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Personal data William le Gros , Count of Aumale 

• Also known as William le Gros Count of /Aumale/.
• He was born before 1109 in Aumaule, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.Source 2
• He died on August 20, 1179 in Holderness, North Riding Yorkshire, England (dspm).Source 1
• He is buried in Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire, England.
• A child of Stephen Count de Aumale and Hawise de Mortimer
• This information was last updated on April 17, 2023.

Household of William le Gros , Count of Aumale

(2) He has/had a relationship with Cicely FitzWilliam.

Notes about William le Gros , Count of Aumale

EARLDOM of AUMALE (,3)

WILLIAM 'Le Gros', Count of Aumale, Lord of Holderness, son and heir. Hewitnessed two charters of King Stephen in 1136 as Willelmus de Albamarla,not being placed among the comites. He distinguished himself at thebattle of the Standard in 1138, and was made Earl of Yorkshire as hisreward. He was with King Stephen in his defeat at Lincoln, 2 Feb1140/1. He founded the Abbey of Meaux in 1150 (c).

He m. Cicely, Lady of Skipton, daughter and coheir of William FitzDuncan, by Alice, Lady of Skipton, daughter and coheir of William deMeschin, Lord of Copeland (d). He dspm., 20 Aug 1179, and was buried inthe Abbey of Thornton, co. Lincoln, which he founded in 1139. [CompletePeerage, I:353]

(c) He had rashly made a vow to go on crusade, an adventure which hisbulk rendered so perilous, that he founded this Abbey instead, to absolvehimself.

(d) William le Meschin, Lord of Copeland, brother of Ranulph, 1st Earl ofChester, younger son of Rannulf, Vicomte of the Bessin, m. Cicely deRumilly, Lady of Skipton, daughter and heir of Robert de Rumelli, ofHarewood and Skipton, co. York, and had 3 daughters and coheirs. (1)Alice, Lady of Skipton, who m. 1stly, William fitz Duncan, son of DuncanII King of Scots. They had one son William, 'the Boy of Egremont', whod. in the King's ward after 1155, leaving his 3 sisters his coheirs; (i)Cicely, [who married William le Gros, Count of Aumaule & Lord ofHolderness]; (ii) Amabel, Lady of Copeland, who m. Reynold de Lucy; (iii)Alice de Rumilly, Lady of Allerdale, who m. 1stly, Gilbert Pipard,Sheriff of Cos. Gloucester and Hereford, and 2ndly, Robert de Courtenay,Sheriff of Cumberland and dsp. Alice, Lady of Skipton, m. 2ndlyAlexander FitzGerold. (2) Avice, Lady of Harewood, who m. 1stly, Williamde Courcy III, 2ndly William Paynel, of Drax, co. York, and 3rdly,William de Percy of Rougemont, in Harewood, co. York. (3) Maud m. 1stly,Philip de Belmeis, of Tong, Salop, and 2ndly, Hugh de Mortimer, ofWigmore, co. Hereford. [corrected by Complete Peerage, XIV:53]

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