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

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. He was commonly known by the

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Life

William was a son of Main d'Aubigny, Breton lord of Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné (now in

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department) and Adelaïde de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey with the Beard. He fought at the Battle of Tinchebray (1106) and was high in Henry I's favour. 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 Robert de Todeni, 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. 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.

Marriage and issue

William and Cecily had: *William, who married Maud Fitz Robert, daughter of Robert Fitz Richard. *Matildis married Gille Brigte, Earl of Strathearn.

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* * 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