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Wiilliam "Strong Hand" d'Aubigny 1st Earl of Arundel1,2,3
b. circa 1102, d. 12 October 1176, #27214
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Father   Sir William Pincerna de Aubigny of Buckenham4 b. circa 1070, d. 1139
Mother   Maud Bigod5 b. circa 1088, d. before 1136

Name Variation Wiilliam "Strong Hand" d'Aubigny 1st Earl of Arundel was also found as William "Strong Hand" d' Aubigny Earl of Arundel.5 
Name Variation Wiilliam "Strong Hand" d'Aubigny 1st Earl of Arundel was also found as William of the Strong Hand.6 
Name Variation Wiilliam "Strong Hand" d'Aubigny 1st Earl of Arundel was also found as William d'Aubigny or Albini.6 
Birth* circa 1102 Wiilliam "Strong Hand" was born circa 1102/03 at Wayland, Norfolk, England.1,5 
Birth 1106 Wiilliam "Strong Hand" may have been born in 1106 at Manche, Normandy, France.4 
!AInfoNew* William d'Aubigny or Albini was known as the first the Earl of Lincoln, then Earl of Chichester, only much later as Earl of Arundel. He was the 1st Earl Of Arundel.1,6 
Marriage* circa 1138 Wiilliam "Strong Hand" d'Aubigny 1st Earl of Arundel married Adelicia Queen of England, daughter of Godfrey the Bearded "Barbutus" Duc of Lorraine and Ida de Namur, circa 1138. She was the widow of King Henry I of England. As a result of this marriage William was created.1,5 
Note* 1139 The Earl of Lincoln the next year.5 
!AInfoNew 1140 William married Henry I's widow and through her inherited the Earldom and Castle of Arundel, where the couple resided. William supported Empress Maud and was duly rewarded by her son King Henry II. He was a great castle builder, erecting Castle Rising in 1140 and Buckenham Castle in 1146. He played a critical role in reconciling King Stephen and Henry II at Wallingford Castle in 1152. He was also involved in negotiations regarding the King's dispute with Thomas a Becket. As a militarycommander he led the royal army against Henry II's rebellious sons in Normandy.4 
Note* They had at least three children:
Alvice d'Albini who married William de Mowbray
Alice d'Albini who married John, Lord Hastings, Count of Eu.
and William III d'Albini ( Magna Carta Surety) b ca 1146 and d 1 May 1236.

Weber gives 5:
William d' Aubigny , 2nd Earl of Arundel b: AFT 1138 in Arundel, Sussex, England
Alice d' Aubigny b: ABT 1139 in Casti Arundel, Sussex, England
Cecily de Arundel b: ABT 1140 in Arundel, Sussex, England
Matilda d' Aubigny b: ABT 1142 in Arundel, Sussex, England
Simon d' Aubigny b: 1144 in Arundel, Sussex, England.7,5 
!AInfoNew 1142 William by this advantageous marriage came into the former Queen's dowry of Arundel Castle, together with its Honour (feudal administrative unit embodying several knight's fees), has been held thereby to have become Earl of Arundel. By 1142 he had been deprived of his Earldom of Lincoln, indeed even before, was spoken sometimes as Earl of Arundel and sometimes as Earl of Chichester or Earl of Sussex.5 
Death* 12 October 1176
Wiilliam "Strong Hand" died on 12 October 1176 at Surrey, at England.1,5 
Burial* Wiilliam was buried, England.4 
!AInfoNew CASTLE RISING passed from the D'Albini Earls of Arundel to the Howard Earls of Norfolk. Its most famous resident was Isabella, the "She Wolf of France," Queen of Edward II, who spent the last years of her life there.

ARUNDEL CASTLE was owned by Henry II after Stronghand's death. The king lived there in 1182. The castle reverted back to the de Albinis in the reign of Richard I, then passed to the FitzAlans who held it until 1555, and finally to the Howards where it remains to this day.4 

Family   Adelicia Queen of England b. between 1102 and 1103, d. 23 April 1151
Children  1. William II d' Aubigny 2nd Earl of Arundel+ b. c 1138, d. 24 Dec 11934
  2. Alice d' Aubigny+ b. c 1139, d. 11 Sep 11885

Citations
  1. Download, http://genweb.net/~kendall/WC12/WC12_084.HTML.
  2. Download, http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal1396.
  3. Download, http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&id=I2606.
  4. Download, http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&id=I4714 Larry Overmire e-mail address .
  5. Download, Jim Weber http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I03897.
  6. Download, Leo van de Pas on RootsWeb Medieval-L .
  7. Download, http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/tunnell/04350.
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