William d' , 2nd Earl of Arundel AUBIGNY
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 149-25
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William de Albini, 3rd earl, who, in 1218, embarked in the Crusade andwas at the celebrated siege of Damietta, but died in returning, anno1221. He m. Maud, dau. and heiress of James de St. Hillary, and widow ofRoger de Clare, Earl of Hertford, by whom he left issue, William andHugh, successors to the earldom; Mabel, m. to Sir Robert de Tateshall;Isabel, m. to John FitzAlan, Baron of Clun and Oswestry; Nicola, m. toRoger de Somerie, Lord of Dudley; Cecilia, m. to Roger de Montalt; andColet. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 3, Albini, Earls ofArundel] 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, Earlof Ewe. The eldest son, William de Albini, 2nd earl, had a grant from thecrown, 23rd Henry II [1177-78], of the Earldom of Sussex, and in the 1stof Richard I [1189-90], had a confirmation from that prince of the castleand honour of Arundel, as also of the Tertium Denarium of the county ofSussex. He d. in 1196 and was s. by his son, William de Albini, 3rdearl...[who] m. Maud, dau. and heiress of James de St. Hillary." [SirBernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, 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 Burkestyles 2nd earl.
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William de Albini, 4th earl, m. Mabel, second of the four sisters andco-heiresses of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, with whom he obtained greatlanded property. At he, however, died issueless in 1224, or, by somestatements, in 1233, his honours devolved upon his only brother, then inminority, 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]
He married Maud de St. Hilary Abt 1173 at 2nd husband . Maud de St. Hilary was born at Burkenham, Norfolk, England Abt 1132 daughter of James de St. Hilary and Aveline .
They were the parents of 3
children:
William d' , 3rd Earl of Arundel Aubigny
born Abt 1173.
Cecily de Arundel
born Abt 1174.
Avice d' Aubigny
born 1176.
William d' , 2nd Earl of Arundel Aubigny died 24 Dec 1193 .
Maud de St. Hilary died 24 Dec 1193 at Norfolk, England .