William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel, also called William de Albini IV, (before 1180 – 1 February 1221) was an English nobleman, a

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of King

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, and a participant in the Fifth Crusade.

Lineage

William was a son of William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Matilda de St Hilary, and grandson of Queen

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A royal favourite

William was a favourite of King John. He witnessed King John's concession of the kingdom to the

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on 15 May 1213. On 14 June 1216 he joined Prince Louis (later Louis VIII of France) after King John abandoned

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. He returned to the allegiance of the King Henry III after the

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victory at Lincoln, on 14 July 1217.

Death returning from the Fifth Crusade

He joined in the Fifth Crusade (1217–1221), in 1218. He died on his journey home, in Caneill, Italy, near

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, on 1 February 1221. News of his death reached England on 30 March 1221. He was brought home and buried at

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. His title was inherited by his son William, the fourth Earl. The fourth earl died childless and in 1224 the title passed to his brother, Hugh.

Marriage and issue

At some time between 1196 and 1200 William married Mabel of Chester (born c. 1173), the second daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester (''aliter'' "Hugh le Meschin"), by his wife Bertrade de Montfort, a daughter of Simon, Count of Evreux in Normandy.Cokayne, G. E. & Gibbs, Vicary, eds. (1910). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Ab-Adam to Basing). 1 (2nd ed.). London: The St. Catherine Press, p.236 By his wife he had the following issue: *

William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel, also known as William de Albini V (b. 1203 – before 7 August 1224) was the eldest son of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Mabel of Chester (born c. 1173), daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Ea ...

(d. 1224); buried in

. * Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel (d. 7 May 1243); buried in

. *Maud d'Aubigny, (d. bet. 1238 and 1242), married before 1222, Robert de Tateshal. * Isabel d'Aubigny; married John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry. *Nicole d'Aubigny (d.abt 1240); married Roger de Somery II, Baron Somery of Dudley Castle (died 26 August 1273). *Cicely d'Aubigny married Roger de Mahaut/Montalt/Monte Alto of Hawarden (d.1260). Received Castle Rising, co Norfolk.

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