Stephen of Aumale (–1127) was Count of Aumale from before 1089 to 1127, and Lord of Holderness.

Life

He was son of

Odo, Count of Champagne }; 1115) was Count of Troyes and of Meaux from 1047 to 1066, then Count of Aumale from 1069 to 1115. He was later also known as the count of Champagne and as Eudes II of Troyes. Biography Odo was the son of Stephen II of Troyes and Meaux, and Ad ...

, and Adelaide of Normandy, countess of

Aumale Aumale (), formerly known as Albemarle," is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. It lies on the River Bresle. History The town's Latin name was ''Alba Marla''. It was raised by Willia ...

, sister of

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 10 ...

.George Edward Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant Extinct or Dormant'', Vol. I, ed. Vicary Gibbs (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1910), p. 352 Stephen succeeded his mother as Count before 1089. In the conspiracy of 1095 against William Rufus, the object of the rebels was to place Stephen on the English throne. Stephen was the first cousin of brothers William Rufus, King of England and Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy. The leaders were Robert de Mowbray and Guillaume III of Eu,

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. Stephen was apparently not put on trial himself as he may have been out of the king's reach in Normandy. Stephen's father Odo of Champagne lost his English lands for his complicity. In 1096 Stephen joined the

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as part of the army of Robert Curthose,

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. Following the death of King William Rufus, in 1102 Stephen was given back his father's confiscated lands and became lord of Holderness,

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, England. He sided with Henry I in 1104 against Robert II Curthose but in 1118, when William Clito rebelled against

Henry I of England Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in ...

, Stephen supported him, with

Baldwin VII of Flanders Baldwin VII of Flanders (1093 – 17 July 1119) was Count of Flanders from 1111 to 1119. Baldwin was the son of Count Robert II of Flanders and Clementia of Burgundy. He succeeded his father as count when he died on 5 October 1111. Reign Bald ...

. He finally submitted to Henry I in 1119.

Family

He married Hawise, daughter of Ralph de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore and Seigneur de St. Victor-en-Caux, and Mélisende. Their children were : * Guillaume le Gros ( – 1179), Count of Aumale; married Cecily of Skipton,Cicily, Lady of Skipton was a granddaughter of Duncan II, King of Scotland. See: Scots Peerage, I, p. 2. daughter of William fitz Duncan.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 46 * Étienne le Gros (Stephen), (born ) mentioned 1150; married the daughter of Roger Mortimer * Enguerrand or Ingelran de Aumale, mentioned 1150 * Agnès ( – after 1170), married William de Roumare (

† A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species). It is one of the modern descendan ...

1151), son of William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln. As his widow she secondly married Adam I de Brus, Lord of Skelton.George Edward Cokayne, ''The complete peerage; or, A history of the House of lords and all its members from the earliest times'', Vol. VII, ed. H. A. Doubleday & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1929), p. 670

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{{S-end 1070s births 1127 deaths 11th-century French people 12th-century French people Counts of Aumale Year of birth uncertain Christians of the First Crusade House of Blois William II of England