William d'Albini, Lord of Belvoir

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: His name was also spelt William d'Aubigny.
• Military: 1217; He fought in the Battle of Lincoln in 1217, as a commander.
• Last Full Review: 6 May 2020

Notes:

Death: Wurts (1945) gives his death date as 1285.

Military:

Family/Spouse: Albreda Biset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabel d'Albini died on 5 Jun 1301.

Family/Spouse: Isabel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

Notes:

History:
When his father died in 1167, he became a ward to King Henry II.

In 1194, he was with the army of Richard I in Normandy.

In 1201 the Barons refused to attend their sovereign into France. King John demanded that their castles should be given up to him as security for their allegiance, beginning with William d'Albini and his Belvoir Castle. William instead gave him his son, William, as a hostage.

He was distinguished as one of the rebel Barons in the time of King John, and was their general, though he had joined them as late as January 1214/15. He was a Surety. He it was who made so noble a defense as governor of' Rochester Castle in a siege that lasted three months. Later King John had ordered him to be executed, and in 1216, was captured at the Castle of Corfe. William had to pay 6,000 marks for his freedom.

After King John's death, he submitted himself to King Henry III. He was forced to give his wife and son, Nicholas, as hostages for his allegiance.

In 1217, he commanded the army for Henry III, in the battle of Lincoln.

Buried:
His heart was buried "under the wall, opposite the high alter" at Belvoir Castle.

William married Margery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

Notes:

History:
He received back from Henry II, the castle of Belvoir and the majority of the lordships confiscated by King Stephen.

Died:
He died in the 4th year of the reign of Henry II.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

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History:
At the battle of Tenarchebry, in Normandy, he was said to have determined the fate of the day by breaking through the enemy's lines by his single arm.

He supported the Empress Maud. Because of this, his Castle of Belvoir was seized by King Stephen and presented to Ranulphgerons de Meschines, the Earl of Chester.

William married Maud de Saint Liz. Maud (daughter of Simon de Saint Liz, Earl of Huntingdom and Northampton and Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland) was born about 1100 in England; died after 1158. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1982) give her death date as 1140.

S1599 gives her father as Simon de St. Liz who married Maud, daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland.