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'''Stephen of Aumale'''<ref>Étienne d'Aumale</ref> (before 1070 – 1127) was [[Count of Aumale]] from 1082 to 1127. |
'''Stephen of Aumale'''<ref>Étienne d'Aumale</ref> (before 1070 – 1127) was [[Count of Aumale]] from 1082 to 1127. |
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He was son of [[Eudes de Blois]], [[Count of Troyes]] and [[Count of Meaux]], and [[Adelaide of Normandy]], countess of Aumale, and sister of [[William the Conqueror]]. Stephen probably succeeded his mother as Count in 1082/4. |
He was son of [[Eudes de Blois]], [[Count of Troyes]] and [[Count of Meaux]], and [[Adelaide of Normandy]], countess of [[Aumale]], and sister of [[William the Conqueror]]. Stephen probably succeeded his mother as Count in 1082/4. |
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In the rebellion of 1095 against [[William Rufus]], the object of the rebels was to place Stephen on the English throne. The leaders were [[Robert de Mowbray]] and [[Guillaume III of Eu]], [[Count of Eu]]. Stephen's father was imprisoned in 1096 for complicity. |
In the rebellion of 1095 against [[William Rufus]], the object of the rebels was to place Stephen on the English throne. The leaders were [[Robert de Mowbray]] and [[Guillaume III of Eu]], [[Count of Eu]]. Stephen's father was imprisoned in 1096 for complicity. |
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Revision as of 03:32, 1 October 2010
Stephen of Aumale[1] (before 1070 – 1127) was Count of Aumale from 1082 to 1127.
He was son of Eudes de Blois, Count of Troyes and Count of Meaux, and Adelaide of Normandy, countess of Aumale, and sister of William the Conqueror. Stephen probably succeeded his mother as Count in 1082/4.
In the rebellion of 1095 against William Rufus, the object of the rebels was to place Stephen on the English throne. The leaders were Robert de Mowbray and Guillaume III of Eu, Count of Eu. Stephen's father was imprisoned in 1096 for complicity.
In 1096 Stephen joined the First Crusade, with Robert Curthose. In 1102 he became lord of Holderness, Yorkshire, England.
In 1118, when William Clito rebelled against Henry I of England, Stephen supported him, with Baldwin VII of Flanders.
Family
He married Hawise, daughter of Ralph, seigneur de Mortimer, and Mélisende. Their children were :
- Guillaume le Gros († 1179), Count of Aumale
- Étienne le Gros (Stephen), mentioned 1150 ; married the daughter of Roger Mortimer
- Enguerrand or Ingelran de Aumale, mentioned 1150 ;
- a daughter who married Richard de Gerberoy ;
- Adèle, who married Robert, seigneur de Briquebec ; then Ingelger de Bohun;
- Mathilde, who married Gérard de Pinkeny, vidame of Amiens ;
- Agnès, who married Adam I de Brus, († 1143) lord of Skelton then Guillaume II de Roumare († 1151).
Notes
- ^ Étienne d'Aumale