William d'Aubigny (d. after 1148), was an itinerant

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. He was commonly known by the

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Brito. William was a son of Main d'Aubigny, Breton lord of

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(now in

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) and Adelaide de Bohun, daughter of

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. He fought at the

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(1106) and was high in Henry I's favor. He was allowed to marry Cecily, the elder daughter of Roger Bigod, sheriff of Norfolk. Through her, he acquired a part of the honour of Belvoir in

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– his

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became the centre of the family estates – after his mother-in-law, who had been the heir of

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, lord of Belvoir, died about 1130.K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, 'Aubigné, William d' (d. in or after 1148)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. The couple had four or five sons and two daughters. His heir was William, who married Maud Fitz Robert, daughter of

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. William d'Aubigny, a ''

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'' surety, was their son – his grandson. His daughter Matildis married

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. After the death of King Henry I in 1135, William was and remained a loyal supporter of King Stephen, who presumably confirmed him in succession of Belvoir which passed to his son William.The Descent of Belvoir by Judith A. Green: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/prosopon/issue10-2.pdf

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* K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, 'Aubigné, William d' (d. in or after 1148)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. . 1090s births 1130s deaths 12th-century English judges Anglo-Normans People from the Borough of Melton High Sheriffs of Rutland People from Ille-et-Vilaine {{England-mil-bio-stub