an eight year old child. After the death of her husband the Emperor, he recalled his daughter, by now known as the Empress, to England. Henry named her as his heiress and made the barons swear fealty to her. Henry of Huntingdon recorded that the new queen accompanied Henry to London at Pentecost. The fifteen year marriage of Adelicia and Henry never produced children. Unlike Henry's first wife Matilda, Adeliza appears to have played a very passive role. While Matilda issued some thirty-one charters and writs during her reign, during Adeliza's fifteen-year marriage to Henry I she issued one, and she only attested 13 of Henry's many charters, even though they were almost always together. After the death of her husband the king on 1 December 1135, the throne was usurped by his nephew Stephen of Blois. Adeliza retired to the Benedictine convent of Wilton Abbey, near Salisbury. She attended the dedication of Henry's tomb at Reading Abbey on the first anniversary of his death. At about that time, she founded a leper hospital dedicated to Saint Giles at Fugglestone St Peter, Wiltshire. On the first anniversary of Henry I's death, Adeliza give the manor of Aston to the Abbey of Reading, and endowed them with lands "to provide for the convent and other religious pweaona [sic] coming to the abbey on the occasion of the anniversary of my lord King Henry." She also added the gift of a church a few years later. Henry I provided generously for his widow, she was given the revenues of Rutland, Shropshire and a large district of London, with possession of the city of Chichester. Henry also gave the manor of Aston to Adeliza "as his queen and wife." Landholdings that were part of Adeliza of Louvain's dower include Waltham in Essex, an estate in south-east England, with areas in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Middlesex. She had property in Devon. As a gift from Henry I, she was given a property in Ashleworth, a component of the royal estate of Berkley. In 1126 the whole county of Shropshire was given to her. Three years after Henry I's death, in 1138, Adeliza married for a second time to William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, the son of William d'Aubigny and Maud le Bigod. The D'Aubigny's were royal stewards and held an important position at court. The couple lived at Adelicia's castle of Arundel on the Norfolk coast. Although there were no children from her first marriage Adeliza presented her second husband with seven children, Alice, William, Olivia, Reynor, Geoffrey, Henry, and Agatha d' Aubigny. Adeliza and William's descendants include Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, the second and fifth queens of Henry VIII. The descendants of Adeliza and William still own Castle Rising and Arundel Castle to the present day. England was plunged into a bloody Civil War when Matilda, the daughter and appointed heir of Henry I, challenged her cousin Stephen for the throne. Adeliza received her step-daughter at her home in Arundel, along with Matilda's illegitimate half-brother Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, the chief supporter of her cause, in defiance of her husband's wishes, William d'Aubigny was a staunch supporter of Stephen. She later betrayed them both and handed them over to King Stephen, John of Worcester recorded that "she feared the king's majesty and worried that she might lose the great estate she held throughout England." He also mentions Adeliza's attempts to pacify King Stephen, "she swore on oath that his enemies had not come to England on her account but that she had simply given them hospitality as persons of high dignity once close to her." In 1150, Adeliza left William d'Aubigny to enter the monastery of Afflighem in Flanders. One of her brothers was also living at the monastery. The annals at the monastery mention her death, which occurred in 1151, and her place of burial site is not known with certainty. Some traditions imply she was buried at the monastery of Afflighem, however a donation made by her brother Joscelin of Louvain to Reading Abbey would seem to indicate that she was buried there with her first husband, Henry I.
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