_William D'AUBIGNY ______________ _Roger D'AUBIGNY _______|_UNKNOWN de PLESSIS _____________ _William D'AUBIGNY Lord of Buckenham_| | | _________________________________ | |_Amice _________________|_________________________________ _William (Pincerna) D'AUBIGNY E of Arundel_| | | _Robert BIGOD ___________________ | | _Roger BIGOD ___________|_UNKNOWN ST. SAVEUR _____________ | |_Maud BIGOD _________________________| | | _Robert de TOSNY Lord of Belvoir_ | |_Alice de TOSNY ________|_Adeliza ________________________ _William D'AUBIGNY E of Arundel_| | | _Lambert II C of Louvain_________ | | _Henry II C of Louvain__|_Oda of Lorraine_________________ | | _Godfrey VII D of L Lorraine_________| | | | | _Eberhard C in the Betuwe________ | | | |_Adelaide of Orlamuende_|_________________________________ | |_Adeliza of Louvain________________________| | | _Arnulf C of Chiny_______________ | | _Otto II C of Chiny_____|_Adelaide of Montdidier__________ | |_Ida of Namur________________________| | | _Albert III C of Namur___________ | |_Alix of Namur__________|_Ide (Relinde) of Saxony_________ | |--William D'AUBIGNY E of Arundel | | _________________________________ | ________________________|_________________________________ | _____________________________________| | | | _________________________________ | | |________________________|_________________________________ | _James de ST. HILARY Lord of Field Dalling_| | | | _________________________________ | | | ________________________|_________________________________ | | |_____________________________________| | | | _________________________________ | | |________________________|_________________________________ |_Matilde de ST. HILARY _________| | _________________________________ | ________________________|_________________________________ | _____________________________________| | | | _________________________________ | | |________________________|_________________________________ |_Aveline __________________________________| | _________________________________ | ________________________|_________________________________ |_____________________________________| | _________________________________ |________________________|_________________________________
According to the "Dictionary of National Biography" William succeeded
his father to the Earldom in 1196. He was a favourite of King JOHN
(RIN 785), accompanying him to Runnymeade in 1215 and becoming one of the
surities for his faithful observance of the Magna Charta. Because of
JOHN's intransigence, a powerful group of barons offered the English
crown to the son of King LOUIS VII (RIN 1530) of France. On JOHN's
abandonment of Winchester to LOUIS in 1216, William went over to the
winning side. In 1217 , after the royalist victory at Lincoln in 1218, he
switched sides again. Shortly after, he acted as justiciar. In 1218 he
set sail for the East, took part in the siege of Damietta in 1219, and died
in Italy on his way home in 1221.
Note the confusion caused by the fact that their were TWO William de
Albini's who were Magna Charta surities. They were unrelated, but both
were ancestors of ours. (the other William de Albini is [RIN 2447].)